50th Anniversary of ICRISAT
On 5th February, 2022, the Prime Minister kick started the 50th Anniversary celebrations of International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Patancheru, Hyderabad (Telangana).
- The Prime Minister also inaugurated ICRISAT’s Climate Change Research Facility on Plant Protection and ICRISAT’s Rapid Generation Advancement Facility. These two facilities are dedicated to the smallholder farmers of Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
About ICRISAT
- Established in 1972 by a consortium formed by the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations with the support of the Government of India, it is the only International Agricultural Research Center (IARC) with headquarters in India. It collaborates closely with the ....
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