Empowering women in South Asia thru improved cultivation practices
Farmers in western Maharashtra and Marathwada areas in Maharashtra state of India were recently trained on improved cultivation practices of postrainy sorghum – an important food and fodder crop in the region. The ICRISAT-HOPE project had distributed seed of five released varieties — Parbhani Moti, …
Project interventions benefit sorghum farmers in Maharashtra
Recent HOPE interventions generated USD 541,000 for farmers in the Marathwada and western region of Maharashtra, India by improving on-farm productivity of postrainy sorghum.
Cultivated on close to 3 million hectares, sorghum is an important food and fodder crop of Marathwada and Western Maharashtra, India.
Farmers’ sorghum field day held in Ethiopia
The ICRISAT-HOPE project in Ethiopia aims to increase dryland sorghum productivity in Western Hararge and North Wollo of Ethiopia. Sirinka Agricultural Research Centre (SARC) organized a farmers’ field day in Kobo, North Wollo Zone, Amhara State, Ethiopia on 12 November 2010 in collaboration with ICRISAT-ESA. Ninety-eight …