Global planning and review meeting held in Addis Ababa
The first global planning and review meeting of the ICRISAT-HOPE project was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 12 -16 October. The meeting, attended by collaborating scientists from participating countries in Africa and Asia, was organized by ICRISAT in collaboration with the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research …
Hybrid Sorghum Seed Production Training Program at ICRISAT-Mali
“Rather than giving us fish, the training taught us how to catch fish,” is how Oumar of Kiffosso, Mali, sums up the one-day training workshop on hybrid sorghum seed production conducted at ICRISAT-Mali on 29 September. The training was attended by 49 sorghum hybrid seed …
When farmers are partners in research & technology dissemination
Meet David Chiroto, a finger millet farmer from Rift Valley province in Kenya. David has been growing finger millet as a staple food crop for the last 30 years. In his homestead, finger millet is used to make porridge and ugali to feed his family. …
Increasing pearl millet yields in the Sahel
“Pearl millet is one crop with the potential to adapt to the harsh conditions in the Sahel. The yield gaps, caused by mismanagement and the lack of appropriate technology, can be filled,” says Dr Fatondji Dougbedji, ICRISAT’s agronomist (soils and water conservation) based in Niger . …
Rajasthan farmers exposed to input and market opportunities
A one-day training programme was organized at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Nagaur, Rajasthan, on 1 June 2011 for farmers of the ICRISAT-HOPE project study area. Around 40 farmers from Gotan and Kherapa attended this program in which bank, warehousing and mandi officials were invited to deliver …