US-India agricultural initiative makes significant progress
Sunday, 17 June 2007
WASHINGTON, Jun 16 (PTI): United States-India Agriculture Knowledge Initiative (AKI) has made significant progress in forging lasting private sector and university relationships between the two countries, American Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns has said.
In his remarks after fifth board meeting of AKI yesterday, he expressed confidence that the relationship would flourish in the future.
Among the projects to be undertaken this year is one, which aims at developing new rice varieties that tolerate drought and salt through partnership between a US biotechnology company and Indian private and public sector companies.
University staff from Iowa State University will set up distance learning classrooms at three Indian universities in August 2007.
Fifteen students from both countries will be recruited to participate in US-India "sandwich" degree programme in international water management, beginning summer 2007 Research projects will also be established at Indian universities on using waste water for irrigation and harvesting water for recharging groundwater.
In his remarks after fifth board meeting of AKI yesterday, he expressed confidence that the relationship would flourish in the future.
Among the projects to be undertaken this year is one, which aims at developing new rice varieties that tolerate drought and salt through partnership between a US biotechnology company and Indian private and public sector companies.
University staff from Iowa State University will set up distance learning classrooms at three Indian universities in August 2007.
Fifteen students from both countries will be recruited to participate in US-India "sandwich" degree programme in international water management, beginning summer 2007 Research projects will also be established at Indian universities on using waste water for irrigation and harvesting water for recharging groundwater.