Project strategies for sorghum and pearl millet in Nigeria sketched out
Sorghum and pearl millet are important crops that can increase incomes and enhance livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Nigeria. Promoting the right varieties and production technologies in addition to creating linkages between producers and processors is crucial for this. A research and development strategy …
HOPE Project ESA Team Develops Country Strategies for Sorghum and Millets
On 22-23 November, 2012, the HOPE Project ESA Team, held a workshop to develop country strategies for the project’s mandate crops – sorghum and millets. The workshop was held in Arusha, Tanzania and was attended by 33 participants with representatives from Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, …
ICRISAT-HOPE Gender Specialist visits Kano center, Nigeria
As part of the monitoring activities under the ICRISAT-HOPE project, Gender Specialist Chanda Goodrich visited ICRISAT-Kano on 5-8 October. A roundtable discussion was organized between Dr Goodrich and ICRISAT-HOPE and TL II partners from the National Research Institutes (IAR, Zaria and LCRI, Maiduguri); the State …
Project meets to upscale pearl millet hybrid seed production in India
Participants at the meeting. Smallholder farmers are often constrained by the lack of access to seeds of improved crops and varieties. This is one of the biggest constraints to technology utilization, especially to smallholder farmers. Hence finding ways of supporting reliable seed systems is pivotal …
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 …