Strategic Plan

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ICRISAT Strategic Plan 2021-2025

ICRISAT’s areas of specialization include:

▪ A deep understanding of the opportunities and

challenges of the drylands, which are some of

the toughest zones and environments in which

to attain the UN Sustainable Development Goals

(SDGs).

▪ A focus on the most resilient, climate smart and

nutritious legume and cereal crops critical to

the dryland – chickpea, pigeonpea, groundnut,

sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet and small

millets.

▪ A collection of one of the broadest diversities of

genetic resources of our mandate crops which is

used to enhance the crops we work with.

▪ A core strength of world class research ranging

from genomics, gene editing, modern crop

breeding, natural resource management, seed

systems, class and climate-smart agriculture to

agribusiness models, digital solutions and

policy inputs.

▪ A value web / value chain approach with

considerable experience across whole agricultural

production systems and food value chains from

input supply to the consumer, as well as the

associated supporting environments, including

policy support.

▪ A focus on delivery of innovations at scale.

ICRISAT’s approach and partnerships include:

▪ A systems perspective to ensure holistic views

and to make sure key issues along the impact

pathway are addressed.

▪ A market-oriented focus.

▪ A commitment to evidence-based solutions.

▪ A multi-disciplinary approach to opportunities,

and to finding and implementing solutions to

challenges.

▪ A focus on sustainability, from environmental

sustainability to sustainable business models.

▪ A participatory approach and integrating training

and capacity building.

▪ A wide connection with international, regional

and national networks as well as linkages across

regions to maximize knowledge sharing, capacity

building and inputs to solutions for the needs of

our stakeholders.

Climate change is having a significant impact on

agricultural productivity; extreme weather events

cause massive crop losses impacting the lives of

billions, while the global expansion of the dryland

regions continues. ICRISAT is strongly positioned

to deliver technologies adapted to the needs of

these drylands, in partnership with stakeholders,

drawing on the best technologies that are currently

available and developing more targeted and more

easily adopted technologies with our partners and

stakeholders..

With focussed alignment towards the UN Sustainable

Developments Goals, we will orient ourselves based

on our vision and mission, bringing in partnerships

and technologies to respond to the most critical

needs of the drylands of Africa and Asia and help

achieve SDGs 1 (No poverty), 2 (Zero hunger), 5.b

(Gender equality), 13 (Climate action) and 17.6

(Partnerships for the Goals) for farmers in the dryland

regions together with a number of stakeholders.

We will also partner with stakeholders to bring our

expertise to bear on global needs.

Coordination of our activities is very important to

ensure that we do not duplicate activities or send

mixed messages to our stakeholders. Within Asia,

we are already coordinating with our partners and

will strengthen this harmonizing role by supporting

partners, helping build synergies targeted and

quantifiable impacts. In the drylands regions of

Africa, we will continue to have a leadership role,

working with our partners to maximize delivery of

technologies and build local capacity to extend the

research for development outputs and outcomes.

Our Crop Improvement Program activities in Asia

and Africa and crop testing sites will be further

strengthened to provide state-of-the-art facilities and

infrastructure to our partners for greater efficiencies

and economies.

We look forward to enhancing our funding streams

through dialogues with our donors, and are keen

to implement innovative funding mechanisms to

support our ambitious goals.

We share a vision where scientific innovations are

deployed faster, at a greater scale, at lower cost,

and with greater impact where they are needed the

most. We will continue to focus on our beneficiaries

and stakeholders in the drylands, ensuring improved,

sustainable cropping systems and

market chains.

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