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

3. PIKA Project Report University of Wisconsin- Madison

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

5. PIKA PIKA Partnership for Innovation and Knowledge in Agriculture INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY AND VALUE CHAIN LINKS FOR HIGH VALUE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

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.

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

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

9. RGCT-WSHG TRAINING MATERIAL

10. Dairy training with RGCT

11. SOIL MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES For Tasty Bite International and area farmers: Shallow Soils and Highly Saline Water for Irrigation

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

13. MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA TRACTOR COMPANY AND MAHINDRA SAMRIDDHI

14. Mahindra & Mahindra - University of Wisconsin - USAID  Training tools – manual video  Sampling tools – probe and information sheet Key Inputs… Knowledge Enhancement

15. 14 Video training in local languages

16. 15 Techniques for soil sampling Soil test probe Traditional method

17. University of Wisconsin

18. 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