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The two-day event features the National IP Yatra 2026, a national initiative supported by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India, and Udhyam Pradarshan, a technology exhibition supported by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), held at ICRISAT, Hyderabad on 28–29 January 2026.
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is a pioneering International Organization committed to developing and improving dryland farming and agri-food systems to address the challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and environmental degradation affecting the 2.1 billion people residing in the drylands of Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and beyond.
ICRISAT was established under a Memorandum of Agreement between the Government of India and the CGIAR on the 28 March 1972. In accordance with the Headquarters Agreement, the Government of India has extended the status of a specified “International Organisation” to ICRISAT under section 3 of the United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947 of the Republic of India through Extraordinary Gazette Notification No. UI/222(66)/71, dated 28 October 1972, issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
Our offices:
Asia: India (Headquarters - Hyderabad)
East and Southern Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe
West and Central Africa: Mali, Niger, Nigeria
For all media inquiries, please email: info.comms@icrisat.org
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
