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Slide 2 Conference Presentation: Partnership for Innovation and Knowledge in Agriculture (PIKA) Sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development Delhi January 25, 2011 Slide 3 PIKA Project Report University of Wisconsin- Madison Slide 4 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 Slide 5 PIKA PIKA Partnership for Innovation and Knowledge in Agriculture INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY AND VALUE CHAIN LINKS FOR HIGH VALUE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS Slide 6 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. Slide 7 PIKA PARTNERS U.S. Agency for International Development Mahindra and Mahindra Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust Tasty Bite International Agricultural Consultancy Management Foundation Slide 8 Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust Training trainers who work with womens self help groups in Uttar Pradesh Slide 9 RGCT-WSHG TRAINING MATERIAL Slide 10 Dairy training with RGCT Slide 11 SOIL MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES For Tasty Bite International and area farmers: Shallow Soils and Highly Saline Water for Irrigation Slide 12 ACMF Soil Testing Lab and Field Plots: Student Trainees; Demonstration Plots near Chennai Slide 13 MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA TRACTOR COMPANY AND MAHINDRA SAMRIDDHI Slide 14 Mahindra & Mahindra - University of Wisconsin - USAID Training tools manual video Sampling tools probe and information sheet Key Inputs Knowledge Enhancement Slide 15 14 Video training in local languages Slide 16 15 Techniques for soil sampling Soil test probe Traditional method Slide 17 University of Wisconsin Slide 18 LESSONS LEARNED The role of private partners The model of womens self help groups Scaling up by training trainers Technical recommendations for dairy and vegetable production