29 July 2011
No. 1477
(From left to right) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, DG William Dar, HRO Director Hector Hernandez and FETS Program Leader Prabhakar Reddy in a meeting to further strengthen AP and ICRISAT partnership.
Andhra Pradesh and ICRISAT
Partners in Inclusive Market-Oriented Development Almost four decades since ICRISAT was established, the Institute and the Government of Andhra Pradesh have been actively working together to end poverty, hunger and environmental degradation in the State. Working mainly in the northern, central and southern districts, the partnership has generated pro-poor agricultural innovations and investments that enhanced agricultural productivity and improved livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
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o renew their commitment as partners in Inclusive Market-Oriented Development (IMOD), Director General William Dar met with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy on 26 July at the latter’s office in Hyderabad. Accompanied by HRO Director Hector Hernandez and FETS Program Leader Prabhakar Reddy, Dr Dar expressed gratitude to the Chief Minister for his Government’s hospitality and steadfast support to ICRISAT for almost 40 years. The partnership has allowed ICRISAT to conduct global, high-quality and
impact-oriented research-for-development, but adaptable to and directly benefiting the State and India. The Chief Minister, on the other hand, recognized ICRISAT’s contribution in empowering dryland agricultural communities and building long-term resilience in the State. In the last 5 years, AP has recorded a growth of 7.5%, much higher than the Indian Planning Commission’s target of 4% for the agricultural sector. The State which depends mainly on rainfed agriculture, achieved this level of growth to page 2 ...4