Risk Analysis and Modelling Workshop

SPS capacity Building in India

 

Background: The AKI Initiative

On July 18, 2005, President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh announced the U.S. - India Knowledge Initiative on Agricultural Education, Teaching, Research, Service, and Commercial Linkages (AKI). With the involvement of universities and private sector, the initiative is focused on building human and institutional capacity, promoting sustainable use of biotechnological approaches, and ensuring strong markets and processing chains. Recognizing the long history of cooperation in agriculture and the success of India's Green Revolution launched 40 years ago with U.S. assistance, the AKI builds on this tradition of collaboration and addresses new challenges and opportunities of modern-day agriculture. Through public-private partnerships, it will help to facilitate technology transfer, trade, and investment and bolster agricultural research, education, and extension, Focus areas for the AKI   are Food Processing and Marketing, Biotechnology, Water Management, and University Capacity Building.