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Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana: Enhancing Impact through Demand Driven Innovations
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, has launched the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
(PMKSY) to address India’s key agricultural challenges in the 21st century i.e., to reduce poverty ...
Mainstreaming Gender and Empowering Women in Agriculture in the Thar Region of India
Social inequities based on gender norms reinforce nonparticipation of women in decision making at various levels, consequently
depriving them of the benefits arising out of any technological advances. These advances could ...
Transforming Weather Index-Based Crop Insurance in India: Protecting Small Farmers from Distress Status and a Way Forward
In India, agriculture contributes 14% of the GDP and employs 54% of the workforce (NCAER 2013). It accounts for 8.56% of the
country’s exports. Despite agriculture’s steady decline in share in the GDP, it remains the largest ...
Rythu Kosam (Andhra Pradesh Primary Sector Mission). Baseline Summary Report.
Andhra Pradesh has set a target for itself of becoming one of the top three states in India by 2022, in terms of socioeconomic
development and ease of doing business. The state aspires to achieve the status of a developed ...
Designing effective groundnut breeding strategies through farmers-breeder interactions in Northern Nigeria
Nigeria is the largest groundnut producing
country in West and Central Africa and the crop is grown
largely under small-holder system and rain-fed
conditions. Demand for improved groundnut varieties has
been increasing ...
Climate Change vis-a-vis Pest Management
Global warming and climate change will trigger major changes in geographical distribution and population dynamics of insect pests, insect – host plant interactions, activity and abundance of natural enemies, and efficacy ...
Report of the fifth meeting of the imGoats Jhadol-Kanthariya innovation platform, 11 January 2012
Fifth Innovation Platform meeting report
Report of the Second Meeting of the imGoats Mozambique National Steering Committee, Maputo, Mozambique, 7 February 2012
The goal of the “Small ruminant value chains as platforms for reducing poverty and increasing food security in dryland areas of India and Mozambique (imGoats)” project is to increase incomes and food security in a sustainable ...
10 - Year research strategy for pulse crops
This report presents an internationally coordinated strategy designed to increase investment in five major arenas of scientific activity, each of which is essential to achieving the potential of pulse crops. In the coming ...
Eco-friendly approaches for Aspergillus.Flavus management in groundnut
Groundnut is a premier oilseed crop of worldgrown in tropical and subtropical climatic
conditions. Among all the diseases affecting the groundnut, aflatoxin contamination is most
concern as it affects the quality of the ...