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                    [ArticleID] => 1409143
                    [Title] => Nueva Vizcaya eyes ICRISAT ICT program; Smart, Globe to help farmers
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Nueva Vizcaya Gov. Ruth Padilla is hoping to tap local telecoms giants Smart and Globe to help launch the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics’ (ICRISAT) ICT innovations for agriculture, specifically its Green SIM and Green Phablet for smallholder farmers.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1394701 [Title] => Dar completes tour of duty [Summary] =>

The only Filipino to date who has served as head of a global agricultural research institute will relinquish his post on Dec. 31, 2014, after an unprecedented three,  five-year term, leaving behind a legacy benefitting millions of farmers in India, Africa, and other dryland countries in the world, including the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1244513 [Title] => USAID extends $4.98-M funding for sweet sorghum production [Summary] =>

India-based International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics (ICRISAT), which has several scientific initiatives in the Philippines, is participating in a $4.98-million research program funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for the

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1236612 [Title] => Ilocos Sur to undertake P100-M soil fertility program developed by ICRISAT [Summary] =>

The local government of Ilocos Sur is investing P100 million within the next three years to implement a soil fertility program developed by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) based in this Indian state.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 617026 [Title] => ICRISAT unveils strategy for dryland smallholder farmers [Summary] =>

A way in which science can be better harnessed to help bring about prosperity in the drylands of the developing world has been mapped out. Meeting at Arusha, Tanzania last week, the governing board of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) approved its new research strategy for the next 10 years.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 557345 [Title] => RP's Dar sets record in global agriculture R&D management [Summary] =>

A noted Filipino research administrator began this month his unprecedented third term as top official of an international research and development (R&D) institute, setting a record in global agriculture R&D management.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 428522 [Title] => ICRISAT helps farmers deal with crisis [Summary] =>

The global food crisis followed by the current financial crisis has inflicted further hardships to poor farmers of the semi-arid tropics of Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1285131 [AuthorName] => Dr. William DAR Director General, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropic [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 79637 [Title] => ICRISAT cited anew [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-08-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 383375 [Title] => 5 local, foreign firms to invest in ethanol distilleries in RP [Summary] => President Arroyo gave recently her blessings and full support to commercialize the planting of sweet sorghum as a viable and sustainable source of bioethanol, thus boosting the implementation of the recently signed "Biofuels Act" or Republic Act 9367.

This early, five local and foreign companies plan to put up ethanol distilleries that could make use of either sweet sorghum, sugarcane and other feedstock.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266851 [Title] => India-based facility to help RP produce more legumes [Summary] => International crops research institute in Hyderabad, India is collaborating with an agricultural science council in the Philippines to enhance the adoption of three legume varieties and production technologies in the country.

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Hyderabad, India and the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) have initiated a project that will enhance the adoption of the said ICRISAT-bred legumes and develop a database on the varieties and technologies.
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