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  • 480 ha State-of-the-art farms established in three states of India – Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and Bihar
  • Developing and sharing elite germplasm of wheat with national institutions.
  • Green Seeker – a handheld crop sensor is an easy to use measurement device used to assess the health of a crop
    Digital technology transfer to farmers, policy planners, industries and other stakeholders.
  • More than 200,000 stakeholders trained in various technologies through field training, traveling seminars, and exposure visits.
  • 480 ha state-of-the-farm established in three states of India – Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and Bihar
  • Developing and sharing elite germplasm of wheat with national institutions
  • Green Seeker – a handheld crop sensor is an easy to use measurement device used to assess the health of a crop
    Digital technology transfer to farmers, policy planners, industry and other stakeholders.
  • More than 200,000 stakeholders were trained in various technologies through field and lab training, traveling seminars, exposure visits, etc.

About BISA

BISA was established on October 5, 2011, through an agreement between the Government of India (GoI) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Spanish acronym CIMMYT) and was bolstered by the globally credible name of Nobel Laureate Norman Ernest Borlaug. The institution draws on the decades of experience and success by CIMMYT, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), and a global network of partners in using research to generate tangible benefits for farmers internationally. BISA is supported by a growing number of national stakeholders in South Asia. It is committed to stronger collaborations for accelerated impact, most prominently with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the three state governments (Punjab, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh) where BISA farms are located.

A decade of Impact

200000
stakeholders’ capacity strengthened in different technologies
30
national and international donors supported BISA programs
15000
wheat genotypes evaluated using precision phenotyping and genomics
400 ha
of state-of-art farms established
10000 kg
ha-1 productivity achieved first time in Indian wheat trials
200
international stakeholders trained in advanced research
5000 tons
of quality seed produced and distributed to stakeholders
200
research papers published in international journals
3000
villages in India and Nepal transformed following the CSV approach
170 millions
subsidy by the GOI for Happy Seeder and SMS

Thematic Areas

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