RT @CGIAR: High-yielding, resilient, heat- and drought-adapted crop varieties can help mitigate rising grain prices!. Read more from @ICARD….

Pearl millet cultivars with “snapping trait” helps reduce the labor burden on #women & children in eastern & southern #Africa as the stalk of the plant snaps when suddenly bent beyond a 45-degree angle, making harvesting less tiring & faster. #OneCGIAR

Samboni is a sorghum variety that is improving farming productivity & food production in #Mali. It has grain yield advantage up to 25% with bold grains that is well adapted to local food processing. #OneCGIAR @GLDC_CGIAR @CGIAR @ICRISAT

🍽️19 million people (50% ♀️) met dietary energy needs. 🍽️38 million people (48% ♀️) met dietary protein needs. Estimates show how adoption of improved @GLDC_CGIAR crops has assisted beneficiary groups to meet their minimum dietary requirements. #OneCGIAR

Common bean, lentil, pearl millet, & sorghum biofortification addresses malnutrition among beneficiaries in east & southern #Africa, & South #Asia. High-oleic groundnut has clear market pull anticipated by the food processing industry in India. #OneCGIAR

The sorghum cultivar Parbhani Shakti has higher yield and nutritional value: high protein content and low phytate. It exhibits agronomic desirability and better grain mold resistance. #OneCGIAR @CGIAR @GLDC_CGIAR @ICRISAT #India

Experts present case studies evidencing the effectiveness of interventions to promote the use of @GLDC_CGIAR crops by consumers & industry, drawing key lessons on what works in developing new scalable market opportunities for GLDC crops. #OneCGIAR @CGIAR

Community Seed Banks is a seed delivery model that enhances the access to improved varieties` seeds along w/ the traditional retail- banking principles of accessing a loan & repaying it with interest. Strengthening farmer’-managed institutions: #OneCGIAR

Drought-tolerant biofortified sorghum variety Improved Deko has iron content three times higher than the currently grown sorghum varieties, with average yields of 2.4-2.8 t/ha,& is early maturing with 50% flowering in 67 days. #OneCGIAR @ICRISAT @CGIAR

Discover our contributions with our partners to deliver crop technologies, productivity, and economic gains from market linkages and value chain development to transform underperforming agri-food systems in @GLDC_CGIAR target ecologies. #OneCGIAR @CGIAR

Agricultural policy must not only focus on potential interventions w/c are profitable but also consider farmer preferences, considering synergies & trade-offs between competing resources on-farm. Experts offer insights from Tamil Nadu, #India. #OneCGIAR

RT @CGIAR: 🙌 New climate-smart sorghum and millet varieties improve nutrition and incomes of Malian farmers!. ➡️ #….

Towards building an inclusive development environment for the #youth, opportunities should intentionally be planned with and extended to female and male youth groups from different social spectra. @GLDC_CGIAR Youth Strategy: #OneCGIAR @CGIAR @JoyYila

Discover more of the products, knowledge, & innovations that deliver the impact of our #R4D initiatives across grain legume & dryland cereal agri-food value chains that have made considerable contributions to targeted stakeholders. #OneCGIAR @GLDC_CGIAR

From evidences, experts generate insights on strategies towards more effective and resilient seed value chains for grain legumes and dryland cereals, encouraging a new paradigm in development interventions development and delivery. #OneCGIAR @GLDC_CGIAR

@GLDC_CGIAR`s impact co-delivered w/ our partners include reduced #poverty and improved household welfare and livelihoods for smallholder #farmers adopting improved grain legume & dryland cereal varieties, and accompanying #innovation packages. #OneCGIAR

Evidence suggests that #aspiration failure in #agriculture drive parents to steer their youth from agri-careers. But a wide gap in achievement of aspirations see a majority of #youth end up working in their #family farms. Implications: #OneCGIAR @Nedu1978

RT @CGIAR: We love sustainable and profitable solutions in agriculture!. In this blog by @ICARDA, discover the benefits of intercropping qu….

Rapid generation advance allows @ICRISAT, @ICARDA, & partner breeding institutions to deliver new improved varieties faster w/ higher resource use efficiency, & expedite the release of improved grain legume and dryland cereal varieties. #OneCGIAR @CGIAR

Scaling-up participatory research of high-yielding pigeonpea hybrids enabled the potential for increased productivity of smallholder farmers by sharing science-based best practices and improved seeds in #India. #OneCGIAR @ICRISAT @GLDC_CGIAR @CGIAR