International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Abstract
On 11 January 2008, Team Captain & Director General of ICRISAT William D Dar came up with the memorable phrase ‘The Smart Revolution’ over a nice lunch in Quezon City with me and Special Consultant Santiago R Obien of the Department of Agriculture, Philippines. Below is Dar’s speech during the Annual Day celebration on 16 December 2008, at ICRISAT Patancheru campus in Andhra Pradesh, India, where the Distinguished Guest was American Consul General in Hyderabad Cornelis M Keur. The address gives a bird’s eye-view of the accomplishments of the Institute in 2008 and its plans for the coming years. It calls for Team ICRISAT to constantly reinvent itself even as it continues to wage The Smart Revolution for the small farmers and the poor in the semi-arid tropics
