The India-U.S.-Africa Triangular Training Program
has marked the completion of the first training program on agricultural
marketing management for 30 visiting African agriculture professionals to improve
agricultural productivity, NaijaAgroNet
reports.
U.S. Ambassador to India, Nancy J. Powell,
who presided over a graduation ceremony at the Chaudhury Charan Singh National
Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM), said that the programme is under the strategic partnership between
the Governments of India and the United States to strengthen agricultural value
chains, and support market institutions in Kenya, Liberia, and Malawi.
“The
successful completion of this training program is a concrete example of the
growing relationship between India and Africa and the emerging peer-to-peer
relationship between India and the United States in addressing global food
insecurity. Under the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue, our governments have
agreed to work together to develop, test, and replicate technologies to extend
food security in India that can also benefit Africa. The India-U.S.-Africa
Triangular Training program is a key step toward that goal,” Powell said.
NaijaAgroNet recorded that a total of 180 African
agricultural professionals from Kenya, Liberia, and Malawi will be trained over
the next two years at NIAM in Jaipur and at the National Institute of
Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) in Hyderabad, India.
Ambassador Powell was joined by High Commissioner
of Kenya to India Florence Imisa Weche, High Commissioner of the Republic of
Malawi to India Dr. Perks Ligoya, and Director General of NIAM Dr. R.P. Meena
at the ceremony.
*With
additional report from Odisha Diary Bureau
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