Millet breeders visit ICRISAT Kano, Nigeria
As part of the ICRISAT-HOPE project monitoring activities, ICRISAT millet breeders Drs C Tom Hash (ICRISAT Niamey) and Ignatius Angarawai (Nigeria National Millet Breeder, LCRI Maiduguri) visited ICRISAT Kano and on-farm millet and sorghum ISSFM trials in Kano and Jigawa States of Nigeria from 28-29 …
Farmer-to-farmer videos on ‘Fighting against Striga’ launched
ICRISAT West and Central Africa (WCA) launched the ‘Fighting against Striga’ DVD campaign on 8 June with a ceremony led by Dr Farid Waliyar, WCA Regional Director. The event was attended by representatives from Mali’s Ministry of Agriculture, the national research institute – IER, the …
Training on integrated Striga management, Mali
From 15 to 18 May, 24 field agents and 6 farmers were trained in the use of cluster based farmer field schools (CBFFS) for integrated striga and soil fertility management (ISSFM) and a range of tools for large scale dissemination of technologies related to sorghum …
ICRISAT and partners plan project activities in Nigeria
Participants at the meeting group discussions The ICRISAT-HOPE project held its annual review and planning meeting for Nigeria on 16 and 17 April 2012. During the meeting, ICRISAT and the different implementing partners of the project in Nigeria met in ICRISAT’s Kano office in Nigeria …
ICRISAT – HOPE set-up women Processor group in Kano
ICRISAT Kano through the objective 5 of HOPE project is supporting women groups who are involved the sorghum and millet value chains. These supports which ranged from trainings, to networking to sorghum and millet producers could also include assistance in form of processing machines . …