Annual Report 2022
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Local Reach, Global Impact
ICRISAT Annual Report 2021
Republic of South Sudan
India
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Tanzania
Zimbabwe
Research Highlights
Twenty two new cultivars of sorghum (13), pearl millet
(3), chickpea (5), and groundnut (1) released in South
Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and India using ICRISAT
germplasm
About 38,300 seed samples distributed to researchers
globally and 50,000 accessions safety duplicated at IITA,
World Vegetable Center, and USDA-ARS genebanks
Transforming Irrigation systems in Southern Africa (TISA)
project, led by ICRISAT and partners, wins the 2022 EFMD
Excellence in Practice Gold Award
ICRISAT recognized as a knowledge partner by the
National Rainfed Area Authority for developing National
Technical Standards for integrating Land Resource
Inventory and hydrology for new generation watershed
management programs
ICRISAT signs a five-year cooperative agreement with
USAID for implementing the second phase of SERVIR
West Africa
ICRISAT partners with World Food Program and Institute
of Rural Economy in Mali to test and validate new recipes
on millets and legumes and popularizes them through
community awareness and capacity building programs
A secondary processing unit and a millet processing unit
set up in Andhra Pradesh and in Odisha, India, respectively,
for the benefit of farmers
Launch of MRIDA, a gaming app for farmers that
facilitates behavioral change for adopting climate-smart
agriculture practices, developed in collaboration with
Vasudhaika Software Private Limited (Kalgudi)
Eighty participatory validation trials held in the State
of Telangana, India, under the ‘Groundnut Value Chain
Innovations to Enhance Farmer Profitability and Promote
Oil, Food and Confectionery Industries in Telangana’
project
Over 100 participatory validation plots in Senegal feature
early-maturing pearl millet, groundnut, and cowpea
varieties that are high-yielding and pest-resistant with high
biomass under the AICCRA project, funded by the World
Bank and led by ILRI in collaboration with ICRISAT and
CIAT.
Asia
Eastern and Southern Africa
West and Central Africa
Australia
Varieties released using
ICRISAT-supplied germplasm
and breeding material in 2022
Sorghum
Pearl Millet
Chickpea
Groundnut
Legend:
New varieties released in 2022
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