At the 33rd Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Research Association (AERA), held at ICAR–National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (ICAR-NAARM), Hyderabad,...
Unpredictable rains pose a serious threat to groundnut farmers, with pre-harvest sprouting causing significant losses. Spanish groundnut varieties, representing nearly 60% of globa...
ICRISAT’s short-duration sorghum variety, SAMSORG 52, is transforming farming in northern Nigeria by addressing insecurity, strengthening productivity, and improving nutrition.
As the world grapples with intensifying climate shocks, the challenge of managing water for agriculture has never been greater. Erratic rainfall, shrinking aquifers, and unsustaina...
The world’s premier institute for dryland agriculture and a globally acclaimed research center, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), has...
When crops fail, people move not by choice, but by necessity. As families are displaced by droughts and failed harvests, the pressures do not always stop at national boundaries. In...
As global agriculture confronts mounting challenges from climate shocks and shifting dynamics, ICRISAT and India’s Ministry of External Affairs are leveraging South-South collabora...
To mark the United Nations Day for South–South Cooperation 2025, ICRISAT organized a high-level webinar on “Scalable Solutions for Crop Improvement and Production Technologies for...
At the recent Africa Food Systems Summit (AFS) in Dakar, I was struck by a profound mix of urgency and possibility. Urgency, because by nearly every measure, climate change, land d...
