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‘What will we eat? Who will buy it?’: India’s millet boom is not helping India’s farmers

In Peeliya village, around two km off the main road in Bassi tehsil of Jaipur district, lies a 27-bigha (about 17-acre) farmland – roughly the size of Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy cricket stadium. The owner Kajodmal Sharma guides me through a mud-soaked trail, now slick and treacherous after a day of heavy…

Newslaundry · Sep 16, 2024

State seed corporation signs MoU with ICRISAT to access drought and disease-resistant varieties

KSSC, ICRISAT ink MoU to introduce drought, disease-resistant varieties to benefit farmers in Karnataka. KSSC to get access to new seed varieties from ICRISAT; MoU valid for 3 yrs; Varieties to be validated by VRDC, KSSC & State agri univs; FICCI reps meet Agri Min to discuss reforms.

The Hindu · Oct 30, 2023

TCI, ICRISAT to improve database

Open-access platform database to feature additional variables related to nutrition, food security and sustainable agriculture in India

The Hindu · Aug 17, 2022

Andhra Pradesh: Watershed project helps farmers of Patnikota, Ayyavaripalli

2.34 lakh cubic metres of rain water harvested, benefiting 500 households

The Hindu · May 19, 2022

Walmart Foundation announces agriculture grant

It will help communities impacted by COVID-19

The Hindu · Feb 23, 2022

How Hyderabad got ICRISAT

Rain in the city before the study team’s visit proved to be a clincher to locate the research facility

The Hindu · Feb 5, 2022

Centre to make small farmers strong market forces by forming farmer producer organisations: PM Modi

He says country committed to achieve net zero by 2070 to tackle climate change

The Hindu · Feb 5, 2022

Hyderabad: PM Modi says 'India commits to Net-Zero emission by 2070'

On the occasion of the 50th-anniversary celebrations of the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Prime Minister Narendra Modi said "India has set a target of Net-Zero emission by 2070."

Dynamite News · Feb 5, 2022

PM Modi reaches Hyderabad; Telangana CM KCR stays away

PM Modi participates in golden jubilee of ICRISAT

The Hindu · Feb 5, 2022

Many milestones, crores of lives improved

Modi to open ICRISAT golden jubilee celebrations

The Hindu · Feb 4, 2022