%0 Journal Article
%A Reddy, B V S
%A Ramesh, S
%A Gowda, C L L
%D 2005
%F icrisat:1207
%J International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter
%P 6-10
%T Forging research and development partnerships with private sector at ICRISAT-sorghum as a case study
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/1207/
%V 46
%X 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.