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 …
Project planning and review meeting held in Soroti, Uganda
Production of finger millet, the main cereal food staple in the Eastern and Northern zones of Uganda, is constrained by low productivity, blast disease and use of improper management practices. In 2010, under the ICRISAT-HOPE project, ICRISAT and partners – National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute …
Project Management Team meets in Zanzibar, Tanzania
The HOPE project held its 5th Project Management Team (PMT) meeting on 9-10 March in Zanzibar, Tanzania, to review the project’s progress across the six objectives and the recommendation of the Addis Ababa meeting. The meeting was chaired and facilitated by Project Coordinator Dr. George …
ICRISAT-HOPE project annual meet for pearl millet – South Asia held at Patancheru
Two meetings of the ICRISAT-HOPE project for Pearl Millet – South Asia being implemented in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana in India, were held on 16-17 January at ICRISAT-Patancheru to report progress for 2011 and devise work plans for 2012. Sixty participants including scientists from state …
PMT reviews sorghum activities in Maharashtra
It has been a fruitful year for 25,000 sorghum farmers in the Western and Marathwada regions of Maharashtra State in India, thanks to interventions from the ICRISAT-HOPE project that have helped them realize more than 40% higher grain yield and over 20% higher fodder …