India
Country contact
Jim Hill Associate Dean, CA&ES
Collaborations
UC Davis has provided technical assistance, education, training and materials to support India. Collaboration has included:
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Food Science - Diane Barrett, Paul Singh
- Genetics and Biotechnology - Eduardo Blumwald, Douglas Cook
- Postharvest - Marita Cantwell, Adel Kader
- Economics - Travis Lybbert
- Train-the-trainer - Paul Marcotte
Capacity Building and Research Projects
- Agricultural Innovation Partnership. UC Davis is working with the Cornell-led Agricultural Innovation Partnership (AIP) project. Paul Marcotte was in-country Director during 2011 and Dr Tom Rost is the present UC Davis contact. Based in Varanasi at Banaras Hindu University, the project involved curriculum and faculty development to improve the linkage between university research and extension. Link
- Post Harvest Center for Food Safety. UC Davis worked with Indian counterparts to develop a post harvest training center (Project finished 2008) Contacts. Paul Marcotte
Training
2008
India.
Food production and marketing systems. A one week
course
conducted in California and Florida.
The course
with 20 participants was supported by
the USDA Cochran program. Lead instructor: Corky Lovin- India. Fresh produce handling and marketing. A two week course conducted in California. The course with 5 participants was supported by the USDA Cochran program. Lead instructor: Corky Lovin
- UC worked to help establish a postharvest center to deliver better, safer foods to consumers.
