Climate Conversations – Threshing mills make life less of a grind for West African women
A grinding machine halves the time and labour needed to thresh grain into flour for these women in Niger. The majority of women in developing countries rely on agriculture, and it is widely acknowledged that gender should be a major consideration in agricultural development for …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …