Under the new Agriculture Partnership between US and India to achieve Ever Green Revolution to address Global Food Security a Triangular Training Program is going to be launched from today i,e 25th July, 2016 in a number of African and Asian countries including Afghanistan, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Mongolia, Vietnam, Kenya, Malawi, Liberia, Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Tanzania, Sudan and Botswana.
The pilot project launched in 2010 focused on the three African Countries i.e., Kenya, Liberia and Malawi with potential to expand throughout the African Continent in the days to come. The effort included Triangular Cooperation adapting technological advances and innovative solutions to address Food Security Challenges in Africa.
National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad and National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM), Jaipur are at the vanguard of this project in India. They have already conducted 7 training programs covering 219 executives from Kenya, Liberia &Malawi.
Due to the success of the first seven training programs, a considerable enthusiasm has been noticed among the prospective executives from Africa and Asia in the present training program. USAID and MEA identified additional countries among those involved in GOI-supported development programs and designated as Feed the Future; India Triangular Training Programme.
During the recent visit of Prime Minister to USA, Narendra Modi along with President Barack Obama issued a joint statement welcoming trilateral cooperation with African Partners in areas such as Agriculture, health, energy, women empowerment and sanitation under the statement of the guiding principles on triangular cooperation for global development. They looked forward to opportunities to deepen the US-India Global Development Cooperation in Africa, as well as in Asia and beyond.