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Open Data for agriculture vital to global food security

Sharing publicly-funded agricultural data critical in helping feed the worlds growing population

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Senegal Prime Minister supports new partnerships to tackle food security in...

A stronger and more dynamic regional and international research-for-development partnership in agriculture is the way forward for advancing food security and poverty reduction in the drylands.

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Stronger regional and international partnerships paving the way for food...

Partnership is the key to overcoming poverty and food insecurity which remain as serious challenges in the dryland tropics of the world, affecting about 700 million people living on less than $2 a day.

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ICRISAT and Senegal strengthen partnership for food and nutrition security...

The Senegalese Institute for Agricultural Research (ISRA) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have committed to a stronger and more strategic partnership...

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SABMiller India and ICRISAT collaborate to improve rural livelihoods through...

Partnership driving crop productivity enhancement, soil and water conservation and livelihood generation for smallholder farmers

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Inclusive market-oriented development needed to improve livelihoods of the poor

The power of market opportunities to offer more prosperous lives for smallholder farmers and their families in the dryland tropics was the focus of the Global Planning Meeting of the International...

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Global research programs on grain legumes and dryland cereals launched to...

Strategic, high-quality international agriculture research partnerships on grain legumes and dryland cereals to help reduce poverty and improve food and nutrition security in marginal environments

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USAID-supported project to apply genomics research to pigeonpea improvement

First orphan legume genome sequence to be translated to crop breeding to boost food, nutrition and income security of dryland poor

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Recycling of wastewater to improve agricultural production and farmers...

Recycling and judicious reuse of treated wastewater, combined with enhanced water-use efficiency, promises increased crop productivity and improved livelihoods of smallholder farmers, and the...

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Decoded genome of chickpea, a leading grain legume for many poor smallholder...

In a scientific breakthrough that promises improved grain yields and quality, greater drought tolerance and disease resistance, and enhanced genetic diversity, a global research team has completed...

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Illumina Announces Recipients of Agricultural Greater Good Initiative Grants

Illumina, Inc. announced two new grant recipients of its Agricultural Greater Good Initiative at the 21st International Plant and Animal Genome Conference on 15 January 2013. The recipients, the...

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IFAD program to improve agricultural productivity in rainfed Asia holds...

Increasing the productivity of rainfed agriculture, which still supplies some 60 percent of the world's food, would make a significant impact on global food production.

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Bill Gates visits ICRISAT

Mr Bill Gates, Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, visited the ICRISAT headquarters in Patancheru, Hyderabad on Thursday, 30 May. This was Mr Gates first visit to this Institute where he...

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NAIP-ICAR and ICRISAT to organize Agri-Tech Investors Meet

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics and the National Agricultural Innovation Project of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research will be holding a two-day Agri-Tech...

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ICRISAT and partners launch knowledge sharing and watershed initiatives

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ICRISAT along with the Government of Karnataka GoK, JSW Foundation and Anandana Coca-Cola India Foundation launched three important...

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ICRISAT Director General William Dar receives MS Swaminathan Leadership in...

The Director General of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ICRISAT, Dr William D. Dar, received the MS Swaminathan Award for Leadership in Agriculture for the year...

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APJ Abdul Kalam underscores role of biotechnology to feed the world

Renowned scientist and 11th President of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, visited the headquarters of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics at Patancheru on 20 June. The...

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ICRISAT Agribusiness Fair attracts 300 innovators and entrepreneurs

The one-day Agribusiness Fair organized by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) proved to be a major success, with more than 300 agribusiness innovators and...

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ICRISAT genebank head honored with top germplasm award by US body

Dr Hari D Upadhyaya, Head of Genebank at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) based in Hyderabad, India, was recently conferred the 2013 Frank N Meyer Medal...

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ICRISAT to host agribusiness fair on 17 January 2014

The Agri-Business Incubation (ABI) Program of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) will be organizing a one-day Agribusiness Fair for agribusiness innovators...

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