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Report: Policy brief on sorghum and pearl millet economy in India
More than 60% of the area in India is cultivated under arid and semi-arid conditions. Nevertheless these provide around 40% of the food production. Farmers are exposed to harsh agro-climatic conditions, as they have to cultivate shallow and poor soils under drought prone conditions, receive …
ICRISAT scientist Tom Van Mourik, "Doctor Striga"
“Farmers used to grow dryland crops mostly to feed their families. Nowadays, they also grow crops as an income.” Tom is what someone could call “a pillar of the ICRISAT-HOPE project in West Africa”. He started working in 2004 as an agronomist initially with a …
Let’s talk money! When African farmers analyse their own economic benefits…
In this article, Tom Van Mourik, an ICRISAT scientist in West Africa, describes how farmers use a new approach in the battle against Striga, a parasitic weed. This new approach is based on a combination of technologies, such as new ways to apply and combine …
Henry Ojulong: About passion, finger millet and global food demand
The United Nations predicts that the world population will be 9 billion by 2050, and that crop production will need to increase by 70% to meet the global demand. This is why Dr. Henry Ojulong, an ICRISAT- HOPE Project scientist – based in Nairobi, is …
From Variety Tests and Farmer Field Schools to the Sale of Seed Packs and “Integrated Striga control” Packs
During the last week of May 2011, a team of ICRISAT HOPE project scientists and technicians traveled to Mali, West Africa, to prepare 30 farmer field schools for the coming 2011 rainy season. Their seed packs and “integrated Striga and soil fertility management”- packs were a success.
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