US/India Agriculture Knowledge Initiative AKI

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US/India Agriculture Knowledge Initiative AKI
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1. Unveiled by President George W. Bush and Prime
   Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in 2005 to promote
   Public Private Partnership between the US and
   India.

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• 2. Partnership designed to facilitate technology
  transfer, bolster Agriculture research extension
  and education and strengthen trade and regulatory
  capacity building.

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• There were two initiatives agreed upon by the two
  leaders, one in Agriculture and the other in
  nuclear energy. The President pledged 8m per
  year for five years. There are several things
  included in this pledge
• Borlong Fellows
• Cochran
• Ongoing USAID Project
• Other sources as of FAS funding

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• 4. USDA/FAS provided leadership for
• the US activities while the Indian council for
  Agriculture Research (ICAR) provided leadership
  for India. Joint Advisory Committee was
  appointed. The US members included USDA, East
  Grant Universities and Private Sector
  Representatives. Meetings are twice per year,
  rotating locations.

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• At the first meeting of the committee
• we agreed on process for working together and
  identity priorities. At the second meeting we
  agreed on 4 priorities.
• (a.) Water Management
• (b.) Capacity Building
• (c.) Food Safety
• (d.) Biotechnology

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• 6. In June of 2006 NASULGC received 800,000 from
  FAS to solicit proposal for projects in Water
  Management and Capacity Building. Our
  solicitation resulted on 27 Consortium and
  individual University proposals. Nine proposals
  were funded.

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• 7. Water Management
• U.S. India Consortium on International Water
  Management-Iowa State University, University of
  Illinois, Purdue University, The Ohio State
  University, Cornell University Texas AM
  University.
• Sustainable Water Resource Management U.S.
  India Collaborative Research Education-
  University of Florida, North Carolina AT State
  University.
• On Farm Water Management for Rain-Fed
  Agriculture on Benchmark Watersheds in Five
  Diverse Eco-Regions of India- The Ohio State
  University.

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• 8. Capacity Building
• Information Communications Technologies for
  Capacity Building in Water Management- University
  of Florida.
• Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence A
  Capacity Building Model- The Ohio State
  University.
• Capacity Building in Food Animal Diseases and
  Biotechnology- Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  State University.

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• Curriculum and Capacity Development,
  Participatory Curriculum Development in Emerging
  Areas of Agriculture Development Experiences
  from State Agriculture Universities in India and
  Land-Grant Universities in the United States-
  Cornell University, Michigan State University,
  University of California, Davis.
• Improving the Capacity for Integrated Pest
  Management of Insect-Borne Viral Diseases in
  Indian Vegetable Production- The Pennsylvania
  State University, Washington State University.
• Capacity Building for Risk Analysis and Modeling
  to Promote Trade- Tuskegee University.

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• 10. The projects implementation
• date was September 1, 2006. Most are in
  progress two are still working with their
  partner Universities in India to secure ICAR
  funding.

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• 11. Next Steps
• Obtain additional resources through FAS and
  CSREES. Pursue other partnership activities.

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• 12. Opportunities
• Need to build technology capacity at some
  Universities.
• There are requests for Dual/Joint degrees. Some
  could be facilitated through on line learning.
• Extension education and information dissemination
  for rural communities are still major concerns.