http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/1207 2011-09-10T17:40:37Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata http://oar.icrisat.org/1207/ Forging research and development partnerships with private sector at ICRISAT-sorghum as a case study Reddy, B V S Ramesh, S Gowda, C L L Sorghum The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi- Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), established in 1972 with its headquarters at Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India, is a non-profit, non-political, international research organization for science-based agricultural development. It belongs to the Alliance of Future Harvest Centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). ICRISAT conducts research on its mandate crops – sorghum, pearl millet, chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut – which support the livelihoods of the poorest of the poor in the Semi-Arid Tropics (SAT). The mission of ICRISAT is to help empower 600 million poor people to overcome hunger, poverty and a degraded environment in the dry tropics through better agriculture. ICRISAT pursues an integrated genetic and natural resource management (IGNRM) strategy to improve the livelihoods of the poor in the semi-arid crop-livestock-tree production systems. The strategic focus in the SAT is to attain impact while maintaining a global level of scientific excellence in agricultural research. 2005 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://oar.icrisat.org/1207/1/ISMN-46_6-10_2005.pdf Reddy, B V S and Ramesh, S and Gowda, C L L (2005) Forging research and development partnerships with private sector at ICRISAT-sorghum as a case study. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter, 46. pp. 6-10. info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage