Capability Statement 2023
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ICRISAT Capability Statement 2022
Digital innovations and
technologies
Creating new opportunities to
integrate smallholders into digitally
supported agri-food systems.
Applying information, communication
and digital technologies to bring
innovations to extension systems,
farm management, climate risk
adaptation and markets.
Geospatial and big data
Mapping dryland areas, crops and
cropping systems and developing
spatial products, climate analysis
to predict future responses, land
degradation assessment, yield and
yield loss assessments.
Interdisciplinary research
The challenges inherent in the
drylands are multifaceted and
inextricably linked. In response,
ICRISAT adopts a systemwide
approach through its interdisciplinary
research as the most effective way
to tackle complex challenges. Some
areas include climate resilience,
nutrition and natural resource
management.
Crop diversification
ICRISAT’s work on crop diversification
hinges on three objectives: improving
livelihood options for the farmer,
the effective use of scarce water
resources and sustainability.
The ICRISAT developed Sahelian Eco-
Farm is a cropping system in which
trees and/or shrubs are intercropped
with annual crops to combat soil
erosion, low soil fertility, low water
use efficiency, droughts, insufficient
supply of animal feed, low income
and inefficient distribution of labour.
Similarly, the African Market Garden -
a low-pressure drip irrigation system,
combined with a comprehensive
crop husbandry package - generates
income for small producers,
contributes to better nutrition and
helps mitigate the effects of climate
change.
Crop-livestock integration
The institute has an extensive track
record in improving the efficiency of
agronomic and livestock systems for
better resilience. ICRISAT-bred forage
crops, dual purpose crops and multi-
cut varieties offer a means to address
fodder shortages and improve
livelihoods in dryland farming
communities.
In collaboration with the International
Livestock Research Institute (ILRI),
ICRISAT has carried out joint research
on livestock fodder derived from
sorghum, pearl millet, legumes and
groundnut. In Africa, ICRISAT works
to promote livestock production
through improved feed, animal health
linkages to market and capacity
development of farmers.
Biofuels
The use of sorghum and pearl millet
as feedstock for commercial biofuel
production presents a market
opportunity for drylands farmers.
ICRISAT, with its partners, has been
working on the development of a
sweet sorghum ethanol value chain.
As a result, sweet sorghum is now
an established biofuel feedstock in
India, China, Philippines and Brazil.
High-biomass pearl millet varieties
also present a huge opportunity as a
biofuel feedstock.
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