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Conference Presentation: Partnership for Innovation and Knowledge in Agriculture (PIKA)

Conference Presentation: Partnership for Innovation and Knowledge in Agriculture (PIKA). Sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development Delhi January 25, 2011. PIKA Project Report University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Khorana Program. Objectives

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Conference Presentation: Partnership for Innovation and Knowledge in Agriculture (PIKA)

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  1. Conference Presentation: Partnership for Innovation and Knowledge in Agriculture (PIKA) Sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development Delhi January 25, 2011

  2. PIKA Project ReportUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison

  3. The Khorana Program Objectives • Provide Indian and U.S. students with a transformative international experience • Contribute to Indian rural development • Increase interaction between the Indian and US scientific communities in academia and the private sector

  4. PIKA • PIKAPartnership for Innovation and Knowledge in AgricultureINCREASING PRODUCTIVITY AND VALUE CHAIN LINKS FOR HIGH VALUE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

  5. PIKA OBJECTIVES • to raise yields of milk and vegetables; • to increase human resource capacity by training farm-level advisors, laboratory technicians, outreach personnel, and management; • to strengthen farmers links to output markets and input suppliers.

  6. PIKA PARTNERS • U.S. Agency for International Development • Mahindra and Mahindra • Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust • Tasty Bite International • Agricultural Consultancy Management Foundation

  7. Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust Training trainers who work with women’s self help groups in Uttar Pradesh

  8. RGCT-WSHG TRAINING MATERIAL

  9. Dairy training with RGCT

  10. SOIL MANAGEMENT CHALLENGESFor Tasty Bite International and area farmers:Shallow Soils and Highly Saline Water for Irrigation

  11. ACMF Soil Testing Lab and Field Plots:Student Trainees; Demonstration Plots near Chennai

  12. MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA TRACTOR COMPANY AND MAHINDRA SAMRIDDHI

  13. Mahindra & Mahindra - UniversityofWisconsin - USAID • Training tools – manual video • Sampling tools – probe and information sheet Key Inputs… Knowledge Enhancement

  14. Video training in local languages

  15. Techniques for soil sampling Traditional method Soil test probe

  16. UniversityofWisconsin

  17. LESSONS LEARNED • The role of private partners • The model of women’s self help groups • Scaling up by training trainers • Technical recommendations for dairy and vegetable production

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