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CGIAR emphasizes need for research, partnerships and funding at G20 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting
22.09.21Addressing international delegates at the recent G20 Agricultural Ministers’ Meeting, CGIAR Manag…
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Sustainable, Healthy Diets for All Will Require a Food System Transformation
21.09.21The global development community has been building toward September’s United Nations’ Food Syste…
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How to Stop Food Systems from Feeding Pandemics: Embrace One Health
21.09.21The COVID-19 pandemic is the latest and most disruptive in a wave of infectious disease…
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CGIAR Researchers and Centers Recognized With Four International Food Prizes
15.09.21CGIAR researchers and Research Centers have been recognized this year by some of the world's…
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An Integrated Approach to Realize Multiple Benefits Across Water, Energy, Food, Forests, and Biodiversity
23.08.21As we mark World Water Week, water, land, energy, forest and biodiversity systems around the…
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CGIAR Annual Performance Report 2020 now available online
02.08.21The COVID-19 pandemic made 2020 a challenging year, placing considerable strain on global food …
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ICRISAT awarded 2021 Africa Food Prize
08.09.21-
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The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has been awarded the …
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A year of many big impacts and landmark varietal releases
03.09.21-
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Surmounting all odds in 2020, ICRISAT with its ‘business as usual’ attitude was able to…
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ICRISAT’s plant health researchers mine genes to defend chickpea against a deadly pathogen
03.09.21-
Genomics
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
In their battle against dry root rot (DRR) of chickpea, a devastating fungal disease emerging…
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A monk’s souvenir that became pigeonpea’s crown jewel
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Biodiversity
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ICP 7035, a landrace of pigeonpea from India is a rare line with resistance to…
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New high-yielding pigeonpea variety set for release in India, more to come
09.07.21Researchers from ARS Tandur, IIPR Kanpur and ICRISAT monitoring progress in collaborative projects. …
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Global Landscapes Forum Africa: Restoring Africa’s drylands needs a localized, integrated approach, say experts at the conference
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At the recent GLF Africa: Restoring Africa’s Drylands Conference, thousands of restoration practit…
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Millets prove tasty solution to climate and food security challenges
04.06.21-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A renewed focus on boosting the production of millets and highlighting their benefits, is critical…
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Burkina Faso releases its first pearl millet hybrid
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High-yieldng, downy mildew-resistant and suitable for food and fodder. Developed by ICRISATand evalu…
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Dryland crop technology to rescue drought-hit crop-livestock farmers in Zimbabwe
21.05.21-
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Climate change-induced droughts in Zimbabwe over the last two decades has hit resource-poor farmers …
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A good pearl millet hybrid gets even better
23.04.21-
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A team of researchers in India has bettered an immensely popular pearl millet hybrid, HHB…
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Little millet that are big on nutrition and yield identified at ICRISAT
16.04.21-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A team of researchers has zeroed in on little millet germplasm with high nutrients, high…
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Zimbabwe agriculture minister: Government, ICRISAT should unite against hunger, poverty and malnutrition
16.04.21-
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Dr Anxious Masuka, Zimbabwe’s Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlem…
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Ghana farmers’ group raises groundnut yield five-fold with improved varieties, breaks three-decade productivity barrier
09.04.21-
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Two improved groundnut varieties have helped a group of farmers in Ghana increase their yields…
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Malian farmers garner benefits of breeding initiatives, despite pandemic
26.03.21-
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EU-APSAN-Mali project makes great strides in first year. More than 80,000 farmers, seed and grain…
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Building seed business hubs around women and youth in Tanzania
26.03.21-
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Working with private seed companies, ICRISAT is helping integrate more women and youth into seed…
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UK Minister Lord Ahmad visits ICRISAT, discusses climate action
19.03.21-
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Lord Tariq Ahmad, Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth in the UK…
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The European Commission hopes for greater collaboration to improve food and nutrition security
19.03.21-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Delegates from the European Commission to Mali expressed interest in exploring new opportunities for…
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Watershed interventions provide groundwater access all year through
19.03.21-
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Water conservation structures in Anantapuramu: A check dam (L) constructed in Kondampalle village, A…
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