Strategic Plan

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ICRISAT Strategic Plan 2021-2025

and partnering opportunities. Our intention is to work

through partnerships to achieve targets that we will

meet by 2025, as described below.

South-South collaboration

ICRISAT will be a catalyst for forging this collaboration.

Target: 30% of projects will include a South-South

collaborative component, ensuring knowledge

sharing and engagement between Asia and Africa.

Private industry partnerships

Our partnerships with the private sector will

range from strengthening our incubators (for

agribusinesses (see in Private industry partnerships)

and digital agri-entrepreneurs), corporate social

responsibility programs, research consortia and

new ways to engage with private industry on high-

end science to digital and downstream applications

ensuring uptake and sustainability of solutions.

Target: 30% increase in private sector engagement;

and 50% increase in corporate social responsibility

activities.

Collaboration with CGIAR centers

CGIAR centers will be one of our points of contact when

additional expertise is needed for project delivery.

Target: Up to a quarter of our projects are

undertaken in collaboration with CGIAR centers.

Women and youth

Diversity, equity and empowerment will be key

drivers of our partnerships. Women and youth

will be further included in our partnerships, from

program participants, stakeholders, researchers

and engagement of ambassadors to other advocacy

activities such as webinars and briefings.

Target: At least half of our partners will be women

and 30% of the partnerships will engage youth in

programs and activities.

Development agencies, international and local

non-governmental organizations:

These organizations will help ICRISAT strengthen

uptake and impact and will convert potential

competitors in some of our areas into partners.

Target: 40% increase in involvement with

development agencies.

United Nations organizations, senior government

officials and global thought leaders and

influencers

We will work closely with these partners,

and additionally with Development Banks,

philanthropists, high net-worth individuals, in-

country government representatives and others to

amplify our messages and influence high level policy.

Target: 40% more major new initiatives undertaken.

Country Engagement

Our engagement with our country partners and

stakeholders will be with improved internal

coordination, collaboration, efficiency, and we will

present a united face to stakeholders and partners.

We will strengthen our interactions with national

research partners to identify common priorities as the

basis for developing joint activities and workplans.

There are opportunities for ICRISAT to drive research

on food systems, particularly in the drylands which

comprise a significant 72%, of the land area

of developing countries. In the current setting,

ICRISAT’s ability to deploy technologies and influence

agricultural development in some dryland areas

has been limited as we are not physically present in

all countries. Our renewed engagement model will

includee strategies at the national level driven by

agro-ecological targets and national research priorities

which will allow us to contribute to the national

strategies through technologies and visionary thinking.

Building on the leadership role that ICRISAT has

created in India, we will take the lead in consultations

with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research

(ICAR) to co-create a framework of action. We already

coordinate a database of activities and resources in

the country with a State-level breakdown that provides

practical support to our stakeholders for project plans

and activities. Building on this, we will leverage our

strengths and look for opportunities around specific

programs and projects that align with the priorities

of the Government and donors, and with our global

research agenda. Joint collaborative proposals on

a larger scale will not only reduce the transaction

costs, but also have significant positive impacts, as

research outputs will be synergized in multidisciplinary

agricultural production systems.

Co-creation with our partners and stakeholders in

multi-disciplinary agricultural production systems

will provide an opportunity to integrate ICRISAT’s

focus crops (sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet,

small millets, pigeonpea, groundnut and chickpea)

more widely in other crop-based production systems,

thus improving crop and dietary diversification, and in

turn minimizing risk and improving nutrition.

Aligning with regional and national agricultural

priorities will give legitimacy and help to leverage

investments from global donors and investors, as well

as from in-country or regional sources, as there will

be support for investments that meet national needs,

aligned with meeting the Sustainable Development

Goal targets. We will deliver dryland system crop

varieties, improved production systems, resilient

value chains/webs and minimize environmental

impact, at scale and with reduced cost.

Business Development and Resource

Mobilization

Marketing our mission

The needs of, and opportunities in, the drylands

must be recognized. These tough environments

require investment to be able to achieve their

Sustainable Development Goal targets.

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