ICRISAT Happenings

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30 December 2011

No. 1499

Participants of the pearl millet workshops held at Patancheru.

Pearl millet workshops on biofortification, adoption and knowledge sharing held in Patancheru The demand for millets (mainly pearl millet) is likely to increase by 39% in the drylands. Strong and sustained interventions are needed to deal with changing realities in the face of population growth, malnutrition and climate change. Workshops held at Patancheru this week looked at these issues from different angles.

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CRISAT hosted a day-long meet on 21 December at Patancheru to discuss the performance of pearl millet biofortification materials grown during the 2011 rainy season and to develop plans for the 2012 crop season. Twenty-four researchers, both from public and private sector organizations, participated.

produce food crops that meet human nutritional needs in the era of global climate change. Meanwhile, Pfeiffer Wolfgang, Head Product Development, HarvestPlus, discussed operational models available for the development and delivery of biofortified pearl millet.

Welcoming the participants, Peter Craufurd, Research Program Director–Resilient Dryland Systems, spoke of the 2 billion people who suffer from micronutrient malnutrition globally. He urged researchers to come up with nutrient-dense crop cultivars which in turn can be integrated with natural resource management technologies to

The technical session consisted of presentations by KN Rai on Breeding biofortified pearl millet, and by IS Khairwal on Biofortified pearl millet delivery, followed by center-wise presentations from public and private sector partners. The deliberations focused on identifying improved versions of a high-iron (Fe) variety ICTP 8203 with still higher Fe to page 2 ...4


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