Presented by IWMI's Ian Makin (Acting DDG of IWMI) to a group of European Union (EU) delegations in Asia at a discussion on 'Using research on agriculture climate and water to support sustainable food systems', held at IWMI Headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 8, 2016.
Futuristic multi-model approach : Customizing adaptation packages to reduce v...ICRISAT
Using a multi-model framework for climate, crop, livestock and socio-economic simulation, customized climate change adaptation packages were developed for farmers in Nkayi, Zimbabwe. The computer simulated scenarios are helping policy makers to make crucial decisions to support farmers.
Differential Induction of Flavonoids in Groundnut in Response to Helicoverpa ...ICRISAT
Flavonoids are important plant secondary metabolites, which protect plants from various stresses, including herbivory. Plants differentially respond to insects with different modes of action. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) fingerprinting of phenols of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) plants with differential levels of resistance was carried out in response to Helicoverpa armigera (chewing insect) and Aphis craccivora (sucking pest) infestation. The genotypes used were ICGV 86699, ICGV 86031, ICG 2271 (NCAc 343), ICG 1697 (NCAc 17090), and JL 24. Most of the identified compounds were present in H. armigera- and A. craccivora-infested plants of ICGV 86699. Syringic acid was observed in all the genotypes across the treatments, except in the uninfested control plants of ICG 2271 and aphid-infested plants of ICG 1697. Caffeic acid and umbelliferone were observed only in the H. armigera-infested plants of ICGV 86699. Similarly, dihydroxybenzoic acid and vanillic acid were observed in H. armigera- and aphid-infested plants of ICG 2271 and JL 24, respectively. The peak areas were transformed into the amounts of compounds by using internal standard peak areas and were expressed in nanograms. Quantities of the identified compounds varied across genotypes and treatments. The common compounds observed were chlorogenic, syringic, quercetin, and ferulic acids. These results suggest that depending on the mode of feeding, flavonoids are induced differentially in groundnut plants.
The document discusses the issue of using crops for biofuel production versus using them for food. It presents information about ICRISAT, an organization focused on reducing poverty and environmental degradation in dryland tropics. ICRISAT is exploring the potential of sweet sorghum as a biofuel feedstock that does not compromise food security through their Pro-poor BioPower initiative. The initiative aims to empower smallholder farmers and ensure food, feed, and energy security in a sustainable way.
Towards development of a parasitoid cottage industry in the Sahel for biologi...ICRISAT
To develop technologies for controlling the MHM, with intentions to significantly decrease the devastating losses that it can inflict (often ranging from 40-85 percent) on millet yields. Improved management of this key pest will result in increased pearl millet productivity and greater income and food security among millet farmers.
Pigeonpea research initiatives in the PhilippinesICRISAT
Pigeonpea is a drought-tolerant, perennial legume grown in the Philippines as a minor crop, typically in homesteads and rainfed areas. Research initiatives in the Philippines since 1975 have explored varieties from ICRISAT to improve yields. The highest recorded yield from a Philippine landrace was 625 kg per hectare. Current research focuses on short-duration varieties, soil conservation, and seed production. Moving forward, partnerships aim to further improve yields and promote pigeonpea cultivation.
Presented by IWMI's Ian Makin (Acting DDG of IWMI) to a group of European Union (EU) delegations in Asia at a discussion on 'Using research on agriculture climate and water to support sustainable food systems', held at IWMI Headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 8, 2016.
Futuristic multi-model approach : Customizing adaptation packages to reduce v...ICRISAT
Using a multi-model framework for climate, crop, livestock and socio-economic simulation, customized climate change adaptation packages were developed for farmers in Nkayi, Zimbabwe. The computer simulated scenarios are helping policy makers to make crucial decisions to support farmers.
Differential Induction of Flavonoids in Groundnut in Response to Helicoverpa ...ICRISAT
Flavonoids are important plant secondary metabolites, which protect plants from various stresses, including herbivory. Plants differentially respond to insects with different modes of action. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) fingerprinting of phenols of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) plants with differential levels of resistance was carried out in response to Helicoverpa armigera (chewing insect) and Aphis craccivora (sucking pest) infestation. The genotypes used were ICGV 86699, ICGV 86031, ICG 2271 (NCAc 343), ICG 1697 (NCAc 17090), and JL 24. Most of the identified compounds were present in H. armigera- and A. craccivora-infested plants of ICGV 86699. Syringic acid was observed in all the genotypes across the treatments, except in the uninfested control plants of ICG 2271 and aphid-infested plants of ICG 1697. Caffeic acid and umbelliferone were observed only in the H. armigera-infested plants of ICGV 86699. Similarly, dihydroxybenzoic acid and vanillic acid were observed in H. armigera- and aphid-infested plants of ICG 2271 and JL 24, respectively. The peak areas were transformed into the amounts of compounds by using internal standard peak areas and were expressed in nanograms. Quantities of the identified compounds varied across genotypes and treatments. The common compounds observed were chlorogenic, syringic, quercetin, and ferulic acids. These results suggest that depending on the mode of feeding, flavonoids are induced differentially in groundnut plants.
The document discusses the issue of using crops for biofuel production versus using them for food. It presents information about ICRISAT, an organization focused on reducing poverty and environmental degradation in dryland tropics. ICRISAT is exploring the potential of sweet sorghum as a biofuel feedstock that does not compromise food security through their Pro-poor BioPower initiative. The initiative aims to empower smallholder farmers and ensure food, feed, and energy security in a sustainable way.
Towards development of a parasitoid cottage industry in the Sahel for biologi...ICRISAT
To develop technologies for controlling the MHM, with intentions to significantly decrease the devastating losses that it can inflict (often ranging from 40-85 percent) on millet yields. Improved management of this key pest will result in increased pearl millet productivity and greater income and food security among millet farmers.
Pigeonpea research initiatives in the PhilippinesICRISAT
Pigeonpea is a drought-tolerant, perennial legume grown in the Philippines as a minor crop, typically in homesteads and rainfed areas. Research initiatives in the Philippines since 1975 have explored varieties from ICRISAT to improve yields. The highest recorded yield from a Philippine landrace was 625 kg per hectare. Current research focuses on short-duration varieties, soil conservation, and seed production. Moving forward, partnerships aim to further improve yields and promote pigeonpea cultivation.
Inheritance of Resistance to Sorghum ShootFly, Atherigona soccata in Sorghum,...ICRISAT
Sorghum production is affected by a wide array of biotic constraints, of which sorghum shootf ly, Atherigona soccata is the most important pest, which severely damages the sorghum crop during the seedlings stage. Host plant resistance is one of the major components to control sorghum shoot fly, Atherigona soccata. To understand the nature of gene action for inheritance of shoot fly resistance, we evaluated 10parents, 45F1’s and their reciprocals in replicated trials during the rainy and post rainy seasons. The genotypes ICSV700, Phule Anuradha, ICSV25019, PS35805, IS2123, IS2146, and IS18551 exhibited resistance to shoot fly damage across seasons. Crosses between susceptible parents were preferred for egg laying by the shoot fly females, resulting in a susceptible reaction. ICSV700, ICSV25019, PS35805, IS2123, IS2146, and IS18551 exhibited significant and negative general combining ability (gca) effects for oviposition, deadheart incidence, and overall resistance score.
Asia Regional Program Planning Meeting- overview by Dr Suhas P Wani, Regional...ICRISAT
FOCUSfor achieving goal of reducing povertyand zero hunger,to internalize plan for operationalizing an ecosystem to create wealth for small farm holders thru building partnerships as a team, deliberate and strategize the concept of scaling-up as a business model to serve millions of small farm holders,and synergize the work plans of inter-and intra-projects’ teams and intra-programs and build the winning team ICRISAT.
Biological control of the millet head miner in Niger and SenegalICRISAT
Farmers will be trained on biological control of the millet head miner and links will be made with a McKnight-funded project in Burkina Faso, Mal and Niger, a West-Africa Agricultural Productivity Program-funded project in Senegal and the CGIAR research program on Dryland Cereals to scale up the technologies in all Sahelian countries. Outcomes of this project will include a reduction in pearl millet grain losses, an increase in food production and security among Nigerien and Senegalese millet farmers, as well as the establishment of a cottage industry to rear and sell natural enemies, which will provide revenue to farmers and women's cooperatives
IPM for Pearl Millet in the Sahel: Augmentative on-farm releases of parasitoi...ICRISAT
There was a significant increase of MHM parasitization rate after the releases, with up to 97% mortality. The survey on farmers’ perceptions revealed a fair knowledge of the MHM and the ability of farmers to describe the pest and the damage it caused. Farmers claimed that the biocontrol agent H. hebetor is effective and perceived a significant gain in grain yield due to this control strategy. Implications of these findings for a large extension of the MHM biocontrol program are discussed.
Monitoring biosafety of pharmaceutical drugs, insecticides,and other bioactiv...ICRISAT
Mitochondria are large cell organelles in plant and animal cells. They convert chemical energy from food in the cell to usable energy using oxygen. This process is called oxidative phosphorylation, which takes place inside the mitochondria. Reactions of Krebs cycle produce a chemical, NADH (Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide, reduced form), which is then used by enzymes present in the inner mitochondrial membrane to generate energy rich adenosine triphosphate (ATP) molecules.These molecules are utilized by the cells whenever energy is required. Therefore, mitochondria are also referred as power houses of the cell. Mitochondria are abundantly present in muscle and brain cells, and sperms to supply ATPs during demand for energy. Monitoring biosafety of pharmaceutical drugs, insecticides, and other bioactive molecules to mitochondria is necessary because some of them interact with the mitochondrial membrane or membrane proteins, thereby affecting the energy levels of cells or even induces mitochondrial-dependent apoptosis (programmed cell death).
This document outlines the vision, mission, and goal of an organization working to improve conditions for the poor living in semi-arid tropical regions. The vision is to improve well-being, the mission is to reduce poverty and enhance food security while protecting the environment through empowering the poor with science, and the goal is to mobilize cutting-edge science and innovations with partners to alleviate poverty, ensure food security, support human development, and protect the environment for poor rural families living in semi-arid areas of Asia and Africa.
Asia Regional Planning Meeting-Scaling up Research for Development and Impact...ICRISAT
Assessing the impacts of climate change and evaluate climate adaptation strategies in terms of anticipated shifts in the crop growing periods, water availability, major crop yields, and evaluate adaption strategies for developing climate resilient farming systems and to develop knowledge and skills of stakeholders on improved technologies for sustainable crop intensification.
ICRISAT’s holistic approach to the agricultural R4D value chain - AfricaICRISAT
ICRISAT takes a holistic approach to agricultural research for development along the entire value chain from analyzing key problems and opportunities in soil, water, and crop improvement, to diversifying farms with improved on-farm practices and technologies, and introducing processing to facilitate greater market access and development. Their approach focuses on cross-cutting issues of mainstreaming nutrition, empowering women, and attracting youth to agriculture, and adoption through participatory and partnered approaches, capacity building, integrated communications, monitoring and evaluation, and policy support.
Climate and crop modelling approach-Cropping advisories based on seasonal for...ICRISAT
In a pilot study conducted in South India, farmers who followed the cropping advisory derived from climate and crop simulation modeling earned 20% more than those who did not heed the advice.A majority of the farming community in
Hussainapuram, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India, live below the poverty line. Over 50% of the cultivators hold less than two hectares of dryland. Twice in every five years the village experiences drought. Recurrent droughts force migration to nearby cities for employment. In this region the deep black soils are deficient in major and micro nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, boron and zinc. Cotton, groundnut, sunflower and chickpea are the major crops in the region. Cotton growers have been the worst hit by changing rainfall patterns.
A presentation by Prof M.S Swaminathan (FNA, FNAAS, FRS, UNESCO, Chair in Ecotechnology, MSSRF, Chennai) at the NAAS Silver Jubilee -
25 Years of Achievement in Agricultural Science and Way Forward for 2030, New Delhi, 3 June 2015
Development of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assays for Rapid...ICRISAT
Rapid detection of pathogens in chickpea has become a pre-requisite to facilitate accurate disease diagnosis and surveillance for better management strategy. Among the diseases affecting chickpea, Fusarium wilt [Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris (Foc)] can cause 100% yield losses in susceptible cultivars. In this study a method based on the Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) assay for the detection of Foc was developed and sensitivity and specificity of the assay was evaluated.
Asia Regional Program Planning meeting " A Strategy on Scaling up of innovati...ICRISAT
The main strategy is to build the partnerships and harness the synergy to benefit the farmers through science-led development strategy built on the experiences gathered during the implementation of the project.
Gender, Nutrition and Health: Achievements and key insightsICRISAT
This document summarizes achievements and key insights from Village Dynamics Studies in South Asia related to gender, nutrition, and health. It discusses findings around the feminization of agriculture, assets held by men and women, women's empowerment scores, dietary diversity among women and children, the double burden of malnutrition, and lessons learned. It also outlines ways to integrate more nutrition modules into future phases of Village Dynamics Studies and provide answers to drive action outcomes in areas like translating income increases to nutritional improvements and making communities more resilient.
Re-Birth of the Yewol Watershed : Integrated watershed management in Ethiopia...ICRISAT
At 3500 meters above sea level and 445 km from Addis Ababa,Ethiopia’s capital, the Yewol watershed, named after this mountain is a beautiful but harsh area to farm. The major problem was soil erosion. “It is the top soil that holds water and nutrients and that was getting washed away, how can we make sure that seed and fertilizer stay where they are placed.
Building dreams with watersheds–Model Watershed in Nagulapally-KonapurICRISAT
Watershed development program in India is silently revolutionalizing the rainfed areas and can become Growth Engine for inclusive and sustainable development in vast tracts of rainfed areas in India
The Re-Birth of the Yewol Watershed - Integrated Watershed Management in E...ICRISAT
A presentation about the Yewol watershed - Integrated Watershed Management in Ethiopia’s Northern Highlands.
This work was done in partnership with the local administration of Woreillu District, Wollo University, Sirinka Agricultural Research Centre, UNEP, ILRI, and the farmers of the Yewol Watershed.
Met advisory and farm systems approach:Using climate information to build res...ICRISAT
In Mopti, Mali, farmers are combating climate change by adopting ecosystem conservation methods and using high quality climate information for agroforestry, crop, livestock management decisions.
Women leader from Rajasthan - Story of Mrs RameshwariICRISAT
Strategies that took women’s needs into account and worked directly with the women made big impacts. The women were empowered to take charge of their lives and reduce the vulnerability of the communities living in these harsh environments.
A prosperous and nutritionally secure drylands through demand-driven innovation ICRISAT
A prosperous and nutritionally secure drylands through demand-driven innovation
Presentation by ICRISAT Director General Dr. David Bergvinson at the CGIAR meeting in USA on 2 November 2015.
ICRISAT’s soil laboratory registers with FAO’s International Network on Ferti...ICRISAT
The Charles Renard Analytical Laboratory at ICRISAT has been officially registered with the International Network on Fertilizer Analysis – a network created in December 2020, to build and strengthen the capacity of laboratories in fertilizer analysis and harmonize fertilizer quality standards. Dr Pushpajeet L Choudhari, Manager of the soil laboratory, said that testing serves as a preventive measure to avoid the misuse of fertilizers leading to better soil management.
Uzbek delegation explores climate-resilient crop options for arid, degraded e...ICRISAT
A delegation from Uzbekistan visited ICRISAT headquarters in India to learn about short-duration second crops suited to their country's arid ecologies. The visitors were interested in crop options that mature before winter and can increase agricultural production through double cropping. They were briefed on dryland crop options from ICRISAT like pearl millet and pigeonpea. The delegation explored opportunities for academic exchange and obtaining genomic services and training from ICRISAT to develop crops suited to Uzbekistan's climate and soils. Previous partnerships between ICRISAT and Uzbekistan in developing salinity tolerant pearl millet varieties were also discussed.
Inheritance of Resistance to Sorghum ShootFly, Atherigona soccata in Sorghum,...ICRISAT
Sorghum production is affected by a wide array of biotic constraints, of which sorghum shootf ly, Atherigona soccata is the most important pest, which severely damages the sorghum crop during the seedlings stage. Host plant resistance is one of the major components to control sorghum shoot fly, Atherigona soccata. To understand the nature of gene action for inheritance of shoot fly resistance, we evaluated 10parents, 45F1’s and their reciprocals in replicated trials during the rainy and post rainy seasons. The genotypes ICSV700, Phule Anuradha, ICSV25019, PS35805, IS2123, IS2146, and IS18551 exhibited resistance to shoot fly damage across seasons. Crosses between susceptible parents were preferred for egg laying by the shoot fly females, resulting in a susceptible reaction. ICSV700, ICSV25019, PS35805, IS2123, IS2146, and IS18551 exhibited significant and negative general combining ability (gca) effects for oviposition, deadheart incidence, and overall resistance score.
Asia Regional Program Planning Meeting- overview by Dr Suhas P Wani, Regional...ICRISAT
FOCUSfor achieving goal of reducing povertyand zero hunger,to internalize plan for operationalizing an ecosystem to create wealth for small farm holders thru building partnerships as a team, deliberate and strategize the concept of scaling-up as a business model to serve millions of small farm holders,and synergize the work plans of inter-and intra-projects’ teams and intra-programs and build the winning team ICRISAT.
Biological control of the millet head miner in Niger and SenegalICRISAT
Farmers will be trained on biological control of the millet head miner and links will be made with a McKnight-funded project in Burkina Faso, Mal and Niger, a West-Africa Agricultural Productivity Program-funded project in Senegal and the CGIAR research program on Dryland Cereals to scale up the technologies in all Sahelian countries. Outcomes of this project will include a reduction in pearl millet grain losses, an increase in food production and security among Nigerien and Senegalese millet farmers, as well as the establishment of a cottage industry to rear and sell natural enemies, which will provide revenue to farmers and women's cooperatives
IPM for Pearl Millet in the Sahel: Augmentative on-farm releases of parasitoi...ICRISAT
There was a significant increase of MHM parasitization rate after the releases, with up to 97% mortality. The survey on farmers’ perceptions revealed a fair knowledge of the MHM and the ability of farmers to describe the pest and the damage it caused. Farmers claimed that the biocontrol agent H. hebetor is effective and perceived a significant gain in grain yield due to this control strategy. Implications of these findings for a large extension of the MHM biocontrol program are discussed.
Monitoring biosafety of pharmaceutical drugs, insecticides,and other bioactiv...ICRISAT
Mitochondria are large cell organelles in plant and animal cells. They convert chemical energy from food in the cell to usable energy using oxygen. This process is called oxidative phosphorylation, which takes place inside the mitochondria. Reactions of Krebs cycle produce a chemical, NADH (Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide, reduced form), which is then used by enzymes present in the inner mitochondrial membrane to generate energy rich adenosine triphosphate (ATP) molecules.These molecules are utilized by the cells whenever energy is required. Therefore, mitochondria are also referred as power houses of the cell. Mitochondria are abundantly present in muscle and brain cells, and sperms to supply ATPs during demand for energy. Monitoring biosafety of pharmaceutical drugs, insecticides, and other bioactive molecules to mitochondria is necessary because some of them interact with the mitochondrial membrane or membrane proteins, thereby affecting the energy levels of cells or even induces mitochondrial-dependent apoptosis (programmed cell death).
This document outlines the vision, mission, and goal of an organization working to improve conditions for the poor living in semi-arid tropical regions. The vision is to improve well-being, the mission is to reduce poverty and enhance food security while protecting the environment through empowering the poor with science, and the goal is to mobilize cutting-edge science and innovations with partners to alleviate poverty, ensure food security, support human development, and protect the environment for poor rural families living in semi-arid areas of Asia and Africa.
Asia Regional Planning Meeting-Scaling up Research for Development and Impact...ICRISAT
Assessing the impacts of climate change and evaluate climate adaptation strategies in terms of anticipated shifts in the crop growing periods, water availability, major crop yields, and evaluate adaption strategies for developing climate resilient farming systems and to develop knowledge and skills of stakeholders on improved technologies for sustainable crop intensification.
ICRISAT’s holistic approach to the agricultural R4D value chain - AfricaICRISAT
ICRISAT takes a holistic approach to agricultural research for development along the entire value chain from analyzing key problems and opportunities in soil, water, and crop improvement, to diversifying farms with improved on-farm practices and technologies, and introducing processing to facilitate greater market access and development. Their approach focuses on cross-cutting issues of mainstreaming nutrition, empowering women, and attracting youth to agriculture, and adoption through participatory and partnered approaches, capacity building, integrated communications, monitoring and evaluation, and policy support.
Climate and crop modelling approach-Cropping advisories based on seasonal for...ICRISAT
In a pilot study conducted in South India, farmers who followed the cropping advisory derived from climate and crop simulation modeling earned 20% more than those who did not heed the advice.A majority of the farming community in
Hussainapuram, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India, live below the poverty line. Over 50% of the cultivators hold less than two hectares of dryland. Twice in every five years the village experiences drought. Recurrent droughts force migration to nearby cities for employment. In this region the deep black soils are deficient in major and micro nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, boron and zinc. Cotton, groundnut, sunflower and chickpea are the major crops in the region. Cotton growers have been the worst hit by changing rainfall patterns.
A presentation by Prof M.S Swaminathan (FNA, FNAAS, FRS, UNESCO, Chair in Ecotechnology, MSSRF, Chennai) at the NAAS Silver Jubilee -
25 Years of Achievement in Agricultural Science and Way Forward for 2030, New Delhi, 3 June 2015
Development of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assays for Rapid...ICRISAT
Rapid detection of pathogens in chickpea has become a pre-requisite to facilitate accurate disease diagnosis and surveillance for better management strategy. Among the diseases affecting chickpea, Fusarium wilt [Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris (Foc)] can cause 100% yield losses in susceptible cultivars. In this study a method based on the Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) assay for the detection of Foc was developed and sensitivity and specificity of the assay was evaluated.
Asia Regional Program Planning meeting " A Strategy on Scaling up of innovati...ICRISAT
The main strategy is to build the partnerships and harness the synergy to benefit the farmers through science-led development strategy built on the experiences gathered during the implementation of the project.
Gender, Nutrition and Health: Achievements and key insightsICRISAT
This document summarizes achievements and key insights from Village Dynamics Studies in South Asia related to gender, nutrition, and health. It discusses findings around the feminization of agriculture, assets held by men and women, women's empowerment scores, dietary diversity among women and children, the double burden of malnutrition, and lessons learned. It also outlines ways to integrate more nutrition modules into future phases of Village Dynamics Studies and provide answers to drive action outcomes in areas like translating income increases to nutritional improvements and making communities more resilient.
Re-Birth of the Yewol Watershed : Integrated watershed management in Ethiopia...ICRISAT
At 3500 meters above sea level and 445 km from Addis Ababa,Ethiopia’s capital, the Yewol watershed, named after this mountain is a beautiful but harsh area to farm. The major problem was soil erosion. “It is the top soil that holds water and nutrients and that was getting washed away, how can we make sure that seed and fertilizer stay where they are placed.
Building dreams with watersheds–Model Watershed in Nagulapally-KonapurICRISAT
Watershed development program in India is silently revolutionalizing the rainfed areas and can become Growth Engine for inclusive and sustainable development in vast tracts of rainfed areas in India
The Re-Birth of the Yewol Watershed - Integrated Watershed Management in E...ICRISAT
A presentation about the Yewol watershed - Integrated Watershed Management in Ethiopia’s Northern Highlands.
This work was done in partnership with the local administration of Woreillu District, Wollo University, Sirinka Agricultural Research Centre, UNEP, ILRI, and the farmers of the Yewol Watershed.
Met advisory and farm systems approach:Using climate information to build res...ICRISAT
In Mopti, Mali, farmers are combating climate change by adopting ecosystem conservation methods and using high quality climate information for agroforestry, crop, livestock management decisions.
Women leader from Rajasthan - Story of Mrs RameshwariICRISAT
Strategies that took women’s needs into account and worked directly with the women made big impacts. The women were empowered to take charge of their lives and reduce the vulnerability of the communities living in these harsh environments.
A prosperous and nutritionally secure drylands through demand-driven innovation ICRISAT
A prosperous and nutritionally secure drylands through demand-driven innovation
Presentation by ICRISAT Director General Dr. David Bergvinson at the CGIAR meeting in USA on 2 November 2015.
ICRISAT’s soil laboratory registers with FAO’s International Network on Ferti...ICRISAT
The Charles Renard Analytical Laboratory at ICRISAT has been officially registered with the International Network on Fertilizer Analysis – a network created in December 2020, to build and strengthen the capacity of laboratories in fertilizer analysis and harmonize fertilizer quality standards. Dr Pushpajeet L Choudhari, Manager of the soil laboratory, said that testing serves as a preventive measure to avoid the misuse of fertilizers leading to better soil management.
Uzbek delegation explores climate-resilient crop options for arid, degraded e...ICRISAT
A delegation from Uzbekistan visited ICRISAT headquarters in India to learn about short-duration second crops suited to their country's arid ecologies. The visitors were interested in crop options that mature before winter and can increase agricultural production through double cropping. They were briefed on dryland crop options from ICRISAT like pearl millet and pigeonpea. The delegation explored opportunities for academic exchange and obtaining genomic services and training from ICRISAT to develop crops suited to Uzbekistan's climate and soils. Previous partnerships between ICRISAT and Uzbekistan in developing salinity tolerant pearl millet varieties were also discussed.
Indian Ambassador to Niger explores opportunities for South-South cooperationICRISAT
The Ambassador of India to Niger, His Excellency Mr Prem K Nair, visited ICRISAT’s research station at Sadore, to explore opportunities for South-South collaboration. He said that the objective of his visit was to learn about ICRISAT’s activities in Niger and to identify possible areas of cooperation for implementing agri-development initiatives introduced by India.
WFP, ICRISAT to partner on climate-resilience, food security, nutrition and l...ICRISAT
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to partner on programs and research to improve food and nutrition security and livelihoods in India against the impacts of climate change. The partnership aims to strengthen efforts bringing together science, knowledge, and implementation frameworks to bolster climate-resilient food security, nutrition, and livelihoods. A significant focus will be on vulnerability analysis at the state level in India and developing a sustainable food systems approach.
Visit by Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner to ICRISAT opens opportunities f...ICRISAT
Dr Doraiswamy Venkateshwaran, Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner stationed in Chennai, recently visited the ICRISAT campus in Hyderabad to learn more about the Institute’s science-backed research for dryland agriculture. Along with his team, he visited the genebank and toured the pigeonpea and finger millet field plots, where Dr Prakash Gangashetty and Dr Sobhan Sajja explained to him the research focus and various traits of hybrids and varieties developed by ICRISAT.
UK Ambassador to Niger discusses climate change adaptation and humanitarian i...ICRISAT
The UK Ambassador to Niger, Ms Catherine Inglehearn, recently visited ICRISAT-Niger to discuss Niger's participation in the upcoming COP26 climate conference and support for implementing climate change adaptation measures. During the visit, Ms Inglehearn spoke about the UK Embassy's humanitarian work with organizations like WFP, UNICEF, and ICRC in Niger's first year of operations. ICRISAT representatives provided an overview of the organization's work empowering youth and women in Niger and recent achievements, which the Ambassador congratulated them on.
New climate-resilient, disease-resistant chickpea varieties coming farmers’ wayICRISAT
Three new chickpea varieties have been developed with enhanced drought tolerance, disease resistance, and increased yield. These varieties were created using genomics-assisted breeding by ICRISAT and ICAR. The new varieties are awaiting approval for cultivation by Indian farmers. Genomics-assisted breeding has delivered six high-yielding chickpea varieties to India in the last three years. Improved chickpea varieties are needed due to drought threats in chickpea growing regions, as drought can cause up to 60% yield losses annually. ICRISAT is leading efforts in genetic analysis of drought tolerance and disease resistance in chickpea using advanced sequencing technologies.
Deputy Collector gets training on agriculture research at ICRISAT HyderabadICRISAT
Mrs Bikumalla Santoshi, Deputy Collector of Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district in Telangana, India, visited ICRISAT, Hyderabad recently as part of her orientation and training in agricultural research. Mrs Santoshi toured the campus and learnt about the research done on dryland cereals and legumes at ICRISAT’s centers in India as well as Africa.
Cereal-legume value chain stakeholders in WCA meet to develop demand-driven a...ICRISAT
The document summarizes a 4-day workshop organized by ICRISAT's Gender Research Program that brought together breeders, value chain stakeholders, and social scientists from West African countries. The goal was to define priority traits for sorghum, millet, and groundnut cultivars based on demand from key stakeholders, especially considering gender-related needs. Studies conducted prior to the workshop assessed trait preferences. Participants agreed production, nutrition, and market attributes must be considered in breeding, with an emphasis on nutrition security and gender equity. Traits like productivity, nutrition, and adaptability to marginal soils were discussed as priorities. The expected output is new product profiles to guide breeding programs in developing market-driven, gender-responsive varieties
ICRISAT to share expertise on sorghum production with farmers in SomaliaICRISAT
ICRISAT is collaborating with the Somali Agricultural Technical Group (SATG) to provide technical support for sorghum production in Somalia. The expertise provided includes identification of sorghum varieties suitable for Somalia, provision of breeder seed of the identified varieties and training of SATG staff and their partners in sorghum seed production.
4CAST: New digital tool to enhance farmers’ access to modern varietiesICRISAT
ICRISAT has launched a new digital tool called 4CAST to improve smallholder farmers' access to improved crop varieties. 4CAST is a user-friendly, data-driven platform that provides a digital catalog of new varieties including information on quality, availability and regional seed stocks. It also offers digital workflows and real-time tracking for stakeholders in seed value chains. The tool helps in planning variety release and seed production to ensure farmers have adequate access to quality seeds of improved varieties. 4CAST collates and shares variety and seed data nationally and regionally to guide stakeholders and provide farmers information to facilitate agricultural transformation.
New ‘one-stop shop’ team formed to take ICRISAT’S plant breeding program in W...ICRISAT
ICRISAT West and Central Africa has reorganized all disciplines of agronomic research (agronomy, breeding, biotechnology/ genomics, integrated crop management, physiology, sociology, agroeconomics, etc.) under one umbrella called the Crop Improvement Operations Team (CIOT). A “one-stop shop” for all crop improvement operations, the CIOT was launched on Tuesday 24 August 2021 at ICRISAT’s Samanko research station in Mali.
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has been awarded the 2021 Africa Food Prize, for work that has improved food security across 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT, a CGIAR Research Center, is a non-profit, non-political public international research organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world.
Rooting for strong partnerships and participatory extension in Nigeria for ro...ICRISAT
To enhance partnerships and make the extension systems for cereals and legumes production technologies in Nigeria more participatory, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and ICRISAT recently organized a workshop for agencies implementing the Kano State Agro Pastoral Development Project.
Understanding consumption preferences for sorghum and millets globallyICRISAT
In support of the objectives of the International Year of Millets (2023), a global study, “Prioritizing Regular Intake of Sorghum and Millets (PRISM)”, is being conducted to understand the potential drivers of sorghum and millets consumption. PRISM is a collaborative effort of researchers in the Markets, Institutions and Policy team at ICRISAT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR) to understand the choices that drive the consumption of these nutricereals and to explore their increased inclusion in diets globally for the good of dryland farmers, human health and the environment.
ICRISAT introduces an invigorated research structure (The research structure ...ICRISAT
A robust, more efficient research structure is part of the reorganization initiative at ICRISAT that aims at building a cohesive and interconnected body of work in agricultural research. The revitalized framework is expected to seamlessly integrate and deliver agricultural research outputs across the drylands of Asia and Africa. The strength of this framework is the deeply interlinked global and regional programs working towards common and interdependent goals.
Training on science communication to engage funders and stakeholdersICRISAT
Communicating research findings to policy makers, peers and civil society is crucial for research uptake and development. To meet this goal, a one-day training session on messaging through newsletters and journal articles was held for participants of the International Training Programme on Climate Change – Mitigation and Adaptation of the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) at ICRISAT, Mali.
Virtual training in the use of remote sensing for the agriculture sector in P...ICRISAT
A virtual hands-on training program on developing geospatial maps for supporting insurance products using Google Earth Engine and semi-automatic techniques was conducted for participants in Pakistan as part of the project “Strengthening Post-COVID-19 Food Security and Locust Attacks”. The nine participants were from the PARC Agrotech company (PATCO) technical team and crop reporting service teams from Punjab and Sindh in Pakistan. They were introduced to remote sensing and its applications in agriculture. Hands-on training using Google Earth Engine (GEE), Image Processing Software – ERDAS 2015 and various automatic classification techniques was provided along with several applications for using these modern tools.
ICRISAT pleased to share this five-year Strategic Plan 2021-2025 which builds on our extensive partnerships, networking and our understanding of the needs on the ground and sets out our current expertise with our vision for the next five years of a streamlined, targeted research for development institution, working closely with our partners and stakeholders in the private and public sectors.
ICRISAT and HarvestPlus to collaborate on mainstreaming nutrition research an...ICRISAT
ICRISAT and HarvestPlus signed an agreement for scientific and technical collaboration between the two global organizations. Mr Arun Baral, CEO, HarvestPlus, and Dr Jacqueline d’Arros Hughes, Director General, ICRISAT, signed the Memorandum of Understanding, which is made and entered into by IFPRI on behalf of its HarvestPlus Program. On the occasion, Dr Hughes said, After 17 years of fruitful collaboration on biofortification research, we have now decided to elevate this partnership. ICRISAT and HarvestPlus will work together more closely, making available micronutrient-rich varieties, high-quality seed and related technologies to the farming communities and consumers. This will contribute to eliminating micronutrient malnutrition in the drylands.
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Good morning and welcome back to Energy Source, coming to you from New York, where the city swelters in its first heatwave of the season.
Nearly 80 million people were under alerts in the US north-east and midwest yesterday as temperatures in some municipalities reached record highs in a test to the country’s rickety power grid.
In other news, the Financial Times has a new Big Read this morning on Russia’s grip on nuclear power. Despite sanctions on its economy, the Kremlin continues to be an unrivalled exporter of nuclear power plants, building more than half of all reactors under construction globally. Read how Moscow is using these projects to wield global influence.
Today’s Energy Source dives into the latest Statistical Review of World Energy, the industry’s annual stocktake of global energy consumption. The report was published for more than 70 years by BP before it was passed over to the Energy Institute last year. The oil major remains a contributor.
Data Drill looks at a new analysis from the World Bank showing gas flaring is at a four-year high.
Thanks for reading,
Amanda
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