Proper noun
ICRISAT
Initialism of International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, an Institute in India.
For the past ten years, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ( ICRISAT ) has been assisting Zimbabwe's farmers to adopt conservation agriculture techniques, a sustainable method of farming that can help increase yields. Source: Internet
ICRISAT, which has taken a very friendly stance towards the sorghum agrofuel industry, appears uninterested in sorting out the complexities of patent claims on its in-trust germplasm when it is copied elsewhere. Source: Internet
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ( ICRISAT ) has employed this system to rehabilitate degraded laterite soils in Niger and increase smallholder farmers' incomes. Source: Internet
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ( ICRISAT ), a member of the CGIAR consortium, partners with farmers, governments, researchers and NGOs to help farmers grow nutritious crops, including finger millet. Source: Internet
The ICRISAT climate change expert said the ECRIMS programme also promotes the planting of velvet beans to feed cattle. Source: Internet