Dr. Ferroni’s visit to Penukonda watershed

Dr. Marco Ferroni, Chair, System Management Board, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) on his recent visit to India, toured the farmer-centric integrated watershed in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. The project is being implemented through a convergence between ICRISAT and Governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, their line departments, Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs), Samatha Society for Rural Education and Development, BAIF-BIRDS (K) Hyderabad and community-based organizations. The Penukonda watershed (Anantapur district) is home to 1,480 families with groundnut, maize, paddy, finger millet, and sunflower as major crops. Dr. Ferrorni, accompanied by Dr. Nigel Kerby, Chair, Governing Board, ICRISAT, Dr. Peter Carberry, Director General (Acting), ICRISAT, and Dr. Kiran Sharma, the acting Deputy Director General- (Research) of ICRISAT interacted at length with women and men farmers from Kondampally and Settipally villages.