ICRISAT is an international agricultural centre focusing
on the farming systems of the semi-arid tropics, where erratic rainfall,
low soil fertility and extreme poverty impose great constraints on agricultural
development. ICRISAT's mission is to help developing countries apply science
to increase crop productivity and food security, to reduce poverty and to
protect the environment. It conserves and develops breeding lines of the
crops of greatest importance to the poor in semi-arid tropical countries,
namely sorghum, millet, groundnut, chickpea and pigeonpea.
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