Anurag Ajay

Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist at CIMMYT.
Doctoral Researcher at Humboldt University.

[CSISA Project @CSISAProject]

High rice&wheat production costs, further worsened by climate extremes, limit smallholder profits in #Bihar.A #newstudy shows closing profit gaps could raise profits in rice (38%) & wheat (35%).Identifying strategic levers is crucial to unlock gains & support poverty alleviation.

[CSISA Project @CSISAProject]

At @CIMMYT's #SIW2025, the poster 'Unlocking Profit Potential of Smallholders’ Rice and Wheat Fields in Eastern India', highlights four key factors critical to enhancing smallholder farmers’ economic well-being.
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[CIMMYT @CIMMYT]

🌱 Discover our mission at #CIMMYT towards a #FoodSecure future for all. Creating strategies that focus on #Innovation and #Sustainability, we are driving lasting impact. 💡

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[Larisa Tarasova @lytarasova]

Our monthly #writing retreat is in full swing 📝🤩 Good progress on the manuscripts and proposals before the weekend💃🏿 @madapegue @Wang_Pokemon @AnuragAjay3 @marcus038966326 @UFZ_de @iamoLeibniz

[Anurag Ajay @AnuragAjay3]

@delhivery
Big claims but pathetic service. AWB - 1381920235396
Not able/intend to deliver saying attempt failed thrice. In reality, the guy never goes to the address. Super cheap team of @help_delhivery Don't ask me for more details if you can't trace through AWB.

[Anurag Ajay @AnuragAjay3]

@SugandhaMunshi @arvindpadhee @virender02 @irri @isarcofficial Waoo...it turned out to be a wonderful crop.
Pic of the same plot one month before.

[Anurag Ajay @AnuragAjay3]

@CIMMYT Congratulations 👏 🎊

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@Laura_UC_Moritz @iamoLSG @LenaMKuhn Congratulations 👏

[Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) @MEL_CGIAR]

#DYK that all concepts added to #AGROVOC by the @CGIAR-AGROVOC curation team are found here
👉https://t.co/e4LDrjvNC9 ?
@FAOAIMS @BiovIntCIAT_eng @CIMMYT @Cipotato @ICARDA @IFPRI @IITA_CGIAR @ILRI @IRRI @IWMI_ @WorldFishCenter

[Anurag Ajay @AnuragAjay3]

Small things around might be of more interest than things that are big and bright - 🐇 in this case.

[Anurag Ajay @AnuragAjay3]

After unusually high🌡of summer (>30°C), some drizzle made the morning pleasurable in Germany 🇩🇪.

[Anurag Ajay @AnuragAjay3]

@Rahulkumar_IAS Very fortunate! Your number is in +ve. People sometimes get -ve value as well i.e. you pay more if you cancel.
Airlines think that it is an intelligent act, but in reality, it is a bad economics - this calculation reduces their revenue.
Sounds strange but true....

[CSISA Project @CSISAProject]

Happening now @CSISAProject Phase 4.0 (India) '2022 Review & 2023 Workplan' meeting in Bhubaneshwar-#Odisha. Project leadership discuss ongoing activities, new developments/challenges and deliverables in the year/s ahead. #AgR4D
Read more on CSISA Phase 4@ https://t.co/S4d0C6GU1I

[Timothy J. Krupnik @TJKrupnik]

Every drop counts, but small #farm size limits poverty reduction in Eastern #India, even with #irrigation-led intensification. Data from 15.5 K farmers shows reducing #poverty needs irrigation, #crop #diversification & off-farm #jobs. Open access: https://t.co/tQaKUXUa8A

[Anurag Ajay @AnuragAjay3]

We released one of our largest agronomic research trial data in the public domain.

Data talks about how adjustment in planting time and varieties can improve wheat yield in eastern IGP, India.
@CSISAProject @CIMMYT @irri
@BMGFIndia
https://t.co/MkNLEuhubt

[Anurag Ajay @AnuragAjay3]

Large survey dataset of rice production practices applied by farmers o... https://t.co/AK13rnRKxJ

[Anurag Ajay @AnuragAjay3]

If any batsman on earth start getting the feeling that he is better than @imVkohli - watch 5th ball of 19th over of Indian side in
#INDvsPAK during #T20WorldCup2022
Such feeling will disappear forever.

[Anurag Ajay @AnuragAjay3]

Almost true...

[CSISA Project @CSISAProject]

Realtime evidence generation of crop yield & production practices through Land Diagnostic Survey #LDS research, India.

August 28-30, Kolkata: #CSISAProject Phase 4.0, Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop to support LDS in select districts with KVKs.

#capacitybldg #PPS #ODK

[Balwinder Singh @BallieSingh]

Our new paper just out in @NatureFoodJnl shows that sowing time can fill the wheat yield gaps by 30%, we established that effective management through timely planting is a precondition for rural transformation and achieving regional food security. https://t.co/pmCvpVFLaZ