Icrisat scientist bags CGIAR award

 Crouch received the award from Ian Johnson, the CGIAR chairman and vice-president of the World Bank, at the annual general meeting of the CGIAR, held at Nairobi, Kenya, in end October.

 William Dar, the director-general of ICRISAT, said that while the CGIAR's decision to recognise Crouch was a fitting recognition of the young scientist's remarkable personal achievements, it was also testimony of the efforts of the team of ICRISAT scientists who support him.

 Crouch leads a cutting-edge team of biotechnologists who seek to improve crops that provide livelihood support to millions of poor farmers in the semi-arid tropics of Africa and Asia.

 The CGIAR Promising Young Scientist Award is presented every year to a scientist or researcher from one of the 16 CGIAR centres, no older than 35 years of age, who in addition to research excellence has demonstrated commitment to the developmental goals of the CGIAR.

 Accepting the award, Crouch said: