%K India; ICRISAT; NARS; partnerships; agricultural research, RP10215 %C ICRISAT, Patancheru %A E A Siddiq %L icrisat7676 %P 1-22 %D 2000 %T India-ICRISAT Day: First 20 Year of Research Partnership %X On March 28 1972 the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the Republic of lndia signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the establishment of the International Crop Research Institute or Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) at Hyderabad (India)Thls historic event the first ever expression of global concern for one billion unfortunates inhabiting the world's harshest environment marked the begining of India's partnershlp with ICRISAT