ICRISAT-HOPE’s five-point program transforms lives of poor sorghum farmers in Maharashtra, India
Many smallholder farmers in the parched Marathwada and Western Maharashtra regions in India swear by a five-point program that has transformed their lives and brought smiles to their lips. The HOPE project’s five-point package of practices consisting of in-situ moisture conservation, use of improved cultivars, …
ICRISAT-HOPE project interventions boost milk production in Maharashtra, India
Fodder shortages prevent many of the poorest farmers in rural Maharashtra, India from building better livelihoods, especially during droughts. Growing dual-purpose postrainy season sorghum in the State has recently provided smallholder farmers with higher grain yields and better fodder quantity and quality, helping mitigate fodder …
ICRISAT-HOPE holds field days on improved finger millet production in Uganda
The ICRISAT-led HOPE project in partnership with the National Agricultural Research Organization, Victoria Seeds Ltd and Support to Holistic Advancement and Responsible Engagement (SHARE) organized two field days in Amach and Ayer sub-counties of Lira district, Uganda on 15 and 16 July, respectively. The field …
ICRISAT-HOPE team draws proposal for project extension
With the ICRISAT-led HOPE project’s current no-cost extension phase coming to an end in December 2013, the project team met from 1-4 July in Naivasha, Kenya to discuss and formulate activities to be carried out in all the participating countries following this phase. The Bill …
HOPE project scientists trained in data analysis and drafting results
ICRISAT’s Biometrics Unit conducted a two-week Data Analysis and Results Drafting workshop for the HOPE project on 20-31 May in Nairobi, Kenya. The workshop trained the partners on methodically organizing, curating and analyzing data sets of single/multi-environment regional trials and on drafting interpreted and analyzed …