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Kenya holds project planning meeting
The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) held a country planning meeting on the ICRISAT-HOPE project on 12 and 13 August at the its headquarters in Nairobi. The meeting organized by the project’s country coordinator Chris Oduori was aimed at giving the country project team, collaborating partners …
Field day in Tanzania
ICRISAT-Nairobi organized a field day in Moshi town, Tanzania on 2 July. A total of 235 people (124 men and 111 women) attended. Among them were farmers from the surrounding villages of Moshi Rural district, religious and local business communities, seed companies, and extension and …
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Tanzania: Training in Participatory Variety Selection
In order to meet specific milestones for the ICRISAT-HOPE project, a workshop was held in Tanzania from 17 to 19 May. The workshop was organized by the Selian Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), Arusha, under the leadership of Frida Mgonja ( Principal Investigator – Tanzania) and …
Farmers get 54% higher grain yields under the dryland cereals project
Sorghum and pearl millet, two important dryland cereals, have registered higher yields during the last cropping season in India. Implementors of the Harnessing Opportunities for Productivity Enhancement (HOPE) -Dryland Cereals project revealed this during their first annual progress review and workplan development meeting at Patancheru …
Tanzania Government organizes sorghum day
The Tanzanian Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives in partnership with ICRISAT-Nairobi organized a farmers’ field day on 22 June. About 200 men and women farmers attended the day dedicated to sorghum. The event started with a tour of a sorghum field planted with variety …
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