The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is an international organization that is working to improve dryland farming and food systems to combat hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and environmental degradation:.
- Mission
- ICRISAT’s mission is to eradicate poverty, hunger, malnutrition, and degradation of the environment in the dryland tropics.
- Founded:
- March 28, 1972, through a Memorandum of Agreement between the Government of India and CGIAR.
- Vision
- ICRISAT envisions a prosperous, food-secure, and resilient dryland which will change itself in an ever-changing world.
- Focus
- ICRISAT covers sub-Saharan Africa and Asia where 2.1 billion people inhabit the drylands.
- Headquarters
- ICRISAT is based at Patancheru in India. It operates a sprawling 1,390-hectare campus inside Hyderabad, Telangana, with state-of-the-art research facilities.
- Partnerships
- ICRISAT works with global partners such as leading institutions, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Indian Institute of Millets Research, and State Agriculture Universities.
- Digital tools
- ICRISAT has also designed digital tools like the Plantix app, which gives the diagnosis of pests, diseases, and nutritional deficiencies in 35 crops.
- Office for Intellectual Property
- ICRISAT Intellectual Property Office is there to assist innovators with their intellectual property guidance, protection, and management.
