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An international partnership across India, Africa and the US has formed the ‘One Agriculture-One Science: A Global Education Consortium’ initiative aimed at revitalising global agricultural education, capacity building and technology transfer, according to the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat).
‘One Agriculture-One Science’ is a consortium of agricultural education institutes, research organisations and other related agencies specifically focusing on addressing changes and adaptations required for agricultural education to better contribute and more effectively impact development goals, particularly the attainment of food and nutritional security and sustainable agricultural production in developing countries, Icrisat stated in a release.
The global consortium, Icrisat stated, will bring various disciplines in agricultural education such as crop, livestock, fisheries and natural resource management under one roof by providing a common platform to address pressing global food security, accessibility and affordability challenges. Through partnerships and knowledge networks, participating institutions shall offer short courses, student scholarship programmes and collaborative research opportunities addressing these challenges.
Global collaborative partners from a wide range of interdisciplinary expertise and experience gathered for the launch of the initiative in an expert consultation workshop jointly organised by Icrisat, the University of Florida (UF) and Iowa State University, held at UF last week.
The launch was stated to have been attended by select experts from land grant state universities in the US, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, African Green Revolution Alliance, Regional University Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture, US Department of Agriculture, US Agency for International Develo-pment, and centres of Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.
