Pearl millet field day held in Maradi, Niger
On 29 August, ICRISAT and the National Agricultural Research Institute of Niger (INRAN), in collaboration with the Maradi Region Agricultural Department, held a Field Day at a road-side pearl millet variety demonstration plot at Maradi, Niger. The Field Day was attended by the Secretary General …
Farmers’ field days held in Kenya
The ICRISAT-HOPE project seeks to help end food insecurity and poverty through research-for-development on sorghum and millets, enhancing technology utilization, linking farmers with markets, and strengthening the capacity of national and civil society partners in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. In Kenya, farmers’ field days …
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 …
ICRISAT-HOPE sharply increases sorghum yields in Maharashtra, India
ICRISAT-HOPE has become reality for 25,000 farmers in dryland Marathwada and Western Maharashtra regions of the state of Maharashtra, known as the ‘Sorghum Bowl of India’. Initial assessments indicate that their grain yields rose by 40% and fodder yields by 20% on average over the …
Sorghum field day: Production set to perk up in Rombo District
It all began when Mr Michael Shirima, owner of Precision Air (a regional airline company in Tanzania), on hearing about the improved Macia sorghum being promoted by the ICRISAT-HOPE project, bought 30 kg ofseed from Suba-Agro, a private seed company in Tanzania. He planted it …