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Good Nutrition is Crucial for the Coronavirus Vaccine to Work Effectively
26.11.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Vaccines are harder to deliver and potentially less effective at stimulating an immune response in…
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New Study: CGIAR Innovations Reach Nearly 80 Percent of Ethiopia’s Rural Households
09.11.20An independent study published last month has documented the extensive reach of CGIAR-related agricu…
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How to ensure access to healthy diets for all: a clarion call for One CGIAR
30.10.20-
Nutrition
Guest blog by Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) At …
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Are Food Systems ‘Broken’ – or Just Out of Sync?
16.10.20Our food systems are not broken; they are out of sync with what we need…
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CGIAR Research Pays Off: New Report Finds 10 Times Return on Investment
16.10.20Investments in CGIAR research generate returns of 10 times the amount invested, a new report…
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Ending Global Hunger Need Not Cost the Earth – If We Invest Now
15.10.20This year should have been a milestone for global climate action, setting out the road…
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Farmers in Mali endorse climate-resilient and high-yielding crop varieties
12.11.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Farmers in Mali, who volunteered to grow climate-resilient and locally adapted varieties of sorghum,…
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ICRISAT: innovation broker working with private sector An interview with Ram Dhulipala
06.11.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
ICRISAT’s iHub platform was recently highlighted in the Food & Business Knowledge Platform for…
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Environment Minister launches women-owned food processing unit in Telangana
06.11.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Mr Allola Indrakaran Reddy, Minister for Endowment, Law, Forest and Environment, Telangana, recently…
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Aflatoxin rapid detection technology wins Big Data Inspire Challenge 2020
30.10.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
A little box that can predict the amount of harmful aflatoxin contained in a handful…
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Young people in Niger explore different forms of agriculture for a better future
23.10.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Over 150 rural youth in Niger joined an entrepreneur incubation program, participating in their firs…
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Fodder chopping machines lead to a thriving livestock feed enterprise in rural Niger
23.10.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Fodder chopping machines are proving to be a great help to livestock farmers in rural…
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Diet diversification program for tribal women and children to be scaled up in South India
23.10.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Enthused by positive nutritional outcomes among children and women in its first phase, activities of…
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Indian PM Narendra Modi dedicates two ‘healthy oil’ groundnut varieties on World Food Day
16.10.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Two groundnut varieties with high oleic acid content, developed by ICRISAT together with the Indian…
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Youth or Young mothers? The paradox of transitions in the rural women’s lives
16.10.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Year 2020 is a unique year. We have spent most of it ‘surprised’ by the…
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ICRISAT among 11 global ‘Hubs’ to accelerate the use of natural genetic diversity to advance crop improvement
16.10.20-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Using chickpea as the case species, one of the proposed 11 hubs of DivSeek International…
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Resilient rural women of the drylands
15.10.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Special Feature: International Day of Rural Women – October 15 Long before COVID constraints crept…
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Au revoir, Paco
09.10.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
ICRISAT bids an emotional farewell to Dr Paco Sereme, a member of ICRISAT’s Governing Board…
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On a mission to nurture hunger-free drylands
09.10.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
The 95th Governing Board meeting, held virtually, affirmed ICRISAT’s commitment to a hunger-free …
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Prof Prabhu Pingali takes the baton as Chair of ICRISAT Governing Board
09.10.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Prof Prabhu Pingali, Founding Director, Tata-Cornell Institute, took charge as ICRISAT Governing Boa…
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A One CGIAR initiative to unlock the potential of gene editing for agriculture
02.10.20-
Genomics
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Experts from public, private and non-profit research sectors emphasized the importance of working to…
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A new digital hub to consolidate learnings from global food legume initiatives
02.10.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
To enable crop researchers and policymakers access information on the three Tropical Legumes project…
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Seven villages, 700 women, one story: Plant nurseries in Niger are changing lives
25.09.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
A group of women across four regions of south-western Niger have grown 84,000 trees to…
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Striding towards streamlined crop improvement programs
25.09.20-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
To better accomplish its mission by providing improved crop varieties to smallholder farmers, ICRISA…
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