Africa's drylands cover approximately 43 percent of the continent, which are severely impacted by climate change and diminishing rainfall.
Those who call the drylands their home face severe hardships due to food and nutritional insecurity, harsh, unpredictable environments and conflict insurgencies in some semi-arid areas.
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has unveiled a Strategic Plan 2025-2030, a roadmap to transforming dryland agriculture, leveraging on innovative research and technology to address smallholder farmers' evolving challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and beyond.
Dubbed 'Microbial solutions for Advancing Nature-Positive and Regenerative Agriculture in Drylands,' the collection based on ICRISAT's decades of research offers research and practical innovations using beneficial microorganisms to restore soil health and boost crop yields.
