India, June 3 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), in collaboration with the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), launched the ICRISAT Centre of Excellence for South-South Cooperation in Agriculture (ISSCA) today during the Conference on Global South and Triangular Cooperation: Emerging Facets, held in New Delhi. The initiative aims to accelerate agricultural innovation and collaboration across the Global South.

The launch also featured the signing of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between ICRISAT and DAKSHIN (Development and Knowledge Sharing Initiative) - a Government of India initiative focu...