Report: Impact of Potential Technologies for Post-rainy Season Sorghum and Pearl Millet in India
In India, sorghum is cultivated during rainy (kharif) and post‐rainy (rabi) seasons in central and western Maharashtra, Northern Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The crop is cultivated in Maharashtra both for grain and fodder during kharif and rabi seasons. Rabi sorghum occupies 64% of sorghum …
Report: Ex-ante assessment and feasible investment of rabi sorghum in India
The major technologies in posr-rainy (rabi) sorghum are classified under “crop improvement”, “crop management” and “markets and prices”. The choice of any combination depends on the resource endowments of farmers, access and availability of quality inputs at the right time and place and the market …
Manual for implementing Cluster-based Farmer Field Schools for Integrated Striga and Soil Fertility Management
This guide is intended for researchers, field technicians and extension workers as a step-by-step introduction to the implementation of “Cluster-based Farmer Field Schools” (CBFFS) for Integrated Striga and Soil Fertility Management (ISSFM) in farming communities of the semi-arid tropics of West Africa. These are areas …
Report: Policy brief on sorghum and pearl millet economy in India
More than 60% of the area in India is cultivated under arid and semi-arid conditions. Nevertheless these provide around 40% of the food production. Farmers are exposed to harsh agro-climatic conditions, as they have to cultivate shallow and poor soils under drought prone conditions, receive …
Let’s talk money! When African farmers analyse their own economic benefits…
In this article, Tom Van Mourik, an ICRISAT scientist in West Africa, describes how farmers use a new approach in the battle against Striga, a parasitic weed. This new approach is based on a combination of technologies, such as new ways to apply and combine …