ICRISAT and CIMMYT to Fast-Track Climate-Resilient Crops for Dryland Farmers

ICRISAT and CIMMYT has taken an initiative to Fast-Track Climate-Resilient Crops for Dryland Farmers

Nairobi, Kenya - The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and CIMMYT, with funding support from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, have launched a landmark research initiative to dramatically shorten the time required to develop climate-resilient and market-preferred crop varieties for farmers in the drylands of Eastern Africa and India.

The five-year initiative, Applying Modern Tools to Enhance Precision and Speed of Dryland Crops Breeding, will initially focus on sorghum and groundnut as proof-of-concept crops while establishing a scalable framework for dryland crop improvement across Africa and South Asia. – Media release