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ICRISAT studies to help reduce poverty

Staff Reporter

Project supported by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

SANGAREDDY: With the support of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has taken up a project intended to improve the quantity and quality of village-based information for better decision making. The project was recently named as Village Dynamics Studies (VDS).

The five-year project will be implemented by ICRISAT together with National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research in the humid tropics of East India, and the International Rice Research Institute will implement it in Bangladesh in collaboration with Centre for Policy Dialogue and SocioConsult According Dr. William Dar, ICRISAT’s Director General, the purpose of this unique project is to decrease the incidence and severity of absolute poverty by markedly increasing the availability of time-series data at the district, household and individual levels. “Access to accurate data will shape future agricultural development strategies,” said Prabhu Pingali, Deputy Director of foundation’s Agricultural Development initiative.

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