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The power of rice unlocked
A woman harvests rice in Ifugao, The Philippines. Plant geneticist Sigrid Heuer remembers very clearly entering the transgenic greenhouse in Manila to see her postdoctoral student holding up a rice...
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Niaba Témé and the sunrise for sorghum in Mali
Niaba Témé “I can’t talk enough about the positive stories from the Generation Challenge Programme [GCP]. It initiated something new. I cannot measure its benefits for my country, for myself and for...
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Chickpea’s promise: to be win-win for Africa and India
Crop science and collaboration help African farmers feed India’s appetite for chickpeas Indian chickpea farmer with her harvest. India loves chickpeas. With its largely vegetarian population, it has...
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Cowpea research helps secure food supply during the ‘hungry months’ in Africa
Growing cowpea pods. Each year, millions of people in Senegal go hungry for several months, many surviving on no more than one meal a day. Locals call this time soudure – the hungry period. It...
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Sorghum sunrise: collaborating across continents to lift West African yields
Sorghum is already a drought-hardy crop, and is a critical food source across Africa’s harsh, semi-arid regions where water-intensive crops simply cannot survive. Now, as rainfall patterns become...
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ICRISAT researchers agree, partnerships can alleviate poverty
Pigeonpea farmers in India. The tagline of the CGIAR Generation Challenge Programme (GCP) is ‘Partnerships in modern crop breeding for food security’. One of GCP’s many rewarding partnerships was with...
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