Wilder and stronger: India-Myanmar pigeonpea program gets new research boost

Oct 26, 2018 | News, Stories

Pre-breeding utilizes wild species with tolerance to climate change, diseases and pests Hyderabad, 25 October 2018: The largest producer of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) in the world, India could increase its production three times, provided there are varieties resistant...

Nigerian Agriculture Minister endorses groundnut thresher

Oct 26, 2018 | Stories

A motorized groundnut thresher is reducing drudgery for women farmers in rural Nigeria. Introduced in 2015, over 50 threshers have already been distributed to farmer groups and cooperatives. Recently at the National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) fair, Chief Audu...

Focus on partnerships and innovation at CRP GLDC meetings

Oct 26, 2018 | News

A renewed focus on innovation and establishing new partnerships was high on the agenda at the recent joint meeting of the Research Management Committee (RMC) and the Independent Advisory Committee (IAC) of the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Drylands...

Committed to Alleviating Malnutrition, India Declares Minimum Levels for Iron and Zinc in Pearl Millet

Oct 25, 2018 | News, Stories

India leads in prioritizing nutrition in breeding The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has established minimum levels of iron and zinc to be bred into national varieties of pearl millet. The news comes during the National Year of Millets and as the...

Lessons from an early adopter of sorghum technologies in Kitui, Eastern Kenya

Oct 15, 2018 | News

Gender Conversations from East Africa with Esther Njuguna-Mungai, Nairobi, Kenya. As a gender researcher working in dryland agricultural research, one of the outcomes we strive for is equity in improvement of farm level outcomes for men and women farmers. This is...