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ICRISAT Director General Promotes Collaboration for Agricultural Research Excellence

ICRISAT Director General Promotes Collaboration for Agricultural Research Excellence

ICRISAT Feature

Hyderabad, India: Dr Jacqueline Hughes, Director General, ICRISAT addressed the National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) on the 13th of May 2022 to share ways in which international and national agricultural institutes could collaborate to deliver better food security and nutrition outcomes to support national development agendas and the Sustainable Development Goals.

The event gathered research leaders from various Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) centers across the country including Dr V Venkatasubramanian, Director, Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Bengaluru; Dr A.K. Singh, Director, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi; and Dr Janki Sharan Mishra, Director, ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur.

Dr Hughes reflected on ICRISAT's five decades of experience in supporting dryland agrifood systems in Africa and Asia supported by its global strategic partnerships, networks and evolving frameworks for institutional cooperation.

"Collaboration between national and international agricultural institutes coalesces our relative strengths and knowledge toward achieving our missions, and provides a unique competitive advantage in which to access global funding and other resources required to support research to reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition, and environmental degradation in the drylands," said Dr. Hughes.
"Partnerships built on more flexible and more agile frameworks for cooperation are critical to overcome the dynamic challenges of building resilient and sustainable food systems.
International centers including ICRISAT facilitate intra-and inter-country knowledge sharing and learning and will continue to leverage strengths and opportunities around programs and projects that align with priorities of host governments, including the Government of India, and with our global research agenda," said Dr. Hughes.
Dr Jacqueline Hughes delivers a keynote address at NAARM
Dr Jacqueline Hughes delivers a keynote address at NAARM
About The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is a pioneering, international non-profit scientific research for development organization, specializing in improving dryland farming and agri-food systems.  The Institute was established as an international organization in 1972, by a Memorandum of Agreement between the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research and the Government of India.  ICRISAT works with global partners to develop innovative science-backed solutions to overcoming hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and environmental degradation on behalf of the 2.1 billion people who reside in the drylands of Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and beyond. 

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East and Southern Africa:  Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe

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