ICRISAT’s drought-preparedness program: ICT helps farmers cope with natural calamities

The direct impacts of drought and other extreme climatic events include reduced crop, rangeland, and forest productivity; a reduction in crop productivity results in less income for farmers, increased prices for food, unemployment, and migration. The  International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT) saved throusands of villagers  from incurring heaving losses when natural [...]

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