Strategic Plan
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ICRISAT Strategic Plan 2021-2025
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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