Conference Presentation: Partnership for Innovation and Knowledge in Agriculture (PIKA) Sponsored by the U.S.
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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 1. Provide Indian and U.S. students with a transformative international experience 2. Contribute to Indian rural development 3. Increase interaction between the Indian and US scientific communities in academia and the private sector
PIKA
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PIKA
Partnership for Innovation and Knowledge in Agriculture
INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY AND VALUE CHAIN LINKS FOR HIGH VALUE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
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.
PIKA PARTNERS
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U.S. Agency for International Development
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Mahindra and Mahindra
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Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust
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Tasty Bite International
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Agricultural Consultancy Management Foundation
Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust
Training trainers who work with women ’ s self help groups in Uttar Pradesh
RGCT-WSHG TRAINING MATERIAL
Dairy training with RGCT
SOIL MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES For Tasty Bite International and area farmers: Shallow Soils and Highly Saline Water for Irrigation
ACMF Soil Testing Lab and Field Plots: Student Trainees; Demonstration Plots near Chennai
MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA TRACTOR COMPANY AND MAHINDRA SAMRIDDHI
Mahindra & Mahindra - University of Wisconsin - USAID
Key Inputs…
Training tools – manual video Sampling tools – probe and information sheet
Knowledge Enhancement
Video training in local languages
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Soil test probe
Techniques for soil sampling
Traditional method 15
University of Wisconsin
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