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MAHARISHI launches funded millet training for African researchers in India
The program is hosted at ICAR-IIMR in Hyderabad and includes training on breeding, genomics, biofortification, and climate-resilient millet varieties.
World Grain reports that India has launched a funded training program under the Millets and Other Ancient Grains International Research Initiative, known as MAHARISHI, for researchers from Africa.
The training will be hosted at the Global Centre of Excellence on Millets at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Millets Research, in Hyderabad, and participation is open through an application process.
According to World Grain, the curriculum covers advanced millet breeding and genomics, biofortification, the development of climate-resilient varieties, and work on value-added millet and other grains products.
The outlet adds that MAHARISHI also includes a focus on the wider grains value chain, such as agronomy, seed systems, post-harvest management, processing, nutrition, food safety, entrepreneurship, value addition, and market development, with the goal of strengthening scientific exchange and South-South cooperation.