ICRISAT Center of Excellence for South-South
Cooperation in Agriculture
(ISSCA)

Scalable solutions

Agribusiness & Market Systems

Crop improvement and Production Technologies

Digital Agriculture

Livestock improvement and Production Technologies

Natural Resource Management (NRM) & Climate Resilience

Where we work

Asia Pacific Africa Latin America & The Caribbean Middle East & North Africa
Asia Pacific
The Asia-Pacific region, with its diverse agricultural landscapes and smallholder-driven food systems, faces challenges like climate volatility, land degradation, and shifting markets. Scalable solutions—such as climate-smart crops, digital tools, and integrated resource management—blend traditional knowledge with innovation, offering adaptable models for resilience and productivity across the Global South. 

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ICRISAT Brings Frontier Agricultural Science to the Caribbean in Landm...

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...

World Food Day 16 October: A Hungry World Knows No Borders

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...

ICRISAT and India’s Ministry of External Affairs Empower Small Busines...

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...

UN International Day for South–South Cooperation: Global Leaders Conve...

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...