SRINAGAR, Aug. 17 -- Dr. Stanford Blade, Deputy Director General, Dr. Damaris Odeny and Dr Manzoor A Dar of ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) today called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.

They were accompanied by Prof. Nazir Ahmad Ganai, Vice Chancellor, SKUAST-Kashmir.

The Team of Experts from ICRISAT briefed the Lieutenant Governor about the mandate of ICRISAT in reducing poverty, hunger, malnutrition, and environmental degradation in the drylands of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

The ICRISAT specially focusses on development of climate-smart, high-yielding, disease- and pest-resistant varieties; promotion of sustainable farming systems, natural resource management, water-use efficiency, and ...