The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

Acronym: 
ICRISAT
Type of Organization: 
Agricultural Research Organizations
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in the drylands of Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi-arid or dry land tropics has over 2 billion people, and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor.
Areas of activity: 
research and development
Focus of Capacity Development: 
Individual
Organizational
Institutional