Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA
@drstanfordblade.bsky.social
Deputy Director General - Research & Innovation | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - Asia & Africa | https://www.icrisat.org | Intl Fellow - Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture | QEII Platinum Jubilee Medal
Monitor lizards are fun!
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Monitor lizards are fun!
November 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It is already All Hallows’ Eve here in #Hyderabad. Happy #Halloween from @ICRISAT in central #India. The #bats have certainly gotten the memo - they are roosting in our beautiful backyard tree. #HappyHalloween #halloween2025 #chiroptera
October 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It is already All Hallows’ Eve here in #Hyderabad. Happy #Halloween from @ICRISAT in central #India. The #bats have certainly gotten the memo - they are roosting in our beautiful backyard tree. #HappyHalloween #halloween2025 #chiroptera
New Delhi.
October 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
New Delhi.
October 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
An excellent start to the ICRISAT work day here at the agricultural research campus in Hyderabad, India. Let’s go #Bluejays! #Canada Fun listen to the @bluejays.com radio broadcast team. #worldseries @mlb.com Time to shock the billionaires! #Dodgers
October 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
An excellent start to the ICRISAT work day here at the agricultural research campus in Hyderabad, India. Let’s go #Bluejays! #Canada Fun listen to the @bluejays.com radio broadcast team. #worldseries @mlb.com Time to shock the billionaires! #Dodgers
Happy Diwali !!
October 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Happy Diwali !!
October 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Happy 80th birthday @fao.org ! Founded in 1945 in #Canada at the @fairmonthotels.bsky.social Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City. @cgiar.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Happy 80th birthday @fao.org ! Founded in 1945 in #Canada at the @fairmonthotels.bsky.social Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City. @cgiar.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
October 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Perfection.
October 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Perfection.
The beauty of Lisbon.
October 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The beauty of Lisbon.
In case you ever question your move away from that other platform, this is the current state of affairs regarding even the most obvious facts and outcomes. #AIslop @lukeburbank.bsky.social #Mariners
October 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
In case you ever question your move away from that other platform, this is the current state of affairs regarding even the most obvious facts and outcomes. #AIslop @lukeburbank.bsky.social #Mariners
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe is a great location for a science conference!
October 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe is a great location for a science conference!
It is a great privilege to represent @ICRISAT as Chief Guest for Inauguration Ceremony of the 2nd International Conference on “Frontiers in #Science and #Technology for Agricultural Transformation”. @NaarmIcar @icarindia #foodsecurity #agricukture #transformingdrylandagriculture
September 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It is a great privilege to represent @ICRISAT as Chief Guest for Inauguration Ceremony of the 2nd International Conference on “Frontiers in #Science and #Technology for Agricultural Transformation”. @NaarmIcar @icarindia #foodsecurity #agricukture #transformingdrylandagriculture
Watching THE @WillieNelson #FarmAid40 here in #Hyderabad #India. The people who feed us have so many headwinds - trade policy, input costs, infrastructure & equipment through the roof - everywhere. U.S. news is dire - but not limited to there. #FarmAid #farmaid2025 #agriculture
September 21, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Watching THE @WillieNelson #FarmAid40 here in #Hyderabad #India. The people who feed us have so many headwinds - trade policy, input costs, infrastructure & equipment through the roof - everywhere. U.S. news is dire - but not limited to there. #FarmAid #farmaid2025 #agriculture
Welcome to Country ceremony. #Australia
September 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Welcome to Country ceremony. #Australia
Today our research campus is a #Bollywood movie set.
September 13, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Today our research campus is a #Bollywood movie set.
Constructive and beneficial discussion with Minister of Agriculture, Cooperation and Marketing Hon. Thummala Nageswara Rao. We appreciate the advice and support provided to ICRISAT as a continuing partnership with the Government of #Telangana . #transformingdrylandagriculture
September 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Constructive and beneficial discussion with Minister of Agriculture, Cooperation and Marketing Hon. Thummala Nageswara Rao. We appreciate the advice and support provided to ICRISAT as a continuing partnership with the Government of #Telangana . #transformingdrylandagriculture
Went for a bike ride at our international agricultural research station - in the monsoon rain - here in India!
September 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Went for a bike ride at our international agricultural research station - in the monsoon rain - here in India!
It is a good night to see the #BlloodMoon #TotalLunarEclipse here in Hyderabad, India.
September 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It is a good night to see the #BlloodMoon #TotalLunarEclipse here in Hyderabad, India.
Bamako, Mali
September 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Bamako, Mali
Dakar, Senegal
September 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Dakar, Senegal