Early planting of long-duration wheat varieties for resilience and yield optimization

The Team Behind the Innovation

The Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) is led by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and implemented by a team of scientists and change-makers with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). Operating across South Asia, CSISA works to increase the adoption of resource-conserving and climate-resilient technologies and improves farmers’ access to markets and enterprise development.

EXECUTIVE TEAM INCLUDES WOMEN

Funds RaisedVERIFIED

$30,000,000 with Healthy Rice Seedlings, Axial flow irrigation pump, Scale-appropriate reaper technologies to address labour bottlenecks at harvest and 7 moreSEE ALL

TITLECereal Systems Initiative for South Asia

TYPEGrant

FOCUS AREAS

Agriculture, Cultivation & Tools, Seeds & Stock and 2 moreSEE ALL

IMPLEMENTED INBangladesh, Nepal and India

ORGANIZATIONU.S. Agency for International Development

as part of

Cereal System Initiative South Asia, Bureau of Food Security, Feed the Future

Early planting of long-duration wheat varieties for resilience and yield optimization

Stage 4: Transition to Scale

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