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 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 U.S. Agency for International Development Mahindra and Mahindra Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust Tasty Bite International 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  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 Soil test probe Traditional method

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