The new project will support the use of fortified whole grain foods in Indian school feeding programs while linking nutrition efforts with wider food security research taking place across Africa and India.
The five year program will help researchers develop stronger sorghum and groundnut varieties faster for farmers in Africa and India facing drought, heat, and poor rainfall.
The three-year project will support school feeding programs in India, Uganda, and Ethiopia while new ICRISAT research shows sorghum can maintain yields with less nitrogen fertilizer.
The initiative targets 32,000 farmers and promotes climate-resilient crops in the Grand South.
The initiative is reshaping how farmers access quality seed and markets, transforming pigeonpea from a largely subsistence crop into a profitable, market-oriented enterprise