ICRISAT’s Village Dynamics Studies to Help Reduce Poverty in the Drylands - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

PATANCHER, India -- Grassroots-based information articulating the voices of the poor can greatly help reduce poverty in the drylands. Along with this, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) will further improve global understanding of the dynamics of rural poverty through the recently launched Village Dynamics Studies (VDS) project.

Seeking to improve the quantity and quality of village-based information for better decision-making, the five-year project will be implemented by ICRISAT together with National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NCAP) in the humid tropics of East India, and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) will implement it in Bangladesh in collaboration with Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and SocioConsult (BRAC).

To read the full press release, visit the ICRISAT web site.