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ICRISAT West and Central Africa 2010: Towards greater impacts

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Title ICRISAT West and Central Africa 2010: Towards greater impacts
 
Creator ICRISAT, -
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description This past year, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has gathered momentum in our quest to find new ways to combat poverty in the dryland tropics. Our new Strategic Plan to 2020 is anchored on a conceptual framework that we call ‘Inclusive Market-Oriented Development’, or IMOD. This promotes a progression from subsistence to market-oriented agriculture, empowering smallholder farm families and building their resilience on the path to prosperity. Through this inclusive development strategy, we are engaging and supporting smallholder farmers in WCA to achieve food security and improved livelihoods while using their own resources in more strategic ways.
Our programs and activities in the region are already showing promising results. In this annual report, discover how a groundnut seed project is making a difference to the livelihoods of farmers in the Sahel, and how fertilizer microdosing is bringing hope to the farmers, while scientists are working to find new genes against drought and aflatoxin.
This report also highlights some of ICRISAT-WCA’s major achievements in improving productivity and diversifying farming systems in the region through better access to quality seeds. By making improved seeds available to smallholder farmers in the drylands, we are also helping them cope with climate change. You can read about our project in the Sahel to improve seed varieties and nutrient management options, which are increasing yields and benefitting livelihoods in the area.
ICRISAT-WCA is committed to harnessing complementary and purposeful partnerships for greater impacts, particularly with farmers’ organizations in the drylands
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2011
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/1937/1/ICRISAT_WCA_TowardsGreaterImpacts2010.pdf
ICRISAT, - (2011) ICRISAT West and Central Africa 2010: Towards greater impacts. Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Bamako, Mali.