ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 About ICRISAT The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics (ICRISAT) is a non-profi t, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi-arid tropics have over 2 billion people, and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these poor people to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded environment through better agriculture. ICRISAT is headquartered in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, with two regional hubs and four country offi ces in sub-Saharan Africa. It belongs to the Consortium of Centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). Contact Information ICRISAT-Patancheru ICRISAT-Liaison Offi ce ICRISAT-Nairobi ICRISAT-Bamako (Headquarters) CG Centers Block (Regional hub ESA) (Regional hub WCA) Patancheru 502 324 NASC Complex PO Box 39063, Nairobi, Kenya BP 320 Andhra Pradesh, India Dev Prakash Shastri Marg Tel +254 20 7224550 Bamako, Mali Tel +91 40 30713071 New Delhi 110 012, India Fax +254 20 7224001 Tel +223 20 709200 Fax +91 40 30713074 Tel +91 11 32472306 to 08 icrisat-nairobi@cgiar.org Fax +223 20 709201 Sequencing of the pigeonpea genome icrisat@cgiar.org Fax +91 11 25841294 icrisat-w-mali@cgiar.org promises improved livelihoods ICRISAT-Niamey ICRISAT-Bulawayo ICRISAT-Lilongwe ICRISAT-Maputo BP 12404, Niamey, Matopos Research Station Chitedze Agricultural Research Station c/o IIAM, Av. das FPLM No 2698 for smallholder farmers Niger (Via Paris) PO Box 776, PO Box 1096 Caixa Postal 1906 Tel +227 20722529, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Lilongwe, Malawi Maputo, Mozambique 20722725 Tel +263 383 311 to 15 Tel +265 1 707297, 071, 067, 057 Tel +258 21 461657 Fax +227 20734329 Fax +263 383 307 Fax +265 1 707298 Fax +258 21 461581 icrisatsc@cgiar.org icrisatzw@cgiar.org icrisat-malawi@cgiar.org icrisatmoz@panintra.com www.icrisat.org ISSN 1017-9933 IRE 021 120-2012 J120_2012AnnualReportCover_Fgs.indd 1 25/06/2012 10:36:56 PM A member of the CGIAR Consortium Citation: ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics). 2012. ICRISAT Annual Report 2011. Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India: ICRISAT. 52 pp. ISSN 1017-9933. J120_2012AnnualReportCover_Fgs.indd 2 25/06/2012 10:37:06 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh India J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 1 25/06/2012 10:34:29 PM Vision A prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropics. Mission To reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics. Goal Partnership-based international agricultural research-for- development that embodies science with a human face. J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 2 25/06/2012 10:34:31 PM Contents Message from the Director General 4 Message from the Chairman 5 Highlights of 2011 The Brilliance of Genome Sequencing 6 Leading a Legacy of Legumes 8 Employing the Gems among the Genes 10 A Ray of HOPE in Sub-Saharan Africa 12 … and HOPE in Northwestern India 14 Boosting Livelihoods through Bhoochetana 16 Women Farmers in Development 18 About ICRISAT ICRISAT Governing Board 2011 20 ICRISAT Senior and Collaborative Staff Members 22 Financial Summary 26 Partnerships, Publications and Awards List of restricted projects that commenced in 2011 28 Workshops, Conferences and Meetings in 2011 36 Capacity Strengthening 44 Publications 48 Awards 49 ICRISAT in the News 50 J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 3 25/06/2012 10:34:31 PM 4 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 Message from the Director General The year 2011 started on a highly positive note with the conduct of our global research meeting of scientists and senior staff members at the headquarters, capitalizing on our new Strategic Plan to 2020 and aiming to renew and reinvigorate ICRISAT in a major way. During the meeting, we all committed to stronger teamwork primarily towards the development of our three-year Medium-Term Plan. Change offers new and exciting opportunities for us all. We are making signifi cant progress in internalizing our new Inclusive Market-Oriented Development (IMOD) framework, a powerful unifying concept of our strategic plan, as we continue to strive towards our vision of a prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropics. We celebrate our 40th anniversary in 2012, and as we look at our achievements so far, it is clear that the year 2011 has witnessed highly signifi cant successes. ICRISAT has been entrusted leadership of two CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs) – Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals – and is actively involved in major research-for-development programs across the semi-arid tropics. The ICRISAT-led HOPE project in India and in sub-Saharan countries of Africa has made great strides in helping smallholder farmers increase the yields of two dryland cereal crops – sorghum and millets. Our research under the Tropical Legumes I and II programs have complementary benefi ts as the learnings and successes of TLI (legume genomics) are passed on to TLII (legume improvement) to be promoted among and extended to the ultimate benefi ciaries, the farmers of the semi-arid tropics. Our landmark science achievement for 2011 is of course the cracking of the pigeonpea genome sequence by an ICRISAT-led global research partnership. The Bhoochetana (revival of the land) project in India, implemented in the state of Karnataka, has gained so much recognition that the state government of Andhra Pradesh has once again sought our partnership in applying the same brush of success in this state, and there are indications that other states will follow. We likewise proudly report our increasingly successful women empowerment initiatives in several countries in sub- Saharan Africa. We have much to be grateful for. As always, we acknowledge the contributions of all our stakeholders whose faith in our ability enables our efforts, our Governing Board whose guidance and encouragement fuels our enthusiasm, and our highly dedicated team of scientists and support staff without whom our vision would be all for naught. Together with our partners, it is our privilege to serve this great mission of leading the journey of hope and prosperity for the poor in the dryland tropics. William D Dar Director General J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 4 25/06/2012 10:34:31 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 5 Message from the Chairman Iw rite this message for ICRISAT’s Annual Report with a sense of pride in the work, skills and dedication of my colleagues. Because of their efforts, ICRISAT continues to grow from strength to strength and from success to success in fulfi lling its mission to reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics. Our work is now being regularly reported in the international media. ICRISAT’s mandate in the semi-arid tropics spans countries in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. In this past year, ICRISAT has laid the foundation for the implementation of the ICRISAT South-South Initiative (ISSI). This initiative is strengthening and extending our India-Africa partnership, and has elevated ICRISAT’s role as a bridge, broker and catalyst. As of December 2011, ICRISAT has shared 829 of its improved varieties and hybrids with 79 countries; saw the release of the ICRISAT-developed groundnut and pigeonpea varieties in Mozambique and Malawi; and the spread of its Agribusiness and Innovation Platform activities developed in India to Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Uganda and Zambia. These are no small achievements in a single year, and they hugely demonstrate ICRISAT’s serious attention to its role. In our constant search for better crop varieties, ICRISAT’s leadership in sequencing the pigeonpea genome deserves special mention, as it is a landmark achievement of 2011. The challenges posed by Climate Change still loom large, and ICRISAT is doing its share to mitigate the consequences. In March 2011, ICRISAT launched a project to test its Hypothesis of Hope, which spells out measures to ensure that our farmers overcome the threats associated with this global problem. ICRISAT was also chosen to lead two important CGIAR Research Programs on Grain legumes and Dryland Cereals. Besides the high quality science being performed at ICRISAT, we have witnessed the sincerity and integrity of ICRISAT’s management and staff in carrying out their mission. ICRISAT’s Governing Board has lauded its science and institutional health, and has complete faith in ICRISAT’s ability to develop relevant, practical and sustainable solutions in the areas of these CRPs. Along with my fellow Board members, I thank ICRISAT for its service in the semi-arid tropics, and thank all stakeholders for their continued support and trust in this very special, relevant and committed research institution. Nigel Poole Chair, ICRISAT Governing Board J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 5 25/06/2012 10:34:33 PM 6 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 The Brilliance of Genome Sequencing The integration of genomic tools in plant breeding is becoming routine, resulting in the more rapid development of superior crops. However, for most of the ICRISAT mandate crops, genomics-assisted breeding is still at an early stage. Rajeev Varshney setting up a genomics This is mostly due to limited genomic information and a poor understanding of experiment. the inheritance (genes, alleles, interactions, and regulation of these) underlying agronomic performance, product quality and tolerance/resistance to important abiotic and biotic stresses. Sequencing generations In 2000, Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana L.) was the fi rst plant to have its genome sequenced. Since then, genome sequencing has progressed rapidly By the end of and several economically important crops have been sequenced – rice (2005), poplar (2006), grape (2007), papaya (2008), sorghum, maize and cucumber 2013, we expect (2009), soybean (2010), and pigeonpea and strawberry (2011). However, the time and personnel costs associated with these efforts prohibited the that all five sequencing of larger numbers of plant species, especially those with large complex genomes, such as groundnut. Recent advances in next generation ICRISAT crops sequencing technologies, with increased throughput and reduced costs, will have genome have dramatically increased the opportunities for sequencing plant genomes. Further, sequencing additional genotypes of a given species is substantially sequences, and less expensive once a complete (or nearly complete) aligned genome sequence has been produced (eg, sequencing another sorghum variety can that these will be be done now for under US$1500, whereas the fi rst 95% complete aligned in use by sorghum genome sequence cost over US$2 million). breeders … Genome sequencing of ICRISAT crops Among ICRISAT’s crops, sorghum was the fi rst to be sequenced as part of a USA-led effort in 2007-08. In 2011, two groups – ICRISAT (together with Beijing Genome Institute, Shenzhen, China and ten other institutes around the world) and a team led by the National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi – published aligned sequences of the pigeonpea genome using different sequencing approaches. By the end of 2013, we expect that all fi ve ICRISAT crops will have genome sequences, and that these will be in use by breeders – truly remarkable progress in such a short period of time. Sorghum is a major dryland cereal, particularly in the semi-arid tropics of Africa and Asia. The sorghum genome was sequenced by an international consortium of 21 institutes including ICRISAT. The sorghum genomic sequence and novel molecular markers identifi ed from it are useful not just for the sorghum community but also across research communities addressing the improvement of many other species for which less comprehensive genomic resources are available now (eg, sugarcane and pearl millet). J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 6 25/06/2012 10:34:34 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 7 Pigeonpea is an important legume crop grown in semi- Davis, USDA-ARS, BGI-Shenzhen, NCGR, University arid regions globally. Like other grain legumes (eg, of Brasilia, EMBRAPA, ICRISAT and several institutes chickpea, lentil, cowpea and common bean), it is known from China have recently started sequencing of diploid as the “poor people’s meat” because of its high protein progenitors and cultivated peanut genotypes. The content, but crop productivity worldwide has stagnated. outcome will enable molecular breeding approaches for Access to an aligned pigeonpea genome sequence improving groundnut yields, resistance, tolerance and will provide breeders with more effective methods to product quality traits. improve yield and quality, tackle pests and diseases, and improve tolerance to harsh environmental conditions. It Millets are a group of a dozen small-seeded grasses is the fi rst “orphan crop”, the fi rst “non-industrial crop” harvested as grain crops. As it is closely related to the and the second food legume (after soybean) for which biofuel crop switchgrass, foxtail millet was given early published genome sequence information is available. priority and a team led by the University of Georgia produced an aligned genome sequence. As foxtail millet Chickpea is grouped into kabuli and desi types. Desi is pearl millet’s closest relative, pearl millet breeders are chickpeas have darker seeds and a rough coat and are already using this unpublished foxtail millet sequence, cultivated mostly in the Indian subcontinent, Ethiopia, along with the published genomic sequences of rice and Mexico and Iran. Kabuli chickpeas are lighter colored, sorghum, to accelerate pearl millet improvement. Further, have larger seeds and a smoother coat, and are grown ICRISAT is building a consortium to generate an aligned mainly in southern Europe, northern Africa, Afghanistan, genome sequence for pearl millet by the end of 2013. Pakistan, Chile, and in the Indian subcontinent. Efforts are underway to sequence the genomes of both types Outlook of chickpea in partnership with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and universities in the USA, The availability of an aligned genome sequence opens new Canada, Australia, Spain and Germany. paths for crop research and improvement by providing: a better understanding of plant genome structure and the Groundnuts (peanuts) have a large complex genome, dynamics of molecular evolution; the identifi cation of making its genetic analysis challenging. The Peanut genes and genomic regions controlling important traits; and Genome Project, coordinated by the USA Peanut better tools and platforms for gene mapping, gene isolation Foundation and MARS Inc., and involving scientists and better integration of conventional and genomics- from University of Georgia, University of California- assisted breeding approaches. It takes many players, including scientists, technicians and fi eld helpers, to apply the benefi ts of genome sequence information for crop improvement. J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 7 25/06/2012 10:34:35 PM 8 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 Leading a Legacy of Legumes “Iw ould never have thought chickpea could bring me such high returns,” says 50-year-old Temegnush Dhabi in her grain store fi lled with bags of recently harvested chickpeas. “From 1.5 hectares, I harvested 42 bags (about 4 tons) of grain.” Mrs Temegnush Dhabi proudly displays the chickpea in her grain store. Temegnush has been a farmer for 26 years. Since working with researchers from the Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research and ICRISAT over the past four years to test improved resistant chickpea varieties, Temegnush has seen dramatic increases in her chickpea yields. She is one of nearly a quarter million smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia (SA) directly reaping the benefi ts of new legume varieties through the Tropical Legumes projects I and II. Legumes are among the oldest cultivated plants. Fossil records show that Perhaps the most prehistoric people domesticated and cultivated legumes for food. Today, this important extremely large category of crops is second only to cereals in supplying carbohydrates, protein, and fat necessary for human food needs. Of over 30 achievement has species of legumes, the major ones for sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia include chickpea, common bean, cowpea, groundnut (or peanut), been creating pigeonpea, and soybean. excitement about Annual area planted to these crops stands at 27 million ha in SSA and 40 million ha in SA, with an annual production estimated at 19 million metric tropical legume tons (MT) in SSA and 43 million MT for SA. Average yields are low, at less technologies than 1 MT per ha. An estimated 140 million households (over 101 million in SSA and 39 million in SA) grow one or more of the six major legumes – among researchers valued at more than US$ 31 billion – each year. and farmers, Partners in Tropical Legumes I (TL I), led by the CGIAR’s Generation Challenge Program (GCP), include the NARS of collaborating countries, and improving advanced research institutes in Brazil and the USA, ICRISAT, CIAT, BecA and Egerton University in Kenya. The project is researching the use of advances in the livelihoods genomics to harness important traits found in global stocks of legume genetic resources to develop crops that better meet farmers’ needs. of smallholder In the companion project (Tropical Legumes II or TL II), ICRISAT and sister farmers… CGIAR Centers, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, together with several national program, private sector, and NGO partners are working closely with smallholder farmers to ensure that they access seed of improved grain legume varieties developed by the Tropical Legumes projects. Overcoming challenges through Tropical Legumes II Major constraints to the production of tropical grain legumes fall into two categories – technical and institutional. Drought, extreme heat and soil J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 8 25/06/2012 10:34:38 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 9 degradation, combined with diseases, pests and weeds together with extension workers, have been trained in are the technical constraints that must be addressed. improved farming practices, and have strengthened Solutions to these have been researched for the past efforts to encourage legume farming. three decades or more, and ample knowledge has been A good example is Ethiopia, where the project has visibly accumulated. While research continues to tackle these transformed the landscape in Central Ethiopia. Earlier, farmers and emerging constraints, adaptation and adoption grew mainly cereals such as teff (Ethiopian millet) and wheat, of available technologies are increasing tropical grain but now many more farmers are growing chickpea. legumes productivity and production. Addressing the roles of women in producing food and Institutional constraints include mainly government making decisions about family nutrition needs is critical policies and regulations – such as the lengthy variety to achieve success. “With the increased income I earned release process, lack of grading and standards, lack of last season I bought a second pair of oxen, which I lend incentives for private investment in seed production, to neighboring farmers,” Temegnush says. “I’m no longer decline in investment in agricultural research and seen as a poor widow but a successful farmer.” development, and many others. It is small achievements such as those enjoyed by The TL II project has attempted to address many of these Temegnush that add up to considerable success when and has learned important lessons. Perhaps the most multiplied by the millions who also benefi t. The next important achievement of TL II so far has been creating phase of the project will focus on gender specifi c excitement about tropical legumes technologies among aspects of tropical legume production, marketing and researchers and farmers, and the possibilities of bringing consumption. Particular emphasis will be given to about change in the lives and livelihoods of smallholder location-specifi c monitoring and evaluation, impact farmers in target countries. assessment, data management and increased seed production and delivery. The project will also continue Emerging success to emphasize capacity strengthening of national agricultural research systems in the two regions. The TL II project has already had valuable impact. More than 60 new varieties of tropical legumes have been Obviously, TL II is the perfect complement to TL I. As released in the target countries, and 93,000 metric TL I employs high-end science to improve the crops, tons of improved legume varieties seed has reached TL II delivers the goods to the smallholder farmers who 240,000 smallholder farmers in the project countries in might not otherwise have access to science-led solutions sub-Saharan African and Asian regions. Many farmers, and achievements in agriculture. Farmers and researchers visiting the success of a newly released variety of groundnut in Tamil Nadu, India. J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 9 25/06/2012 10:34:39 PM 10 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 Employing the Gems among the Genes Beatrice Komen smiled again. It had taken her four years to fi nally reap a harvest so satisfying. Beatrice and fellow farmers of the Baringo district in the Rift Valley of Kenya are of course unaware of the long chain of events that Mr Abdulai Sule Kudai of Kudai resulted in their bountiful harvests. Prior to this, scientists in Ethiopia, Malawi village, Jigawa State, Nigeria, showing and Tanzania conducted chickpea trials to test and select the best varieties off his bumper harvest of an improved for these regions. Intense research and testing was also taking place more groundnut variety in November 2011. than 5000 km away in Patancheru, India and in other laboratories across the world. The farmers are just grateful to the fi nal link in the chain of events, the Egerton University, which provided them with the high quality seeds and advice that resulted in livelihood-saving harvests of chickpea during the off- season. … the use of Employing Modern Science through Tropical Legumes I molecular tools, As a companion project to Tropical Legumes II, TL I is developing and for example in employing modern molecular tools and approaches to increase the effectiveness of improving four legume crops – chickpea (Cicer arietinum Marker Assisted L.), groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.), cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) and Breeding, can take common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). ICRISAT is focused on chickpea and groundnut. years off the time Already, the TL I project has benefi ted the scientifi c community through the it takes to develop development of faster breeding techniques and more targeted research to fi nd important plant traits, and the farming community that eventually uses the new varieties improved seed to cultivate more productive varieties resistant to drought and disease. using conventional Benefi ts to science: As a modern breeding approach, the use of molecular methods tools, for example in Marker Assisted Breeding, can take years off the time it takes to develop a new variety, by providing quicker answers and results in the process of breeding improved varieties of crops. “Together with the National Fund project of India, we were able to produce the fi rst SSR-based genetic linkage map for cultivated groundnuts” said scientist Vincent Vadez, leader of TL I’s Objective to improve groundnut productivity for marginal environments in sub-Saharan Africa. SSRs, or “simple sequence repeats”, are a type of molecular tool that can identify which gene (eg, for drought tolerance) is present in a plant. “TLI and other associated projects have provided us the molecular markers associated with root-related traits for drought tolerance in chickpea”, says Rajeev Varshney, leader of chickpea activities of TLI. Crop breeders fi nd this information invaluable. “Together with breeders from Kenya, Ethiopia and India, we have started to use markers related to drought tolerance in breeding programs”, says Pooran Gaur, ICRISAT’s chickpea J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 10 25/06/2012 10:34:41 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 11 breeder who is working on chickpea breeding activities Sustainable benefi ts in both TLI and TLII. Additionally, groundnut breeders at ICRISAT are using molecular markers to breed against The TL I team not only makes the results of research leaf rust in groundnut. available to scientists and farmers, but also teaches Molecular marker information springs from tapping the them how to use the tools and approaches developed genetic diversity of a given crop. Scientists are now in a in the project. Farmers are learning how to select the position to advise on combinations of plant parents that best varieties and how to reap the maximum benefi ts can give rise to a variety resistant to a disease or tolerant from these on their farms. Also, future scientists from to the drought condition of a particular region, and have identifi ed new drought tolerant sources of groundnut many countries are receiving fi eld and laboratory and chickpea germplasm. All the data collected and training on the application of modern scientifi c tools produced in these investigations has been made freely- being employed in TL I. Such transfer of knowledge is available to researchers via internet-based information important to ensure that the successes of TL I continue to resources. be achieved long after the project is over. Benefi ts to farmers: In all the fi eld trials held within collaborating countries, farmers have been greatly Legume genomics that begins with crushing a seed in a encouraged to participate in selecting the best varieties. laboratory to extract its DNA, has far reaching impacts They enthusiastically get involved in the process when on the scientifi c community, capacity building of NARS, given a chance to select drought and pest resistant and eventually on the farmer who unwittingly validates varieties and also choose varieties with market preferred the scientifi c fi ndings by achieving better harvests in grain characteristics in terms of color, size and taste. the fi eld. If only the likes of Beatrice Komen knew the Farmers are benefi tting from the resistant and improved full story, how much astonishment would accompany varieties in terms of bigger and more stable harvests that inevitably bring in better, more reliable incomes. the simple joys of reaping a good harvest. For scientists, In addition, the improved varieties provide nutritional the knowledge that they contribute to food security is benefi ts to both farmers and consumers. enough reward. ICRISAT geneticist RK Varshney (right) discusses the employment of molecular tools with chickpea breeder P Gaur. J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 11 25/06/2012 10:34:42 PM 12 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 A Ray of HOPE in Sub-Saharan Africa News! Field agents from seven unions of the farmer organizations Mooriben and FUMAGaskiya participate in a training program in Dantchiandou, Niger on improving organic fertilizer using a composting Seed farmer Mr Mrema with hybrid technique. sorghum (promoted by the HOPE team) in Miwaleni, Tanzania. News! In August 2011, the Republic of Southern Sudan released two sorghum varieties – KARI Mtama 1 and Macia. News! In Tanzania, the Department of Research and Development released for the fi rst time two fi nger millet varieties, U15 and UFM149, and foundation seed of these are being multiplied in seven hectares (targeting production of 7 tons) at the Miwaleni research site, Tanzania. News! ICRISAT establishes a greenhouse at Sadoré, Niger for screening pearl The team is millet against the devastating downy mildew fungal disease, and is using the enthusiastically facility to provide hands-on training to national scientists in the region. developing and These and several more achievements have stemmed from the ‘Harnessing Opportunities for Productivity Enhancement (HOPE) for Sorghum and Millets’ promoting seed project, involving ICRISAT and partners in sub-Saharan Africa and India. The project seeks to improve the livelihoods of at least 200,000 smallholder farm production and households who depend on sorghum and millet for food and income – 60,000 in West and Central Africa (WCA), 50,000 in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), dissemination and 90,000 in South Asia (SA). models in the The project is reaching these farm households through methods such as participatory varietal selection and testing, fi eld demonstrations, farmer fi eld region schools, sale and distribution of small affordable seed packs, and use of rural radio stations and video shows. Targeting technology By involving farmers in the selection of improved varieties, the HOPE team succeeded in identifying 35 new cultivars of sorghum, pearl millet and fi nger millet that meet farmer, consumer and industrial requirements. Participatory approaches in variety selection and Farmer Field Schools are effi cient models for technology verifi cation and dissemination, and are being employed in several of the HOPE target countries. Overall, 14 sorghum hybrids were evaluated in pre-release variety trials in three on-station conditions, and in three villages in each of the three sorghum production zones of Mali. Following the release of two varieties of sorghum in the Republic of South Sudan, the country imported a total of 3.6 tons of foundation seed (seed that will be used to produce seed for farmers in the country) of the two varieties produced in Tanzania, thus displaying the trust they place in these two products of research promoted by the HOPE team. J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 12 25/06/2012 10:34:44 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 13 Scientists have embraced molecular tools to improve hands-on training, the team developed and disseminated effi ciency of variety development, eg, to introgress a number of manuals on Integrated Striga management, resistance to the parasitic weed Striga, tolerance to agri-business development, participatory approaches drought stress into farmer preferred sorghum varieties, and seed production in user friendly formats, in English, and resistance to the downy mildew disease in pearl French and local languages. millet. Such new approaches shorten the time it takes to develop new and improved varieties. The team also identifi ed 15 to 20 farmer organizations with 200 to 1000 members each in the target countries, and organized consultative meetings with up to 20 Enhancing farmers’ knowledge agro-input dealers operating within their reach to The team is enthusiastically developing and promoting initiate farmer to market linkages. They also helped to seed production and dissemination models in the build demands from industries and niche markets for region. The models involved the sale of small seed sorghum, pearl millet and fi nger millet, including buyers packs of improved adaptable varieties, farmer-to-farmer such as the Purchase for Progress (P4P) program of the exchanges, and distribution of relief seed using farmer World Food Program and the fl our milling and beverage organizations and NGOs. In WCA, over 11,500 farmers industries. The project has also identifi ed farmer-friendly were reached with quality seed of improved pearl millet micro-fi nance institutions and banks, and manufacturers varieties, and almost 15,400 farmers were reached with of user-friendly and effi cient post-harvest and processing quality seed of improved sorghum varieties. In ESA, equipment. over 68,600 farmers were reached with quality seed To ensure sustainability and further growth, the HOPE of sorghum varieties and almost 23,000 farmers with team has enhanced the capacity of partners to deliver improved fi nger millet varieties. technologies to farmers. Short-term and in-service In ESA, 50–80% yield increases (over the local variety and training has already been provided to 460 men and 128 farmer management practices) were achieved in fi elds of women in ESA, and 490 men and 272 women in WCA farmers who participated in the integration of improved in subjects such as data analysis, molecular techniques, Striga resistant varieties with fertilizer microdosing; while in seed production and product marketing. This is in WCA, the Integrated Striga and Soil Fertility Management addition to the thousands of men and women farmers technologies promoted by the HOPE team increased who have been exposed to new innovations through yields of pearl millet and cowpea intercrops by 20–40%. fi eld days. Additionally, profi ts of this technology increased by 50–80% Through such multi-disciplinary and participatory in 80–100% of the on-farm trials. approaches, the project is well on its way to offering a Training farmers is a challenging yet satisfying ray of ‘HOPE’ to the smallholder sorghum and millet experience. Besides engaging in classroom lessons and farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Farmers sampling snacks made from sorghum and millet during a fi eld day in Moshi, Tanzania. J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 13 25/06/2012 10:34:44 PM 14 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 … and HOPE in Northwestern India Heera Ram Chaudhry (Heerji) of Aagolai village in western Rajasthan chuckled and said with pride, “No sir, we don’t stop for lunch, the Sogra (fl at bread of pearl millet) we eat for breakfast is enough to last us till the Women farmers of Rajasthan with evening”. Heerji and his fellow farmers grow and eat pearl millet as a staple. the tall, luxurious pearl millet that The cereal is packed with healthy nutrients and can indeed sustain hunger for promises a healthy harvest of both hours longer than other foods. grain and fodder. In India, pearl millet is grown on over 9 million hectares with a production of 9.5 million tons of grain. Average national yields are around 1.0 ton per hectare. Just four states – Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra and Rajasthan – account for more than 90% of the pearl millet area in the country. Pearl millet is not only the staple food for rural households in these states, but is also used The improved as cattle and poultry feed, and provides green/dry fodder for livestock. The signifi cant increase in grain production from 3.5 million tons in the 1950s technology to the present day 9.5 million without a signifi cant increase in land area can (promoted by be attributed to the advent of hybrid technology in the mid-1960s. Since then, the joint efforts of public and private sectors led to the development of about the HOPE team) 70 pearl millet hybrids available in the Indian market today. resulted in a yield To date, hybrid deployment has focused mostly on better-endowed environments; regions where rainfall is below 400 mm (such as northwestern increase of 30 to India), were left behind. Over 4 million hectares of the pearl millet area in northwestern India receives highly variable and unpredictable rainfall, and 150% over the experience severe moisture stress and high temperatures during the crop local cultivars season. Pearl millet is the only cereal crop that can be grown under such extremely harsh ecologies, and feeding the large livestock populations here will rely heavily upon pearl millet stover for fodder during the long dry season. Farmers are either unaware of hybrid technology or suitable hybrids are not available. While the state agricultural universities have bred some hybrids for this region, the weak public sector seed system prevented the seed from reaching farmers. In India, one component of the Harnessing Opportunities for Productivity Enhancement (HOPE) of Sorghum and Millets in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia project is focused on this marginal environment and the development of pearl millet hybrid technology. During 2009-11, about 13,000 farmer households were provided with 20 tons of seed of 17 improved pearl millet hybrids along with 280 tons of fertilizer, and were also trained in appropriate crop management practices. Even the private sector joined this endeavor and has contributed hybrids suited for this region for demonstration trials. The improved technology resulted in a yield increase of 30 to 150% over the local cultivars and local crop management practices. Nine best performing hybrids have been selected for scaling-up. Farmers associations and self- J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 14 25/06/2012 10:34:45 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 15 help groups were formed in Gujarat, Haryana and in Pipad and Nagaur, Rajasthan, poultry feed Rajasthan, and have helped with activities such as manufacturing units in Mahendragarh, Haryana and feed seed and fertilizer distribution, fi eld days and exposure manufacturing plants of dairy cooperatives in Gujarat visits, collection of soil samples for nutrient analysis and were identifi ed where farmers can sell pearl millet training of farmers. With their newfound knowledge in surpluses. Most farmers were not aware of these markets collecting soil samples, farmers took great interest in in the proximity of peri-urban areas. Now they are linked sending the samples to soil testing laboratories, such as to these markets and are kept informed about the fodder the District Soil Testing Laboratory in Mahendergarh, price differences in the village and nearby towns. The Haryana, the Government Soil Testing Laboratory in HOPE team also informed fi nancial institutions about Jodhpur and the Mobile Soil Testing Vans in other business opportunities in the pearl millet value chain parts of Rajasthan, and the Soil Testing Laboratory in by organizing training programs and interactions with Deesa, Gujarat. Upon receiving the results of the tests, farmers. The farmers are now more knowledgeable about the farmers actively seek advice regarding the types various government schemes, Kisan Credit Cards, Crop of fertilizers needed in their fi elds. Where earlier they Loans and Crop Insurance. In addition, the team also used only nitrogen fertilizers (eg, urea), they are now organizes special training programs for women farmers. using both nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers (eg, urea, di-ammonium phosphate and single super phosphate), and are witnessing the results of these better targeted soil The approach being followed by HOPE in India is to amendments. develop new hybrids with farmers, provide information and training, and link farmers with market opportunities, The HOPE project was conceptualized on an integrated which has already started to provide some relief to the value-chain approach that harnesses market “pull” stressed farmers. In this deprived pearl millet producing linked to increased production potential. So far, several region of the country, hope and confi dence are now the grain/feed markets such as cattle feed manufacturers order of the day. Farmers of Bikaner, Rajasthan are proud to be involved in the HOPE project, which is making a big difference in their lives. J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 15 25/06/2012 10:34:46 PM 16 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 Boosting Livelihoods through Bhoochetana Devikere Nagappa, a farmer in the village of Alur of Davanagere District in Karnataka state, India, has been cultivating groundnut on his quarter hectare of rainfed farmland. His average yield of 1.5 t ha-1 was nothing to talk about, but when his farm yielded a bumper crop of 4 t ha-1 in the 2011 Farmer Ramaiah (left) with ICRISAT cropping season that brought in an additional income of Rs 67,500 (US$ technician Devender Rao in his lush fi nger millet fi eld improved through 1350), he was featured in the local newspaper. Bhoochetana. Venkatesha Gowda, a bajra (pearl millet) farmer from Nagalapura village of Raichur District in Karnataka, got an additional yield of 0.3 t ha-1 through the use of improved technologies and earned an additional income of Rs 8400 (US$ 168) in the 2011 season. Bhoochetana aims Bhoochetana Both Devikere Nagappa and Venkatesha Gowda have benefi tted from at increasing crop the Bhoochetana project, an initiative of the Government of Karnataka in productivity by southern India, to bridge the gap between on-farm current crop yield and achievable yield. ‘Bhoochetana’ means ‘reviving/rejuvenating the soils’, 20% in four years and that is exactly what this initiative is doing – reviving soils and thereby reviving and improving the livelihoods of three million smallholder farmers in covering 5 million Karnataka, since its inauguration in May 2009. ha and affecting 5 The project, prompted by the stagnant agricultural growth rate of 0 to 0.5% in the state during 2000-2008, was based on the success of the Sujala million smallholder Watershed program technically supported by ICRISAT during 2005-2008. farmers Bhoochetana aims at increasing crop productivity in all 30 rainfed districts by 20% in four years covering 5 million ha and affecting 5 million smallholder farmers. Bhoochetana has adopted a science-led holistic approach for scaling- up through a consortium of State Agricultural Universities and research and extension institutions. It functions through a convergence of various schemes and capacity building of all the stakeholders, and provides for sustainable intensifi cation of rainfed agriculture in the state. Project implementation ICRISAT and the Watershed Development Department of Karnataka started the project with soil analysis and mapping. Results from 12,000 farmer fi elds in six districts revealed a widespread defi ciency of multiple nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, sulphur, boron and zinc. Since then, an additional 78,000 soil samples were collected from farmers’ fi elds and analyzed by ICRISAT and the state Department of Agriculture laboratories from the remaining 24 districts. The results were interpolated using Geographic Information Systems to produce soil fertility maps for each Taluk (sub-district level unit), and will be published in 2012 as a Soil Fertility Atlas of Karnataka. The soil sampling and J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 16 25/06/2012 10:34:48 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 17 mapping informed farmers about the nutrient defi ciencies Karman Award’ from the Government of India for the highest in their fi elds and made them eager partners in the project. production of coarse cereals, and the Leadership in Agriculture Based on the soil analysis results, project members 2011 Award from Agriculture Today. developed taluk-wise balanced fertilizer recommendations The Bhoochetana program has enabled farmers to increase and shared them with the farmers. yields of various crops like maize, sorghum, pearl millet, Led by ICRISAT, the stakeholders and partners, fi nger millet, chickpea, pigeonpea, groundnut, green gram, comprising the Department of Agriculture, Watershed sunfl ower, soybean and vegetables by 23 to 66%. Development Department, Universities of Agricultural Sciences of Bengaluru, Dharwad and Raichur, Moving forward community-based organizations and watershed associations, tackled the project as a consortium to boost Encouraged by the success of Bhoochetana, the Government rainfed agriculture in Karnataka. of Karnataka embarked in June 2011 on the Suvarna Bhoomi Yojane-Horticulture initiative, again with support from Towards this, they built the capacity of stakeholders at all ICRISAT. Under this program, 250,000 smallholder farmers levels through team building workshops, training programs, were granted cash incentives by the government to shift from mass media, publications and village meetings. They also the production of low-value crops to high value vegetables, organized farmers fi eld days and farmers visits to ICRISAT fruits and spices, with ICRISAT providing technical support to get fi rst hand information on productivity enhancement such as detailed nutrient recommendations and other and sustainable management practices. Rainfed management practices. farming technologies such as soil moisture conservation The Government of Karnataka has recently decided to extend techniques; nutrient management recommendations for Bhoochetana to cover 5 million hectares of rainfed area in the various crops based on analysis of soil samples; cultivation state and to support irrigated crops such as rice and sugarcane of high yielding short duration varieties of major dryland on 0.5 million hectares. Technical support to enhance crops; training in integrated pest management methods agricultural and livestock productivity will be provided by the and use of stress-tolerant cultivars and machinery are being consortium of CGIAR Centers. implemented to increase productivity. The concept of village seed banks to ensure availability of quality seeds to Neighboring states such as Andhra Pradesh and Tamil farmers was also promoted successfully. Nadu have also noted the success of Bhoochetana and new initiatives are underway. The success of the project is evidenced through an annual agricultural growth rate of 6% in the state in 2009- The Bhoochetana model, if adopted in key rainfed areas 10, and over 13% in 2010-11. Bhoochetana was also in the country, could be the key to uplifting vulnerable primarily responsible for the state receiving the ‘Krishi communities from food insecurity to food prosperity. Devikere Nagappa (front right) with his family and government offi cials, proudly holds up the improved groundnut harvested in the last season. J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 17 25/06/2012 10:34:49 PM 18 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 Women Farmers in Development The women of Wakoro, Mali used to grow groundnuts without much success until Mariam Coulibaly from a village in the Dioila district and four other women visited the ICRISAT station at Samanko, Mali in 2001. Mariam Coulibaly, President of the They were impressed by three varieties that were growing there, and were Bankora Women’s Cooperative, gazes given one kg seed of each variety. In 2002, the women planted the seed in contentedly over her groundnut fi eld. 10x10 meter plots and shared the seeds they harvested with other women in the village. Impressed with the yields and earliness of the varieties, Mariam requested the village chief to allocate a larger piece of land to them to multiply the varieties. The women ultimately formed an association called Bankora for producing and marketing groundnut seed, whose membership grew to almost 200 in just … social networks a few years. The increasing demand for seed enabled the women to increase their income and food security, and improve their status in the community. play a role in the Through this community based seed production approach, the women empowerment of farmers of Wakoro have been able to access seeds locally at cheaper prices and have enhanced their skills in quality seed production and seed marketing. rural women across More importantly, they have become self-suffi cient in groundnut and sell a signifi cant quantity of seed outside the district, earning a much needed sub-Saharan Africa income. Role of networks This women’s association is just one example of how formal and informal social networks play a role in the empowerment of rural women across sub- Saharan Africa. Their enhanced skills help them to improve the contexts in which they live, and thereby bring about equitable and sustainable change and development. In Niger, fi ve women’s associations in Hankoura, and two women’s associations in Faska were empowered in seed production and marketing of small-sized seed packs. The start of such success stories traces back to the Groundnut Seed Project funded by the Common Fund for Commodity in 2003-2007 followed by the Tropical Legumes II (TL II) project in 2007-2010, where more than 124 farmers’ associations and 98 smallholder farmers were trained in seed production technologies and small-scale seed business skills. As part of the two projects, varieties were selected by farmers through Farmer Participatory Variety Selection trials in Nigeria, Niger, Mali and Senegal, and partner institutions, including women’s associations, were provided training. NGOs and rural development projects initiated and catalyzed institutions and institutional arrangements that would deliver seed at low transaction costs to smallholder farmers. J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 18 25/06/2012 10:34:49 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 19 The training enriched certifi ed seed production and Signs of success delivery schemes and strengthened the capacity of the farmers’ associations to produce high quality certifi ed From these interventions, signifi cant outcomes have seed so that they were able to continue the program on occurred, such as: their own initiative when the projects ended. • NGOs (Plan Mali, Aga Khan Foundation and In order to scale-up these interventions, the second EUCORD) in Mali using the community based phase of the TL II project is extending community-based schemes to enhance the capacity of women to schemes to several other villages and districts in Mali produce and sell seed; and Niger focusing on organized women’s groups. In Niger, 16 women’s associations with a total of 694 • small-scale seed companies such as FASOKABA members and 89 women small-scale seed producers in Mali and ALHERI Seed Company in Niger using were involved in seed production and delivery in the the small-pack sale as a marketing strategy, and are Dosso region. Their successes include identifi cation using the CBOs formed by ICRISAT’s interventions to of three groundnut varieties for production; training of produce commercial seed; and women in seed production technologies and small-scale • a rural development project in Guinea that bought two business management and marketing skills; registration tons of seed from the Wakoro women’s association and recognition of individual producers and women’s to establish a community based groundnut seed associations as small-scale seed companies; linking with production scheme. seed producers, traders, agro-dealers, INRAN (National Institute in Niger), and with rural radios to facilitate A study on uptake of groundnut production technology information dissemination. and the spread of seed technology confi rmed that social In Mali, the scheme was extended to two villages in 2009 networks and relationships expand the options available and extended to four more villages in 2010 in the Koulikoro to women. It also identifi ed gender-differentiated social region, and involved 150 women through a partnership opportunities, constraints and risks for more relevant between ICRISAT and Plan Mali. Five groundnut varieties and responsive social development interventions. were made available, and the exposure to the new varieties Indeed, women farmers in the semi-arid tropics, whose heightened the enthusiasm of the women’s groups who many contributions usually remain unnoticed and recognized prospects for income generation as well as unappreciated, are fi nally being recognized for their improved nutrition for their families. essential role in community development. Women’s association groundnut seed production plot in the Dosso region of Niger. J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 19 25/06/2012 10:34:50 PM 20 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 ICRISAT Governing Board 2011 Nigel Poole, UK S Ayyappan, India Chair, ICRISAT Governing Board Vice-Chairman, ICRISAT Governing Board 8, Knowles Avenue Secretary to the Government of India Crowthrone Department of Agricultural Research and Berks, RG45 6DU, UK Education (DARE) and Director General, Indian Council of Phone +44-1-344-771966 or Agricultural Research (ICAR) +44-1-77331-12992 Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi 110 001, India Email sekona@btopenworld.com Phone +91 11 23382629 Fax +91 11 23384773 William D Dar, Philippines PK Basu, IAS, India Director General Secretary to the Government of India International Crops Research Ministry of Agriculture Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Department of Agriculture (ICRISAT) and Cooperation Patancheru Krishi Bhavan Andhra Pradesh 502 324, India New Delhi 110 001, India Phone +91 40 30713222 Phone +91 11 2338 2651/8444 Fax +91 40 30713072 Fax +91 11 2338 6004 Email w.dar@cgiar.org J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 20 25/06/2012 10:34:53 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 21 Deborah Delmer, USA Philip Ikeazor, Nigeria 33 Riverside Dr., Director, Wholesale Bank Nigeria North Apt. 1A1/2A1 United Bank for Africa Plc New York NY 10023 Plot 701 Usuma Street, Abuja, Nigeria USA Phone +234-080 22900572 Phone: +1-917-441-1264 Email Philip.ikeazor@ubagroup.com Chandra A Madramootoo, Canada Pankaj Dwivedi, India Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Chief Secretary to the Environmental Sciences Government of Andhra Pradesh Department of Bioresource Secretariat Engineering Hyderabad 500 022 India McGill University Phone: +91 40 23452620 Macdonald Campus Fax: +91 40 23453700 Ste-Anne de Bellevue, Québec H9X 3V9, Canada Phone +1-514-398-7707 Fax +1-514-398-7766 Molapo Qhobela, South Africa Gry Synnevag, Norway Vice Principal - Institutional Development NORAGRIC – Centre for International The University of South Africa Environment and OR Tambo Building Development Studies 12th fl oor, Offi ce #17, Pretoria Agricultural University Republic of South Africa of Norway Phone +27-12-312-5412 PO box 5001 Fax +27-12-323-1413 N-1432 As Norway Mobile +27-82-829-6684 Phone +47-6494-2294 Email Molapo.qhobela@worldonline.co.za or Qhobela.m@doe.gov.za Adama Traore, Mali Meryl Williams, Australia Executive Secretary & Research 16 Lorong Batu Uban Satu Director 11700 Gelugor National Committee on Agricultural Pulau Pinang Research (CNRA) Malaysia Boulkassouombougou Phone +60 4 655 2831 (home) Rue 599 Mobile +61 40 707 0062 Bamako, Mali (West Africa) Email m.j.williams@cgiar.org Phone +223-22271-65 J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 21 25/06/2012 10:35:02 PM 22 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 ICRISAT Senior and Collaborative Staff Members Name, Designation, Country of Origin Patancheru (Headquarters) Resource Planning & Marketing Purchase, Supplies and Disposal Services Director General’s Offi ce Peter J Ninnes, Director, Resource Planning and PN Mallikarjuna, Head - PSDS, India Marketing, Australia William D. Dar, Director General, O/o Director Financial Services General, Philippines R Narsing Rao, Manager, Grants and Contracts, India Rajesh Agrawal, Director, Finance, Financial C Geetha, Head - DG's Offi ce, O/o Director Services, India General, India Internal Audit S Sethuraman, Head - Financial Services, India Prabhat Kumar, Director, Business & Country TN Menon, Head - Internal Audit, India PV Gopiramanan, Manager, Treasury and Relations (New Delhi), India Operations, India Human Resources Services Communication Offi ce MS Raju, Manager, Project Finance, India Hector V Hernandez, Director, Human Resources Rex L Navarro, Director of Communication, Ch Sridhar, Manager, Project Finance and MIS, and Operations, Philippines Philippines India AJ Rama Rao, Head, Human Resources Services Mark D Winslow, Assistant Director, (NRS), India Deputy Director General’s Offi ce Communication Offi ce, USA Cristina P Bejosano, Head, Media Relations and CN Reddy, Head, Medical Services, India David A Hoisington, Deputy Director General (Research), USA Science Writing, Philippines K Mohan Sharma, Manager, Human Resources Services, India B Hanumanth Rao, Manager - Intellectual Alina Paul Bossuet, Marketing Communication Property, India and Multi-media Specialist, UK Housing and Food Services Jerome David Bossuet, Marketing Communica- Research Program - Resilient Dryland Systems K Ravi Shankar, Head - Housing and Food tion and Multi-media Specialist, France Services, India Peter Q Craufurd, Research Program Director - Lydia Flynn, Senior Editor-in-Chief, India Resilient Dryland Systems, UK Murli M Sharma, Manager - Protocol, Visitors and Security Offi ce Girish Chander, Scientist (Soil Science), India Travel Services, India TD Peter, Head - Security Services, India Tomohiro Kurai, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Japan J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 22 25/06/2012 10:35:08 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 23 K Ramu, Post-Doctoral Scientist, India Pooran M Gaur, Principal Scientist (Breeding), KB Saxena, Principal Scientist (Pigeonpea AVR Kesava Rao, Scientist - Agroclimatology, India India Breeding), India RC Sachan, Special Project Scientist, India S Gopalakrishnan, Scientist - Bioproducts, Grain HC Sharma, Principal Scientist (Entomology), Legumes, Patancheru, India, India India GL Sawargaonkar, Special Project Scientist (Agronomy), India P Janila, Scientist, Genetic Resources and Kiran K Sharma, Principal Scientist (Cell Biology) Groundnut Breeding, India and Director, PTTC and Chief Executive Offi cer, Suhas P Wani, Principal Scientist (Watersheds), India Aravind Kumar Jukanti, Special Project Scientist Agribusiness and Innovation Platform, India (Breeding), India Mamta Sharma, Senior Scientist (Legumes Takeshi Watanabe, Special Project Scientist, Japan Dong Hyun Kim, Post-Doctoral Scientist Pathology), India (Genomics), Korea Shivali Sharma, Scientist, Genetic Resources, Research Program - Markets, Institutions L Krishnamurthy, Scientist (Plant Physiology), India and Policies India Hari Kishan Sudini, Scientist, Groundnut M Cynthia S Bantilan, Research Program Director C Siva Kumar, Special Project Scientist, India Pathology, India - Markets, Institutions and Policies and Acting Nalini Mallikarjuna, Principal Scientist (Cell Hari D Upadhyaya, Assistant Research Program Head, Impact Assessment Offi ce, Philippines Biology), India Director - Grain Legumes & Principal Scientist and Head, Gene Bank, India D Kumara Charyulu, Scientist, Agricultural Myer G Mula, Scientist - Seed Systems, Economics, India Philippines Maria Isabel Vales, Principal Scientist (Pigeonpea Breeding), USA Uttam Kumar Deb, Principal Scientist - Shyam N Nigam, Principal Scientist (Breeding) Economics (Village Level Studies), Bangladesh and Acting Global Leader - Knowledge Sharing Rajeev K Varshney, Principal Scientist (Applied N Nagaraj, Principal Scientist, Economics, India and Innovation, India Genomics Laboratory) & Leader, Sub-Program 2 - Generation Challenge Program, India S Nedumaran, Scientist - Economics, India Suresh Pande, Principal Scientist (Pathology), India P Parthasarathy Rao, Principal Scientist Research Program - Dryland Cereals (Economics), India V Sashi Bhushan Rao, Special Project Scientist Oscar Riera-Lizarazu, Research Program Director (Biotechnology), India - Dryland Cereals, USA A Amarender Reddy, Special Project Scientist - Economics, India GV Ranga Rao, Special Project Scientist-IPM, KH Anantha, Special Project Scientist India (Watersheds), India Naveen P Singh, Senior Scientist (Agricultural Economics), India Abhishek Rathore, Senior Scientist (Biometrics), G Basavaraj, Special Project Scientist India (Economics), India Research Program - Grain Legumes K Narsimha Reddy, Manager, Germplasm Santosh P Deshpande, Special Project Scientist, CLL Gowda, Research Program Director - Grain Conservation, India India Legumes, India D Srinivas Reddy, Special Project Scientist, India SK Gupta, Senior Scientist (Pearl Millet Breeding), Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur, Senior Scientist (Cell/ DVSSR Sastry, Manager, Genebank Seed India Molecular Biology), India Laboratory, India C Thomas Hash, Principal Scientist (Breeding), USA J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 23 25/06/2012 10:35:10 PM 24 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 Jana Kholova, Associate Scientist, Cereals Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Agathe Diama, Regional Information Offi cer, Physiology, Czechoslovakia WCA, Mali Nairobi, Kenya A Ashok Kumar, Senior Scientist-Sorghum Gatien Falconnier, Associate Professional Offi cer Breeding, India Said N Silim, Director, ESA, Uganda (Crop Livestock Systems/Modeling), Resilient Prabhakar Pathak, Principal Scientist (Soil & Alastair William Orr, Assistant Director for ESA Dryland Systems, France Water Mgt), India and Principal Scientist - Economics, Dryland Kodjo Kondo, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Cereals, UK Specialist, Markets, Institutions and Policies KN Rai, Principal Scientist (Millet Breeding) and Tsedeke Abate, Project Coordinator - TL2 - Phase (WASA Project), Togo Director, HarvestPlus-India Biofortifi cation, India II, Grain Legumes, Ethiopia Vera Lugutuah, Associate Professional Offi cer Punna Ramu, Special Project Scientist, India Lieven Claessens, Principal Scientist - Natural (Human Nutrition), Dryland Cereals, Ghana P Srinivasa Rao, Scientist (Sorghum Breeding), Resources (Water and Soils), Resilient Dryland Tom van Mourik, Special Project Scientist, HOPE India Systems, Belgium Project, Resilient Dryland Systems, Holland Ch Ravinder Reddy, Scientist, Technology David Harris, Principal Scientist - Abdoulaye Saley Moussa, Senior Scientist - Exchange, India Agroecosystems/Climate Change, Resilient Climate Change, Resilient Dryland Systems, Trushar Shah, Scientist - Bioinformatics, Kenya Dryland Systems, UK Niger Mary A Mgonja, Principal Scientist (Breeding), Rajan Sharma, Senior Scientist-Cereals Pathology George E Okwach, Project Manager, HOPE Dryland Cereals, Tanzania & Head, Plant Quarantine Lab, India Project for Sorghum and Millets, Dryland Henry Fred Ojulong, Scientist - Breeding, Cereals, Kenya Rakesh K Srivastava, Scientist (Molecular Dryland Cereals, Uganda Breeding), India HFW Rattunde, Principal Scientist (Sorghum KPC Rao, Principal Scientist, Resilient Dryland Breeding & Genetic Resources), Dryland Vincent Vadez, Assistant Research Program Systems, India Cereals, USA Director - Dryland Cereals & Principal Scientist- NVPR Ganga Rao, Scientist (Breeding), Grain Eva W Rattunde, Principal Scientist (Sorghum Plant Physiology, France Legumes, India Breeding & Genetic Resources), Dryland Agribusiness and Innovation Platform (AIP) Christin Schipmann, Agricultural Marketing Cereals, Germany S Aravazhi, Deputy Manager - Agribusiness Economist, Markets, Institutions and Policies, SVR Shetty, Chief of Party, WASA, Markets, Institutions and Policies (WASA Project), India Incubator Program, India Germany Franklin Peter Simtowe, Scientist (Agricultural Mariam Toure, Manager, Finance and SM Karuppan Chetty, Chief Operating Offi cer, Economics), Markets, Institutions and Policies, Administration, WASA, Mali Agri Business Incubator Program (ABIP), India Malawi PCS Traore, Manager, GIS, Resilient Dryland Abdul Rahman Ilyas, Chief Operating Offi cer, Susanna de Villiers, Senior Scientist, Grain Systems, France Innovation and Partnership Program, AIP, India Legumes, South Africa Samba Traore, Project Manager, EU - IFAD Food R Bhubesh Kumar, Assistant Manager, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Facility Project, Dryland Cereals, Mali Agribusiness Incubator Program, India Andre F van Rooyen, Senior Scientist (Crop Robert B Zougmore, Regional Program Leader, Saikat Datta Mazumdar, Chief Operating Offi cer, Livestock) and Country Representative, Resilient CCAFS, Resilient Dryland Systems, Burkina Faso NutriPlus Knowledge Program, India Dryland Systems, South Africa Niamey, Niger Jonathan Philroy, Assistant Manager, Agribusiness McDonald B Jumbo, Associate Professional Incubator Program, India Offi cer (Plant Breeding), Resilient Dryland Mahamadou Gandah, Project Coordinator, AGRA Purushotham Rudraraju, Deputy Manager, Farm Systems, Malawi Microdose Project and Country Representative, Resilient Dryland Systems, Niger Business, India Sabine Homann - Kee Tui, Scientist, Markets, Institutions and Policies, Germany Fatondji Dougbedji, Scientist (Agronomy), HarvestPlus Resilient Dryland Systems, Niger Patricia Masikati, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Resilient Binu Cherian, Product Delivery Manager-Asia Dryland Systems, Zimbabwe Falalou Hamidou, Regional Scientist (Physiology), (HarvestPlus), India Grain Legumes, Niger Kizito Mazvimavi, Scientist (Agricultural IS Khairwal, Delivery Manager – Pearl Millet – Economics), Markets, Institutions and Policies, Amadou Hassane, Manager, Finance, WCA, Niger India, HarvestPlus, India Zimbabwe Justice Nyamangara, Scientist, Agronomy, Rodolfo Martinez Morales, Senior Scientist - Crop Farm, Engineering and Transport Services Resilient Dryland Systems, Zimbabwe Diversifi cation / Agronomy, Resilient Dryland (FETS) Systems, Mexico Swathi Sridharan, Editor - ESA, Communication M Prabhakar Reddy, Program Leader - Farm, Offi ce, India Jupiter Ndjeunga, Principal Scientist, Markets, Engineering and Transport Services, India Institutions and Policies, Cameroon Lilongwe, Malawi Mensah Edouard Romeo, Associate Professional C Buchappa, Senior Manager, Engineering Services, India Moses Siambi, Principal Scientist (Agronomy) and Offi cer (Economics), Markets, Institution and Country Representative, Grain Legumes, Kenya Policies, Benin Suresh C Pillay, Senior Manager - Engineering Services, India Kai Mausch, Associate Professional Offi cer Gaston Sangare, Regional Farm Manager, WCA, (Economics), Markets, Institutions and Policies, Mali K Hanmanth Rao, Senior Manager, Farm Services, Germany India Kano, Nigeria Emmanuel S Monyo, Principal Scientist Mohd Aslam Shariff, Manager, Transport Services, (Breeding), Grain Legumes, Tanzania Hakeem Ayinde Ajeigbe, Principal Scientist, India Agronomy and Country Representative, Samuel MC Njoroge, Associate Professional Resilient Dryland Systems, Nigeria Offi cer (Groundnut Pathology), Grain Legumes, Knowledge Management and Sharing Kenya Collab0orative Staff (KMS) Rosana P Mula, Coordinator, Learning Systems West and Central Africa (WCA) APCoAB Unit, Philippines Bamako, Mali JL Karihaloo, Coordinator - APCoAB, New Delhi, M Madhan, Manager, Library and Information India Farid Waliyar, Director, WCA, France Services, India BR Ntare, Assistant Director, WCA, and Principal AVRDC Pradyut J Modi, Senior Manager-Information Scientist (Breeding), Grain Legumes, Uganda Warwick Easdown, Director, Australia Systems Unit, India Amadou Bila Belemgoabga, Manager, Abdou Tenkouano, Regional Director- Africa, NT Yaduraju, Principal Scientist - ICT4D, India Administration, WCA, Burkina Faso Burkina Faso J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 24 25/06/2012 10:35:10 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 25 Theresa Endres, Nutrition Specialist, Bamako, ICARDA V Padmakumar, Project Manager, India Mali, Germany Ashutosh Sarker, Regional Director, Bangladesh Arindam Samaddar, Livestock Systems TR Ghai, Visiting Scientist (Punjab), India Researcher, India ICRAF Tarsem Lal,Visiting Scientist (Punjab), India Braja Bandhu Swain, Special Project Scientist Jules Bayala, Principal Scientist, Bamako, Mali, (Livestock and Resource Economics), India Ramakrishnan M Nair, Vegetable Breeder - Burkina Faso Legumes, India Nils Teufel, Post-Doctoral Scientist, Germany Joachim N Binam, Principal Economist, Bamako, M Ravishankar, Visiting Scientist / Project Mali, Cameroon International School of Hyderabad Coordinator (Ranchi), India Antoine Kalinganire, Sahel Node Coordinator, Helge Gallinger, Principal, International School TS Vamsidhar Reddy, Visiting Scientist / Project Bamako, Mali, Australia of Hyderabad, Germany Coordinator, India Carmen Sotelo Montes, Principal Scientist, IWMI Albert Rouamba, Vegetable Breeder, Bamako, Bamako, Mali, Colombia Mali, Burkina Faso Paul Pavelic, Head of IWMI Hyderabad Offi ce, Jerome E Tondo, Principal Scientist, Bamako, Australia AGRA Mali, Côte d’Ivoire Pramod K Aggarwal, CCAFS Regional Program Franck Attere, Project Coordinator, Bamako, John Weber, Principal Scientist, Bamako, Mali, Leader, India Mali, Benin USA Priyanie Amerasinghe, Senior Researcher Bio Leon Konan Ndri, Impact Economist, Bamako, IFPRI Medical Sciences, Sri Lanka Mali, Côte d’Ivoire Suneetha Kadiyala, Post-Doctoral Fellow, USA Upali Amarasinghe, Senior Researcher – Bioversity Statistics, Sri Lanka Purnima Menon, Research Fellow, USA Ramkumar Bendapudi, Special Project Scientist, Hugo Anatonius Hubertus Lamers, Associate Karl M Rich, Assistant Scientist (Post Doctoral) India Scientist, Holland (New Delhi), USA Gopal Bhatt, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Nepal CIMMYT ILRI Floriane Clement, Researcher – Institutional and Olof Erstein, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Holland Iain Alexander Wright, Regional Representative Policy Analysis, France Girish Kumar Krishna, Scientist, Maize Molecular (Asia), UK Tamma Rao Gopu, Special Project Scientist, India Breeding, India Michael Blümmel, Leader Global Project - Krishna Reddy Kakumanu, Special Project Intensifying Livestock Systems, Germany Zerka Rashid, Special Project Scientist, India Scientist – IWMI – TATA Project, India Augustine Ayantunde, Principal Scientist, Ravinder PS Malik, Sr Researcher - Economics, V Vengadessan, Post-Doctoral Project Scientist, Bamako, Mali, Nigeria India India Ramkumar Bendapudi, Special Project Scientist, Aditi Mukherji, Senior Researcher, India MT Vinayan, Post-Doctoral Project Scientist, India India L Suri Naidu, Special Project Scientist, India Rameswar Deka, Special Project Scientist, India K Palanisami, Director – IWMI TATA Research B Vivek, Senior Maize Breeder, India Mohamadou Fadiga, Agricultural Economist, Program, India Pervez H Zaidi, Scientist - Maize Breeder, India Bamako, Mali, Senegal Bharat R Sharma, Principal Researcher & Head- CIP Abdou Fall, Project Coordinator, Bamako, Mali, IWMI New Delhi, India Senegal B Soundharajan, Special Project Scientist, IWMI- Dindo Campilan, CIP-SWA Regional Representative (New Delhi), Philippines Paolo Ficarelli, Knowledge Management Expert, TATA Project, India Italy Suri Sehgal Foundation CIRAD Amare Haileslassie, Post-Doctoral Scientist, Kirsten Vom Brocke, Principal Scientist, Bamako, Ethiopia N Mallikarjuna, Scientist - Pathology, India Mali, Germany Sapna Jarial, Special Project Scientist, India P Vani Sekhar, Senior Scientist, India J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 25 25/06/2012 10:35:10 PM 26 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 Financial Summary Balance Sheet US$ thousands 2011 2010 Assets Cash and Cash equivalents 9,711 5,490 Investments 55,170 47,828 Accounts receivable 11,261 18,533 Inventories 1,002 949 Prepaid Expenses 496 379 Property and Equipment - net 6,040 5,971 Other assets 3,257 1,076 Total Assets 86,937 80,226 Liabilities Accounts payable 19,840 17,689 Accruals and provisions 2,401 2,514 Payments in advance from donors 23,027 19,023 Long-term liabilities 11,080 12,148 Total Liabilities 56,348 51,374 Net Assets Unrestricted Unappropriated 17,345 18,647 Appropriated 11,113 8,113 Permanently Restricted 2,131 2,092 Total Net Assets 30,589 28,852 Total Liabilities & Net Assets 86,937 80,226 Operating results and movements in Net Assets US$ thousands 2011 2010 Operating results Revenue 67,014 64,734 Expenditure 65,316 61,207 Change in net assets, operational 1,698 3,527 Net Assets - Unrestricted Unappropriated Balance, beginning of the year 18,647 15,120 Operating (defi cit)/surplus for the year 1,698 3,527 Transfer to Appropriated (3,000) - Balance, end of the year 17,345 18,647 Appropriated Balance, beginning of the year 8,113 8,294 Transfer from unappropriated 3,000 - Acquisition of physical facilities - (181) Total Net Assets - Unrestricted 11,113 8,113 Net Assets - Permanently restricted 2,131 2,092 Total Net Assets 30,589 28,852 J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 26 25/06/2012 10:35:11 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 27 Grant income from donors for 2011 Donor US$’000 Donor US$’000 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 12,488 Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, India 259 CGIAR Consortium 10,646 FAO 259 India 7,578 CFC 256 European Commission 7,431 Canada 231 USA 5,742 Austria 225 CGIAR Challenge Programme 3,648 Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust 210 Germany 2,489 GRM International 197 Australia 1,772 Other Donors 194 CGIAR Consortium Research 1,109 ASARECA 184 Centers 14,000 Philippines 156 Switzerland 1,066 Ireland 803 Kellogg Foundation 129 Belgium 715 OFID 65 Private Seed Companies 676 China 59 AGRA 518 France 58 12,000 Netherlands 482 Nigeria 49 IFAD 476 UNEP 44 McKnight Foundation 451 IFAR 33 UK 413 Norway 22 Global Crop Diversity Trust 394 Aga Khan Foundation 22 10,000 Sir Ratan Tata Trust 363 Denmark 12 Asian Development Bank 331 Turkey 5 Japan 284 Grand Total 62,544 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 m ia A e ny d d m A t a t l ati on rti u Ind ali a D arc h nie s ds om us t k an s ce EP ay tr se FA ati on Tr us an ia nd FC str ia C us or CA s Tr on tio n ID na ria rk rla n lgi u pa AGR rla n Jap FA O IFA R rw rke y un d so iss ion US ram m Ire lan I ad ati on on mm og Germ a Re itz e Be nd ing d Can UN Aus m om K rsi ty nt B t, I Au a T r RE ati on a pin e da OF Chi Fra n ge ma No nd Sw C Neth e Ta ta us Ta t rn er D ASA ilip un Ni e P r Fo u ve me Fo u tes Fo C AR n C o ed ite d Tr Ph Fo Den Tu ng rti u igh t Oth an ea so Un p D i ata n ata n In te log a G a CGI op all e e S e ck n ro R elo p ata M on Kel a K h lin d Eu r Ch C iva t M Sir ev D ji T Ag e R Pr al C an ab jba i R GR AR M IA ob Gl or va ll & CG CGI Asi Sir D Na Bi J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 27 25/06/2012 10:35:13 PM US$ Thousands 28 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 List of restricted projects that commenced in 2011 Donor Project Title Key Partners ACIAR, Australia Bioinformatics for Breeding: Data The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC), Taiwan; Management and Cross Prediction Australian Temperate Field Crops Collection, DPI- Victoria, Australia; GCP-CIMMYT OFID, Austria Groundnut Improvement for Poor Smallholders in Asia Commonwealth Coordinating and Assessing the University of Agricutlural Sciences-Raichur, India; of Learning (COL), Effectiveness of Mobile Phone-based Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank Ltd, India; VIDIYAL, Canada Learning among Rural Communities of India India using LIVES IFAR Development of Bio-fertilizer for National University of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan Suppression of Fusarium Wilt, Dry Root Rot in Chickpea and Enhancement of Productivity under Ecologically Stressed Environments - Fellowship Grant for Ms Egamberdieva Dilfuza IFAR Induction of Doubled Haploids in Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad, Chickpea - Fellowship Grant for Ms India Sameera Sastry, India IFAR Are there Common Features in the Bharathidasan University, India; University of Western Tolerance of Reproduction to Drought, Australia, Australia Heat and Salinity Tolerance in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)? - Fellowship Grant for Ms R Pushpavalli, India IFPRI Crop Modelling Efforts under Global Futures Project ILRI Delivering New Sorghum Millet Innovations for Food Security and Improving Livelihoods in Eastern Africa Africa Rice Center Measuring and Assessing the Impacts of Crop Genetic Improvement in Africa: The Case of Pearl Millet, Rice and Sorghum. CIMMYT/ Generation Development of a SNP Platform for Challenge Program Molecular Breeding in Elite Material of (GCP) Chickpea CIMMYT/GCP Commissioned Research Project 2011 – Cornell University, USA; INRA, France; The James Integration of MARS and GWS modules Hutton Institute, UK; University of Queensland, in the ISMU pipeline for facilitating Australia molecular breeding for complex traits J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 28 25/06/2012 10:35:13 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 29 Donor Project Title Key Partners CIMMYT/GCP Product Delivery Coordinator (PDC) for the Groundnut Project Activities in the Legume Research Initiative for GCP – Dr Emmanuel Monyo CIAT/CCAFS Policy Inventory of Climate Change Harvard University, USA Mitigation and Adaptation in Mali, Senegal and Burkina Faso under the CGIAR Research Program "Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security" CIAT/CCAFS West Africa Regional Program Leader of The Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches the CGIAR Program on Climate Change, Agricoles (INERA), Burkina Faso; The International Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), Kenya; The Institut d’Economie Rurale (IER), Mali; The Institut des Sciences de l’Environnement (ISE), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop-Dakar, Senegal; The International Union for Conservation of Nature, the Central and West Africa Programme (IUCN-PACO), Burkina Faso; The Faculté d’Agronomie FA, Université de Parakou, Benin; The Institut de I’Environment et des Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Burkina Faso; L’Association Malienne d’Eveil au Developpement Durable (AMEDD), Mali; Agence Nationale de la Meteorologie du Senegal (ANAMS), Senegal; AGRHYMET Regional Center, Niger; CSIR- Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI), Ghana CIRAD Sustainable Management of Agricultural CIRAD, France Biodiversity in Mali Department of Selection and Utilization of Water- Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR), India; Banaras Agriculture & Logging Tolerant Cultivars in Pigeonpea Hindu University (BHU), India; Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Cooperation, India Vishwa Vidyalaya, (JNKVV), India; Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), India; Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), India; Haryana Agriculture University (HAU), India. Department of Development and Promotion of Promising Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University, Regional Agriculture & Varieties/Lines with High Yield and High Agricultural Research Station-Tirupati, India; Tamil Cooperation, India Oil Content with Enhanced O/L Ratio Nadu Agricultural University, India; Junagadh for Enhancing Production and Quality Agricultural University, India; National Research Center of Groundnut Oil in Drought Prone for Groundnut, ICAR, India Environment to Boost the Income of Small & Marginal Groundnut Farmers in India Department of Evaluation and Production of Agriculture & Cytoplasmic Genetic Male Sterility Cooperation, India (CGMS) based Hybrids for Enhancement of Productivity and Stability of Yield in Pigeonpea - under NFSM J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 29 25/06/2012 10:35:15 PM 30 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 Donor Project Title Key Partners Department of Secondary Metabolites of Biotechnology, India Entomopathogenic Microbes to Control Helicoverpa armigera Department of Development of Actinomycetes based Sri Biotech Laboratories India Ltd., India Biotechnology, India Metabolites as Delivery Systems for (through Biotech Soil, Health Management in Groundnut Consortium India (Arachis hypogaea L.) Limited), India Department of Securing Chickpea Productivity The University of Western Australia, Australia; Panjab Science and under Contemporary Abiotic Stresses: University-Chandigarh, India Technology, India Improvement of Podding and Seed-fi lling under Heat, Drought and Salinity - Indo- Australia Joint Project Department of DST-ICRISAT Center of Excellence (CoE) Science and on Climate Change Research for Plant Technology, India Production (CCRPP) Department of Introgression of Shoot Fly Resistance Science and QTLs into Elite Postrainy Season Technology, India Sorghum Varieties using Marker Assisted Backcrossing (MAB) Department of Land Capacity Building Training Program Resources, India under Common Guidelines, 2008 for Watershed Development Projects Government of Mission Project on Bridging Crop Yield Department of Agriculture, Government of Andhra Andhra Pradesh, India Gaps through Science-Led Development Pradesh, India; Central Research Institute for Dryland in Andhra Pradesh under Bhoochetana - Agriculture (CRIDA), India; Acharya NG Ranga RKVY 2011 - 2012 Agricultural University (ANGRAU)-Hyderabad, India; Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs); Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) ICAR (under NAIP), Engaging Farmers, Enriching Knowledge: Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K), India; India Agropedia Phase-II University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS)-Raichur, India; Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C), India. ICAR (under NAIP), National Training on Carbon India Sequestration and Carbon Trading ICAR, NICRA thru Enhancing Resilience to Climate CRIDA, India Variability and Change in Watersheds with Focus on Groundnut and Pigeonpea in the Indian SAT J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 30 25/06/2012 10:35:15 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 31 Donor Project Title Key Partners Government of Science-led Consortium Approach for Department of Horticulture, Government of Karnataka, Karnataka, India Development of Horticulture Inclusive India; Department of Watershed Development, Market Oriented Development through Government of Karnataka, India; University of Suvarna Bhoomi Yojane in Karnataka Horticulture-Bagalkot, India; University of Agricultural Sciences-Dharwad, India; University of Agricultural Sciences-Bangalore, India; University of Agricultural Sciences-Raichur, India; BASIX, India; BAIF Research Foundation, India; MYRADA, India; Jain Irrigation, India; Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs); Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) Government of Introduction and Expansion of Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology Orissa, India Improved Pigeonpea (Arhar) Production (OUAT), India; Directorate of Agriculture and Technology (IPPT) in Rainfed Upland Horticulture, Ministry of Agriculture, Government Ecosystems of Orissa of Orissa, India; NGO and Farmer Self-Help Groups (FSHG) Ministry of Water Farmers Participatory Action Research Resources, India Programme (FPARPs) - Phase 2 Indo-German Science Biotechnological Approaches to Improve Goethe Universitat Frankfutam, Germany; GenXPro and Technology Chickpea Crop Productivity for Farming GmbH, Germany; BenchBio Private Limited, India Center (IGSTC), India Community and Industry under Indo- German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC) Coca Cola India Watershed Project - Bhujal Foundation, India Coca Cola India Feasibility Study in 13 Villages of Block Foundation, India Vakkaleri, District Kolar, Karnataka Navajbai Ratan Tata Enhancing Livelihoods through Livestock Trust, India Knowledge Systems (ELKS) EU (thru IFAD), Italy Development of a Robust Commercially Africa Harvest Biotechnology Foundation International, Sustainable Multiple Uses Sorghum Kenya; Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), (MUS) Value chain in Kenya and Kenya; Western Seed Company, Kenya; East Africa Tanzania Malting (EAML), Kenya; South Eastern University College (SEUCO), Kenya; Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), Kenya; Department of Research and Development (DRD), Tanzania; Namburi Agricultural Seed Company Ltd, Tanzania; Tanzania Breweries Ltd, Tanzania JIRCAS, Japan Seed Multiplication of Sorghum Mapping JIRCAS, Japan United Nations On the Job Training for Capacity building University, Japan for Developing Researchers in the Developing Countries J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 31 25/06/2012 10:35:15 PM 32 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 Donor Project Title Key Partners IER (AusAID funding), Unlocking the Opportunities to Enhance Mali Sustainable Seed systems of Staple Crops (Sorghum, Pearl Millet, Maize, Cowpea and Groundnut) to Improve Food Security and Agricultural Production in West and Central Africa. INRAN- CORAF/ An Integrated Cereal-livestock-tree WECARD (AusAID system for Sustainable Land Use and funding), Niger Improved Livelihoods of Smallholder Farmers in the Sahel (CerLiveTreeS) The Bureau of Capacity Building of SUCs and DA Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Agricultural Research, Scientists and Researchers on Rainfed Research (DA-BAR), Philippines Philippines Agriculture Research and Development Mariano Marcos State Sweet Sorghum RDE Capacity Building Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU), Philippines University (MMSU), Philippines Isabela State Evaluation of Pigeonpea Varieties under Isabela State Universiry, Philippines Universiry, Various Cropping Systems for Special Philippines Purposes Across Locations ICBA, UAE Sorghum and Pearl Millet for Crop Diversifi cation, Improved Crop-Livestock Productivity and Farmer Livelihoods in Central Asia ASARECA, Uganda Integrated Management of Water for Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Kenya; Productivity and Livelihood Security National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), Eritrea; under Variable and Changing Climatic Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Conditions in ECA Ethiopia; Centre National de Recherche Appliqué au Développement Rural (FOFIFA), Madagascar; Société Malagasy d'Etudes et d'Applications Hydrauliques (SOMEAH), Madagascar; Rwanda Agricultural Research Institute (ISAR), Rwanda ASARECA, Uganda Pearl Millet Innovations for Improved Department of Research and Development (DRD), Livelihoods in Drought Prone Areas in Tanzania ECA ASARECA, Uganda Sustainable Intensifi cation of Sorghum- Legume System to Improve Livelihood and Adaptation to Climate Change in Semi-Arid Areas of Eastern and Central Africa (ECA) J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 32 25/06/2012 10:35:15 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 33 Donor Project Title Key Partners Bill & Melinda Gates Improving the Livelihoods of Smallholder Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Foundation (BMGF), Farmers in Drought-prone Areas of India ; University of Agricultural Sciences-Bangalore USA Sub-Saharan Africa and India through (UAS-B), India; Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Enhanced Grain Legume production and India; University of Agricultural Sciences-Dharwad productivity - Tropical Legumes II, Phase (UAS-D), India; University of Agricultural Sciences- II Raichur (UAS-R), India; Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology (OUAT), India; Bihar Agricultural University Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation International, Inc (AHBFI); Victoria Seeds, Uganda; Zanobia Seed Company, Tanzania; Namburi Seed Company, Tanzania; Kenya Seed Company, Kenya; (BAU), India; Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Bangladesh; Institut de l'Environment et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), Burkina Faso; Institute of Agronomic Research (IAR), Nigeria; Institut d’Economie Rurale (IER), Mali; Institut National de Recherches Agronomiques du Niger (INRAN), Niger; Jigawa State Agricultural & Rural Development Authority (JARDA), Nigeria; Kano State Agricultural & Rural Development Authority (KNARDA), Nigeria; Katsina State Agricultural & Rural Development Authority (KTARDA), Nigeria; Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), Ghana; Senegal Agricultural Research Institute (ISRA), Senegal; Association des Organisations des Paysannes Professionnelles (AOPP), Mali; International Insitute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA); FASO KABA seed enterprise, Mali; EUCORD, Mali; Association de organisation paysane Professionel, Mali; Wakoro Women’s association, Mali; Plan Mali Farmer Organisation, Mali; Sahel 21 Farmer organisation, Mali; WADACE Farmer organisation, Niger; WADAT Farmer organisation, Niger; Tchin Garba abd Doula FO; Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Ethiopia; Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Kenya; Agricultural Research Services (ARS), Malawi; Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM), Mozambique; Agricultural Seed Agency (ASA), Tanzania; Research and Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS), Tanzania; Centre for Agricultural Research and Devlopment (CARD), Malawi; Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT); National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI) of NARO, Uganda; Ngetta Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Ngetta ZARDI) of NARO, Uganda; Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Ethiopia (covering also ARARI); National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), Eritrea; Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Kenya; Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of Southern Sudan (GoSS); Department of Research and Development, Tanzania; Ugandan National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), Uganda; National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), Uganda; Egerton University, Kenya; Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC), Kenya J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 33 25/06/2012 10:35:15 PM 34 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 Donor Project Title Key Partners Purdue University, Encouraging Regional Trade with USA Hermetic Storage for Cowpea in West and Central Africa University of Georgia, Peanut Collaborative Support Research USA Program The Pennsylvania Evaluation and Mitigation of Anthracnose State University, USA Disease Pressure due to the Introduction of Sorghum for Feedstock Production USAID (through Mobilizing Vegetable Genetic Resources The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC), Taiwan World Bank), USA and Technologies to Enhance Household Nutrition, Income and Livelihoods in Indonesia.(Vegetables for Indonesia - AVRDC) USAID (through Zambia Groundnut Productivity IITA-Nigeria; Msekera Research Station (ZARI) and World Bank), USA Provincial Department of Agriculture, Zambia; University of Zambia, Zambia; Tuskegee University, USA; USDA-ARS-National Peanut Research Laboratory, Georgia, USA. USAID (through Zambia Afl atoxin Research and World Bank), USA Mitigation USAID (through Improving Vegetable Production and The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC), Taiwan World Bank), USA Consumption in Mali - Vegetables (AVRDC) USAID (through Agrodealer Strengthening Program in CNFA), USA Zimbabwe Solar Electric Light Scaling the Solar Market Garden: Solar- Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), USA; Association pour Fund (SELF), USA Powered Drip Irrigation Enhances Food le Developpement Economique Social et Culturel de Security in Benin, West Africa, and could Kalalé (ADESCA), Benin; Naps Systems Oy, Finland; be a Model for the Region Program on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University, USA Action Contre la Faim Technical Support for the Promotion of (ACF), Zimbabwe Conservation Farming by Action Contre la Faim (ACF) in Chipinge District, Zimbabwe FAO, Zimbabwe Support of the Development of Small Grains Seed Multiplication and Small Grains Production Manuals for use by the Communities in Masvingo, Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South Provinces. FAO, Zimbabwe Improve the Food Security of Smallholder Farmers in the Dry Regions of Zimbabwe through Production of Foundation Seed of Improved Varieties of Pearl Millet, Groundnuts and Cowpeas FAO, Zimbabwe Assessing the Promotion of Conservation Agriculture Adaptation among the Smallholder Farmers in Zimbabwe J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 34 25/06/2012 10:35:15 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 35 Donor Project Title Key Partners FAO, Zimbabwe Production of Foundation Seed for Small Grains of Groundnuts and Cowpeas GRM International Building Farmers' Resilience through Limited, Zimbabwe Improved Crop-Livestock Innovations in Semi-Arid Regions of Zimbabwe - PRP Phase II GRM International Impact Assessment of Zimbabwe Limited (GRM), Agricultural Input Project (ZAIP) Zimbabwe GRM International Impact Assessment of Zimbabwe Limited (GRM), Emergency Agricultural Input Project Zimbabwe (ZEAIP) GRM International PRP Evaluation of the 2010/11 Market Limited (GRM), based Agricultural Input Distribution Zimbabwe J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 35 25/06/2012 10:35:16 PM 36 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 Workshops, Conferences and Meetings in 2011 Participating countries/ Resources and Event/Topic/Date Workshops/Meetings Location Participants Institutes collaborative support VLS Writeshop meeting, 3–7 January ICRISAT- 20 ICRISAT MIP staff ICRISAT MIP Patancheru Chickpea Scientists meet, 10–11 January ICRISAT- 60 Canada, Australia, Indian NARS ICRISAT and ICAR Patancheru and Private Sector Global Annual Review meetings (ARM), ICRISAT- 158 Senior scientists and managers ICRISAT 24 January–4 February Patancheru from all locations CGIAR Consortium Board meet, 13–16 ICRISAT- 30 Board Chairs and DGs of CGIAR CGIAR and ICRISAT February Patancheru institutions Project launching meeting on Improving ICRISAT- 52 NARS, NGOs from India, ICRISAT, Myanmar and Farmers Livelihood and Food Security through Patancheru Department of Agriculture (DAR) Indian NARS Enhanced Legumes Productivity in India and and Myanmar Agricultural Myanmar, 21 February services (MAS) from Myanmar Food feed fl agship workshop for Eastern and ILRI 15 Kenya, Zimbabwe, Collective Action Program Southern Africa, 24–25 February Nairobi Mozambique, India Eastern and Southern Africa, ILRI, ICRISAT, CIMMYT, CIP and SLP HOPE Project Management Team Meeting, Naivasha, 17 ICRISAT ICRISAT 1–2 March Kenya NIABI 2011: Global Agri–Business Incubation ICRISAT- 170 India and other countries ICRISAT Conference, 8–10 March Patancheru ICRISAT-NAIP-Sweet Sorghum sub project ICRISAT- 20 NAIP, DSR,SVVU, IICT, CRIDA ICRISAT and NAIP Progress Review and Work Plan Meeting, Patancheru ILRI, Rusni, ABI, Nutriplus, RDS, 11–12 March ICRISAT-DC and AAI ICIS Developers Workshop, 28 March–1 April ICRISAT- 60 CGIAR Centers ICRISAT, AVRDC and the Patancheru GCP, ACIAR J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 36 25/06/2012 10:35:16 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 37 Participating countries/ Resources and Event/Topic/Date Workshops/Meetings Location Participants Institutes collaborative support Hope Annual Review and Planning Meeting ICRISAT- 47 IFAD, CBARDP IAR, LCRI, ICRISAT-Kano for Nigeria, 29–30 March Kano, KNARDA,USAID-MARKETS, Nigeria NGOs and ICRISAT scientists from Mali and Niger A two–day Workshop on Food Feed Crops, Zimbabwe 12 Malawi, Mozambique and ICRISAT-Bulawayo 29–30 March Zimbabwe A two–day Workshop on food feed crops Bulawayo, 26 Malawi, Mozambique and ICRISAT-Bulawayo; ILRI under the CG collective action fl agship Zimbabwe Zimbabwe India initiative, 29–30 March Annual Meeting of BMZ project, Niamey 20 Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso and 4–7 April Niger Stakeholder Consultation and Policy The 32 The Ministries of Agriculture, ICRISAT Dialogue, 5 April Sovereign, FAO, IWMI, apex research Colombo, institutions and University of Sri Lanka Peradeniya HOPE Project Annual Review and Planning ICRISAT’s 34 ICRISAT, national research ICRISAT-Bamako Meeting for Francophone WCA, 11–14 April Samanko institutions, NGOs, farmer research organizations and seed station in producers processors Bamako Workshop of the ICRISAT–CIAT–IFAD Ho Chi 34 Key scientists and managers Vietnam Academy of biofuels project Linking the Poor to Global Minh City, from partner organizations Agricultural Sciences Markets: Pro–poor Development of Biofuel Vietnam in India, Vietnam, China, (VAAS), the Institute of Supply Chains, 14–15 April Philippines, Colombia and Mali Agricultural Sciences (IAS) and the Nong Lam University A joint meeting of ICRISAT and ICAR on CRP, ICRISAT- 8 ICRISAT and ICAR ICRISAT 18–19 April Patancheru ISOPOM Project on Development and ICRISAT- 13 India (a) Directorate of ISOPOM Supported promotion of promising varieties / lines with Patancheru Groundnut Research (DGR), Project, ICAR, Govt. of high yield and high oil content with enhanced Junagadh, Gujarat; (b) Tamil India O/L ratio for enhancing production and Nadu Agricultural University quality of groundnut oil in drought–prone (TNAU), Coimbatore, Tamil environments to boost the income of small Nadu; (c) Acharya N G and marginal groundnut farmers in India, Ranga Agricultural University Planning and Budget Allocation meeting, (ANGRAU), RARS, Tirupati, 20 April Andhra Pradesh; (d) Junagadh Agricultural University (JAU), Junagadh, Gujarat J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 37 25/06/2012 10:35:24 PM 38 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 Participating countries/ Resources and Event/Topic/Date Workshops/Meetings Location Participants Institutes collaborative support Tata–ICRISAT–ICAR Model Watershed and Indore 70 CRIDA, IISS, DOS, CAZRI, Tata-ICRISAT-ICAR Water Use Effi ciency (WUE) Projects’ Review NCAF, agricultural universities, and Planning Meeting, 20–22 April NGOs and scientists from ICRISAT The Evaluation and Planning Meeting of the Bamako 22 Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger ICRISAT-Bamako, Mali Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Microdose Project , 26–30 April Workshop on NARES to Map out Rainfed The 100 senior staff of the Philippine The DA Bureau of Agriculture RDE program, 28–29 April Philippines NARES and ICRISAT Agricultural Research (BAR) and ICRISAT Tropical Legumes II – Obj 2, 6, and 8.5 ICRISAT- 26 Indian project collaborators and BMGF and ICRISAT (Groundnut and Pigeonpea) Progress Review Patancheru NARS & Planning Meeting, 9–11 May RP–MIP Team Writeshop, HR Orientation and ICRISAT- 44 Data Entry Operators (DEOs), ICRISAT RP MIP Team Building, 9–13 May Patancheru Scientifi c Offi cers and Field Investigators CFC–FAO–funded project on Enhanced Manila, 15 PCARRD, MAU, FAO, FGBC, Philippine Council Livelihood Opportunities of Smallholders Philippines SRI and ICRISAT for Agriculture, in Asia: Linking smallholder sweet sorghum Forestry and Natural farmers with the bioethanol industry, Annual Resources Research and Review and work plan meeting, 24–25 May Development (PCARRD) Stakeholder Consultation and Policy Bangkok, 49 ADB, World Bank, FAO and ADB, FCRI and ICRISAT Dialogue, 31 May–1 June Thailand UNCCD Training workshop on Enhancing the Tanzania 30 Farmers’ groups, agro-dealers, Tanzania’s Department of Commercialization of Finger Millet and extension, grain processors, seed Research Development, Sorghum Productivity, 1–3 June company and research ICRISAT and HOPE project A two–day Pre–season Workshop on IAR, 66 NIHORT, Ibadan; NACGRAB, ICRISAT-WASA Seed ICRISAT-WASA Seed Project (SP), 7–8 June Ahmadu Ibadan; National Rice and Project (SP) Bello Maize Centre, Ibadan; LCRI, University Maiduguri; IAR, Samaru-Zaria; (ABU), Federal Capital Territory, agro- Zaria, dealers from Kano, Katsina, Nigeria Zamfara, Kaduna and Benue States; Premier Seed Nigeria Limited, Zaria; Da-allgreen Seed Nig. Ltd., Zaria; Manoma Seed Nig. Ltd., Funtua; Maslaha Seed Nig. Ltd., Gusau; the Seed Project Co. Ltd., Kano and Nagari Seed Nig. Ltd., Zaria The 4th Annual Review Meeting of the ICRISAT- 21 Co-investigators and from (NFBSFARA) Project: Evaluating candidate genes towards Patancheru ICRISAT enhancement of drought tolerance in chickpea, 8 June The Annual Review and Work Plan Raipur, 37 Representatives from the ICRISAT Meeting of the Project: Enhancing chickpea Chhattis– consortium of institutions and production in rainfed rice fallow lands (RRFL) garh farmers from the eight project 9–10 June districts of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh The Second Annual Review and Workplan ICRISAT- 33 MAU, MPKV and DSR BMGF and ICRISAT Meeting of the HOPE–Dryland cereals project Patancheru on sorghum, 14–16 June International Conference on Agricultural Abuja Researchers, farmers, traders, Union Bank of Nigeria, Financing with the theme: Financing processors, exporters, consumers, ICRISAT agricultural value chain in sub–Saharan Africa bankers, cooperatives, regulators, (SSA), 16–17 June industrialists, and research and development specialists from Nigeria and other countries in SSA J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 38 25/06/2012 10:35:26 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 39 Participating countries/ Resources and Event/Topic/Date Workshops/Meetings Location Participants Institutes collaborative support Second annual Review Meeting of the project: Lira, 23 NaSARRI, AfrII, Ngetta ZARDI, ICRISAT-Nairobi, the Sesame improves livelihoods of farmers in Uganda Uganda Oil Seed Producers and Austrian Institute of Northern Uganda, 22–24 June Processors Association (UOSPA), Technology (AIT), and the Ministry of Agriculture, and Ugandan NARS progressive farmers Media colloquium: Demystifying Crop Hyderabad 130 Media practitioners from India Jointly organized by Biotechnology: Issues and Concepts for the and and AMIC delegates from ICRISAT, AMIC, DBT-GOI, Asian Media, 24–27 June ICRISAT- Japan, China, Sri Lanka, New ISAAA Patancheru Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Sweden and other European countries The Seed Policy Enhancement in African Lilongwe, 22 Breeders from the department ICRISAT Malawi and Regions (SPEAR) project meeting, 29 June Malawi of agricultural research services, BMGF seed companies, Farmers Union of Malawi, NASFAM, and ICRISAT The CRP 3.5 meeting, 29 June–1 July Dubai 18 ICRISAT, CIAT, ICARDA, IITA, ICRISAT Dry Grain Pulse CRSP, Michigan State University “Work Life Issues at ICRISAT”, 29 July ICRISAT- 25 Scientists and Managers ICRISAT Patancheru Launch–cum–workshop of the project ICRISAT- 28 Four NGOs (Sahabhagi Vikash ICRISAT ‘Introduction and Expansion of Improved Patancheru Abhiyan, Orissa Professional Pigeonpea (Arhar) Production Technology in Development Service Rainfed Upland Ecosystems of Orissa’, Consultants, Loksebak, and Juba 9–10 August Jyoti Jubak Sangha); and three District Coordinators J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 39 25/06/2012 10:35:26 PM 40 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 Participating countries/ Resources and Event/Topic/Date Workshops/Meetings Location Participants Institutes collaborative support Roundtable on Climate Change and Rainfed ICRISAT- 65 International and national ICRISAT with the JSW- Farming Systems, 16 August Patancheru research institutions, Times of India Earth Care government departments, civil Initiatives 2011 society organizations and private companies The Nigeria Presidential initiative on sorghum Abuja, 75 Nigerian NARES, seed Nigeria Presidential transformation stakeholders forum, 17 August Nigeria companies, processors, initiative industrialists, farmer unions, national and international NGOs and international agricultural research and development organizations BMGF–funded Tropical Legumes–II ICRISAT- 27 Partners in each of the mandated ICRISAT RPMIP (TL–II) project on Economist and Breeders Patancheru crops, namely chickpea, Workshop, 18–19 August pigeonpea and groundnut in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra The 2nd Asian Plant Growth–Promoting Beijing, 200 Asia, Canada, Europe, Mexico The Asian PGPR Society Rhizobacteria (PGPR) Conference, China and USA and China Agricultural 21–24 August University Annual Planning and Review Meeting of two ICRISAT- 18 Co-investigators and project Department of projects – “Translating genomics research Patancheru personnel from ICRISAT Biotechnology, for pulse improvement (CEG Phase–II) Government of India (GOI) and “Deployment of molecular markers in chickpea breeding for developing superior cultivars with enhanced disease resistance”, 29 August Strengthening ICRISAT– Philippines ICRISAT- 13 PHIRARDEP, CHED, Honorable ICRISAT partnership. A top–level delegation visited Patancheru Ana Cristina Go, Member of the ICRISAT, 30 August–2 September House of Representatives, state university and college (SUC) presidents and regional and local government offi cials BREAD project review and planning meeting, ICRISAT- 18 NSF ICRISAT 4–6 September Patancheru The annual review and planning meeting of ICRISAT- 30 BMGF, ICAR and ICRISAT ICRISAT and BMGF the Tropical Legumes II (TL–II) project for Patancheru chickpea R&D in South Asia, 5–6 September Third HOPE project planning meeting, Arusha, 25 Partner participants from both SARI along with ICRISAT- 6–7 September Tanzania public and private institutions in ESA Tanzania The 2nd annual review and steering committee ICRISAT- 54 Bangladesh, Philippines, ICAR, ICRISAT meetings of the VDSA project, 6–9 September Patancheru NCAP, USA, South Africa, Nepal and ICRISAT Scientists Consultation meeting with HPRC partners, ICRISAT- 33 Partner seed companies, Hybrid Parents Research 7 September Patancheru representatives from AICPMIP Consortia, ICRISAT and DSR EU–IFAD Food Facility Program workshop, Mali Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali EU-IFAD and ICRISAT 7–12 September and Senegal, IFAD, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and ICRISAT The 2nd Annual Review and Work Planning ICRISAT- 14 Scientists from IIPR, Kanpur; Department of Agriculture Meeting of the project “Improving Heat Patancheru Punjab University, JNAU, and Cooperation, Tolerance in Chickpea”, 15 September ANGRAU and ICRISAT Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India under the NFSM J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 40 25/06/2012 10:35:28 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 41 Participating countries/ Resources and Event/Topic/Date Workshops/Meetings Location Participants Institutes collaborative support Generation Challenge Program Phase II Hotel 170 Scientists from 40 countries ICRISAT and GCP Meeting, 21–25 September Marriott in Hyderabad ADB funded project: Vulnerability to Climate ICRISAT- 14 Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, ICRISAT- Patancheru Change –Adaptation Strategies and Layers of Patancheru Thailand and India Resilience a Writeshop, 26–30 September A two–day workshop for developers of ICRISAT- 20 CIMMYT, IRRI, IITA, Generation IBP Project and ICRISAT the Integrated Breeding Platform (IBP) Patancheru Challenge Program (GCP), the Confi gurable Workfl ow System, private sector and ICRISAT 27–28 September ICRISAT’s fi rst Work–Life Effectiveness/ ICRISAT- 22 ICRISAT Scientists ICRISAT Integration Workshop, 29–30 September Patancheru Workshop on “Food Security and Sustainable ICRISAT- 22 Participants from Niger, Mali, ICRISAT-Bamako Intensifi cation of Agricultural System: Bamako Kenya, India, Nigeria and the Planning the Research Agenda”, 6–7 October UN attended the workshop, including representatives from IITA, ILRI, AVRDC, ICRAF and ICRISAT (Mali, Niger and India). LIVES Project Inception Workshop, ICRISAT- 10 CRIDA, UAS Raichur, Krishi ICRISAT-Patancheru 10 October Patancheru Vigyan Kendra Mahabubnagar, VIDIYAL and Mann Deshi Foundation J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 41 25/06/2012 10:35:28 PM 42 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 Participating countries/ Resources and Event/Topic/Date Workshops/Meetings Location Participants Institutes collaborative support Workshop on remote sensing and GIS skills, ICRISAT- 15 Agronomists, geneticists, ICRISAT- Niamey 11–13 October Niamey economists, farm managers, GIS specialists and graduate students Workshop on AGROVOC Management, ICRISAT- 13 Italy, Thailand, Lao PDR, FAO and ICRISAT Applications and Use of ‘VocBench’ for Patancheru Malaysia, Bangladesh and India AGROVOC managers and editors from South and Southeast Asia, 12–14 October HOPE Project Planning and Mid–Term Addis 68 Scientists and managers from 11 ICRISAT and Ethiopian Review Meeting, 12–16 October Ababa, HOPE Project countries in Africa Institute of Agricultural Ethiopia and Asia Research Wheat Biofortifi cation Planning Meeting, 15 ICRISAT- 15 ICRISAT, HarvestPlus, NARS ICRISAT and HarvestPlus October Patancheru and the private sector Sensitization Workshop on Emerging Trends IGNOU, 20 State agricultural universities ICRISAT, IGNOU and COL in Technology–Enhanced Learning for New Delhi (SAUs) under ICAR under NAIP Project Agricultural Development, 7 November Tracking of Sorghum Improved Varietal ICRISAT- 32 DSR, AICRP on Sorghum, SAUs ICRISAT-Patancheru Adoption in India, 11 November Patancheru and HPRC members Project Review and Planning Meeting of ICRISAT- 23 OTELP, JTDS, Accion Fraterna ICRISAT-Patancheru the ICRISAT–IFAD Project: Harnessing the Patancheru (AF), Chhattisgarh Tribal true potential of legumes: Economic and Development Programme knowledge empowerment of poor rainfed (CTDP), India, Nepal and farmers in Asia, 14–16 November Vietnam IFAD 954–ICRISAT Project Review and ICRISAT- 40 ICRISAT, India, Nepal and IFAD and ICRISAT Planning Meeting, 14–16 November Patancheru Vietnam project collaborators and donor representative from IFAD, Italy J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 42 25/06/2012 10:35:30 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 43 Participating countries/ Resources and Event/Topic/Date Workshops/Meetings Location Participants Institutes collaborative support Work–Life Integration Workshop, ICRISAT- 24 Scientists and managers WCA ICRISAT-Bamako 17–18 November Bamako CODE–WA Project Partners’ Final Evaluation Mali 26 Researchers, Graduate students ICRISAT-Bamako Workshop, 21–25 November and representatives from Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana Three–Day Stakeholder Workshop on The Tahir 75 ICRISAT-Kano Sorghum, Pearl Millet and Groundnut Value Guest Place Chain Development in Nigeria, 23–25 Hotel, November Kano, Nigeria Workshop on “Risk and Crisis Management”, ICRISAT- 36 Senior scientists and managers HR ICRISAT- Patancheru 30 November Patancheru of ICRISAT Data Management Workshop for ICRISAT– Dubai 16 ICRISAT, BMGF, IITA, CIAT and ICRISAT HOPE and TL II Projects, 30 November– University of Wageningen 2 December Tracking Adoption of Improved Pearl millet ICRISAT- 31 AICPMIP, SAUs and HPRC ICRISAT Cultivars in India, 22 December Patancheru members ICRISAT–BMZ/GTZ Project Final Workshop ICRISAT- 27 ICRISAT; University of ICRISAT-BMZ/GTZ Project on Sustainable Conservation and Utilization Patancheru Hohenhiem, Germany; KARI, of Genetic Resources of two Underutilized Kenya; NaSARRI, Uganda; UAS, Crops – Finger Millet and Foxtail Millet – To Bangalore; UAS, ZARS, Mandya, enhance Productivity, Nutrition and Income Karnataka; ANGRAU, RARS, in Africa and Asia, 15–16 December Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh; ANGRAU, RARS, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh; Rajendra Agricultural University, Dholi, Bihar J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 43 25/06/2012 10:35:31 PM 44 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 Capacity Strengthening a. Number and diversity of degree students trained/being trained at ICRISAT Scholars Interns MSc PhD Fellows ICRISAT Training Location F M F M F M F M Home Countries of Participants South Asia 31 19 2 2 24 13 5 8 South Asia (India, Bangladesh) - - - - - - 1 - Central Asia (Uzbekistan) 1 - - - - - 4 3 South East Asia (Vietnam, Philippines) - - - - - - - 1 East Asia (Japan) - - - - - - 1 - South America (Uruguay) 1 7 - - - - - - North America (Puerto Rico, United States) 1 - - - 2 1 1 3 East Africa (Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania) 1 - - - - - - - Central Africa (Cameroon) - - - - - - - 5 West Africa (Niger, Senegal, Nigeria) 2 3 - - - - - - Europe (Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland) - - 1 - - - - - Oceania (Australia) Totals 37 29 3 2 26 14 12 20 66 45 32 143 Joined & completed in 2011 46 1 22 Joined before 2011 & completed in 2011 9 12 5 Joined in 2011 & continuing 10 17 5 Continuing from previous year 1 15 0 Eastern and Southern Africa 1 3 10 9 3 3 1 2 East Africa Totals 4 25 3 West Africa (Niger, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Burkina West and Central Africa 10 10 5 15 3 2 - 1 Faso) - - 1 - 2 - - - Europe (Italy, Belgium, France) - - - - 1 - - - East Africa (Kenya) - - - 2 - - - - Central Africa (Cameroon) Totals 10 10 6 17 6 2 - 1 20 31 1 52 Joined & completed in 2011 19 4 - Joined before 2011 & completed in 2011 1 10 - Joined in 2011 & continuing - 13 - Continuing from previous year - 4 - GRAND TOTAL 86 76 33 195 J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 44 25/06/2012 10:35:33 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 45 b. Number of formal courses offered with number and diversity of participants ICRISAT # of Students Location Name of the Course M F Total Home Countries of Students Patancheru, Capacity Building for Integrated Watershed Management 23 1 24 India India for State Policymakers: Principles Practices, 10-12 January 2011 Training Course on Research Station Management, 34 - 34 India 17-22 January 2011 Training Course on Sorghum Hybrid Parents and Hybrids 16 2 18 Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mali, Kenya, Development and Production, 7-11 February 2011 Zimbabwe, Philippines, India Short course on Goo statistical Analysis of Environmental 9 3 12 India Data, 21-25 February 2011 NAIP-KM Project Capacity building of consortium partners 9 3 12 India under NAIP project on Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs), 28 February -1 March 2011 Capacity Building Training of Master Trainers for 34 1 35 India Bhoochetana at Bengaluru, Karnataka , 18 March 2011 Capacity Building use of New Science Tools for Monitoring 19 - 19 India and Evaluation of Integrated Watershed Management Program (IWMP), 6-8 April 2011 Second International Training Course on Pearl Millet 31 - 31 India, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Improvement and Seed Production, 25 April - 3 May 2011 Nigeria, Egypt, Tunisia and Syria Capacity Building Training of Master Trainers for Suvarna 2 65 67 India Bhoomi Yojane-Horticulture, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 7 June 2011 First International Training Course on Pigeonpea 24 6 30 Philippines, Malawi and India Improvement and Seed Production, 7-12 November 2011 Training course on Scientists and PHIRARDEP Delegation 5 2 7 Philippines from Philippines, 19-26 November 2011 Cropping Systems Models: Application in Land Resources 23 7 30 Philippines, Bangladesh and Management, 5-9 December 2011 India Sub Total 229 90 319 J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 45 25/06/2012 10:35:34 PM 46 ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 ICRISAT # of Students Location Name of the Course M F Total Home Countries of Students Nairobi, Survey design and data collection methods 9 0 9 Ethiopia Kenya Value chain analysis methods 11 0 11 Ethiopia MAB and MET training course 8 6 14 Application of markers in crop improvement 11 5 16 Modeling Adaptation to Climate Change 8 4 12 Participatory Variety Selection 21 23 44 Kenya Participatory Variety Selection 28 14 42 Tanzania Participatory Variety Selection 18 6 24 South Sudan Participatory Variety Selection 20 1 21 Ethiopia Sorghum hybrid development and marketing 9 1 10 India Testing transgenics, stewardship and risk communication 21 4 25 Kenya Seed, Germplasm International policies and treaties 21 4 25 Kenya Field workshop breeding and selection 20 5 25 Tanzania Integrated Striga management and microdosing; Integrated 194 52 246 Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, blast management and microdosing Eritrea and Southern Sudan Seed production training course 135 41 176 Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Southern Sudan Pearl Millet crop improvement and seed production 25 7 32 Tanzania Agrobase training 2 1 3 Tools and techniques for monitoring crop water 25 7 32 productivity, June 2011 Use and application of crop simulation model APSIM 1 2 3 Mozambique APSIM Training Workshop, 1-5 August 2011 4 4 8 Lilongwe, First International Training Course on Pigeonpea Seed 2 0 2 Malawi Production and Crop Management System Sub Total 593 187 780 J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 46 25/06/2012 10:35:36 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 47 ICRISAT # of Students Location Name of the Course M F Total Home Countries of Students Niamey, Training course on ICRISAT Agricultural technologies 5 2 7 Niger Niger Practices Training Course on Tree cultivation, 14-16 March, 201 13 2 15 Niger Training course on Tree cultivation 21-23 March, 2011 12 3 15 Niger BMZ Abiotic stress year-2 project planning meeting, 18 2 20 Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, 4-7 April 2011 Germany, Senegal Hope Training on FFS options IGNRM fi eld layout and 21 9 30 Niger Minipacks production at Dantchandou, 4-5 April 2011 Hope Training on FFS options IGNRM fi eld layout and 23 7 30 Niger Minipacks production at Bokki, 14-15 April 2011 Training Course on Head mine, 13-15 August 2011, Maradi 10 7 17 Niger Hope Training on FFS options IGNRM fi eld layout and 21 9 30 Niger Minipacks production at FUMA GASKIYA Hope Training on FFS options IGNRM fi eld layout and 27 3 30 Niger Minipacks production at Bokki, 16-17 April 2011 Hope Downy mildew greenhouse screening training course, 4 1 5 Niger, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Sadoré, 21-23 September 2011 Mali Technical Workshop on Advances remote sensing and GIS 15 1 16 Niger skills, 11-13 October 2011 GIS 22nd Course, 9-11 November 15 0 15 Niger GIS 3rd Course, 5-7 December 13 0 13 Niger Sub Total 197 46 243 Bamako, Mali Groundnut production - 111 111 Mali Afl atoxin control - 96 96 Mali Groundnut production 8 25 33 Mali Agrobase generation II 14 1 15 Mali Hybrid seed production 16 6 22 Mali Sub Total 38 239 277 Grand Total 1,057 562 1,619 Training Course on AGROBASE GEN II 22-25 August 2011 J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 47 25/06/2012 10:35:41 PM 48 J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 48 25/06/2012 10:35:43 PM 49 Rajeev Varshney receiving the NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Dr Dar receives the Doctor of Humanities honorary degree from award from Dr T Ramasami, Secretary, DST and Dr Manju PAC President Jun Soriano. Sharma, former Secretary, DBT and former President of NASI. ICRISAT was awarded the Aduyon Award by the Benguet State University (BSU) in Benguet, Philippines in January 2011. Dr Danilo Padua, Professor and Special Assistant to the President, received the award on behalf of the Institute. HC Sharma (right ) receiving the Gold Medal for Meritorious Dr Sandip Pal, Deputy Director, SAARC Agriculture Centre Services award from NS Gajbhiye, Vice-Chancellor, Gaur (left) honoring Pooran Gaur. Central University, Sagar, MP. ICAR Directorate of Groundnut Research, Director JB Misra (right) with Rajeev Varshney (center) and SN Nigam (left). Dr Gowda receives a fellowship from the President of the Crop Sita Mahalakshmi (left) and Deborah Jacob (right) awarded Improvement Society of India. during the SAP-C event. P Srinivasa Rao (left) with the winning poster. G Harini Rachael Vaicunas Sandhya Best Poster Award. Best Poster Award. Best Poster Award. J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 49 25/06/2012 10:35:54 PM 5500 J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 50 25/06/2012 10:35:59 PM 5151 J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 51 25/06/2012 10:36:04 PM 52 ICRISAT locations in the semi-arid tropics J120_2012AnnualReportInner_Fgs.indd 52 25/06/2012 10:36:07 PM A member of the CGIAR Consortium Citation: ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics). 2012. ICRISAT Annual Report 2011. Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India: ICRISAT. 52 pp. ISSN 1017-9933. J120_2012AnnualReportCover_Fgs.indd 2 25/06/2012 10:37:06 PM ICRISAT Annual Report 2011 About ICRISAT The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics (ICRISAT) is a non-profi t, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi-arid tropics have over 2 billion people, and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these poor people to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded environment through better agriculture. ICRISAT is headquartered in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, with two regional hubs and four country offi ces in sub-Saharan Africa. It belongs to the Consortium of Centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). Contact Information ICRISAT-Patancheru ICRISAT-Liaison Offi ce ICRISAT-Nairobi ICRISAT-Bamako (Headquarters) CG Centers Block (Regional hub ESA) (Regional hub WCA) Patancheru 502 324 NASC Complex PO Box 39063, Nairobi, Kenya BP 320 Andhra Pradesh, India Dev Prakash Shastri Marg Tel +254 20 7224550 Bamako, Mali Tel +91 40 30713071 New Delhi 110 012, India Fax +254 20 7224001 Tel +223 20 709200 Fax +91 40 30713074 Tel +91 11 32472306 to 08 icrisat-nairobi@cgiar.org Fax +223 20 709201 Sequencing of the pigeonpea genome icrisat@cgiar.org Fax +91 11 25841294 icrisat-w-mali@cgiar.org promises improved livelihoods ICRISAT-Niamey ICRISAT-Bulawayo ICRISAT-Lilongwe ICRISAT-Maputo BP 12404, Niamey, Matopos Research Station Chitedze Agricultural Research Station c/o IIAM, Av. das FPLM No 2698 for smallholder farmers Niger (Via Paris) PO Box 776, PO Box 1096 Caixa Postal 1906 Tel +227 20722529, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Lilongwe, Malawi Maputo, Mozambique 20722725 Tel +263 383 311 to 15 Tel +265 1 707297, 071, 067, 057 Tel +258 21 461657 Fax +227 20734329 Fax +263 383 307 Fax +265 1 707298 Fax +258 21 461581 icrisatsc@cgiar.org icrisatzw@cgiar.org icrisat-malawi@cgiar.org icrisatmoz@panintra.com www.icrisat.org ISSN 1017-9933 IRE 021 120-2012 J120_2012AnnualReportCover_Fgs.indd 1 25/06/2012 10:36:56 PM