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Business Standard
5 days ago
- General
- Business Standard
ICRISAT, others partner to launch agri cooperation centre for Global South
ICRISAT, India's Ministry of Agriculture and global partners launch centre to strengthen collaboration on agricultural and climate challenges in dryland regions Agencies New Delhi The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), a premier global institute dedicated to research in dryland agriculture, has partnered with think-tank Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), India's Ministry of Agriculture, and others to launch a new centre of excellence aimed at strengthening agricultural cooperation among Global South countries. The ICRISAT Centre for Excellence for South-South Cooperation in Agriculture (ISSCA) will facilitate partnerships between countries facing similar agricultural and climate challenges. It will act as a strategic hub for technology transfer, capacity building and innovation exchange in dryland and climate-vulnerable regions. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are among the partner organisations involved in the centre. ICRISAT has already identified more than 100 technological solutions spanning crop improvement, natural resource management, horticulture, digital agriculture and mechanisation, which will be made available through the platform. 'We are collecting all those solutions which are tested in some places and those will be opened for others to use,' ICRISAT Director General Himanshu Pathak said, adding that solutions will be mapped for specific countries, locations and farm households. The launch coincided with a memorandum of understanding between ICRISAT and DAKSHIN, a Government of India initiative for capacity-building partnerships in South-South cooperation.
Hans India
26-04-2025
- Business
- Hans India
ICRISAT forges new partnership with BITS Pilani
Hyderabad: Ahead of the World Intellectual Property Day, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) hosted a special event titled 'Celebrating Innovation, Empowering the Future' at its Hyderabad campus. The ICRISAT said on Friday that the two key features during the event were marked with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BITS Pilani and an IP licensing agreement with Eco-Paryavaran for ICRISAT's Solar Water Hyacinth Harvester. Professor V Ramgopal Rao, Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani, said, 'The MoU paves the way for cross-disciplinary innovation as BITS forays into the agriculture space. We plan to leverage our strengths in engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and start-ups to address critical agricultural and environmental challenges.' Dr Himanshu Pathak, Director General, ICRISAT, highlighted, 'Our IP strategy is not just about protecting crops and other innovations. It's about building partnerships to deliver technologies to the farmers who need them most. This MoU can spark high-level innovation in the years ahead.
