Success in increasing production of sorghum and millets by up to 150% |
ICRISAT: Hyderabad, India (13 June 2016) —More than 180,000 households were reached with new technologies that increased the production of sorghum and millets by up to 150%, at the end of a six-year project to boost food security in the dryland areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. |
ICRISAT: Hyderabad, India (13 June 2016) —More than 180,000 households were reached with new technologies that increased the production of sorghum and millets by up to 150%, at the end of a six-year project to boost food security in the dryland areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The final report for theHOPE project was recently completed – the initiative supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,was carried out by 50 partners led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) from 2009-2015.
The project spanned 11 countries with a focus on developing improved varieties and crop management practices that would help smallholder farmers increase productivity under harsh, dry production environments in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Some of the major milestones include:
See more: http://www.icrisat.org/success-in-increasing-production-of-sorghumand-millets-by-up-to-150/
Figure: Pearl millet farmer in India (ICRISAT photo) |
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