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International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
Institution
Section overview
Description
ICRISAT is a nonprofit, international organization for science-based agricultural development.The objective is to help developing countries apply science to increase crop productivity and food security, reduce poverty, and protect the environment. ICRISAT focuses on the semi-arid tropical areas of the developing world, where low rainfall is the major environmental constraint to agriculture. Special emphasis is placed on five crops that are particularly important in the diets of the poor: sorghum, millet, groundnut, chickpea, and pigeonpea.
Activities
- Research
Coordinated projects
- Arresting the scourge of striga on sorghum in Africa by combining the strengths of marker-assisted backcrossing and farmer-participatory selection
- Dry season feeding of livestock in the SAT of Zimbabwe
- Sustainable conservation and utilization of genetic resources of two underutilized crops - finger millet and foxtail millet - to enhance productivity, nutrition and income in Africa and Asia
Involved in research projects
Contact
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(ICRISAT)
Patancheru
502 324 Hyderabad
India
India
Phone: +91 40 23296161
Fax: +91 40 30713074
Email: icrisat(@)cgiar.org
