New Center of Excellence Launched to Drive Agricultural Transformation through South-South Cooperation
CGIAR june 3 2025
New Delhi, 3 June 2025 — In a landmark move to accelerate agricultural innovation and collaboration across the Global South, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), in partnership with the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), officially launched the ICRISAT Center of Excellence for South-South Cooperation in Agriculture (ISSCA) during the Conference on Global South and Triangular Cooperation: Emerging Facets, held in New Delhi.
The launch also featured the signing of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding between ICRISAT and DAKSHIN - a Government of India initiative focused on strengthening South-South cooperation through capacity building and development partnerships.
The inauguration of ISSCA marks a pivotal moment for global agricultural development, establishing a dedicated platform to exchange knowledge, scale innovations, and forge partnerships among countries facing similar agricultural, climatic, and socio-economic challenges.
ISSCA will serve as a catalyst for translating proven agricultural solutions into scalable impact. It features a digital portal that functions as a living repository of validated innovations, enabling peer-to-peer learning, partnership brokering, and the deployment of low-cost, high-impact technologies and policy models tailored to dryland and developing regions.
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