India project 386-0379 · 1968–1969 · agriculture

GRANT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TO ASSIST THE ALL-INDIA COORDINATED RICE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (AICRIP) WITH ITS ORGANIZATIONAL AND RICE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. PROJECT INTENDS TO ACCELERATE AND IMPROVE RICE RESEARCH IN INDIA BY STRENGHTENING THE OPERATIONS OF AICRIP AND THE RESEARCH CAPABILITIES OF RICE RESEARCH PERSONNEL. TO ACCOMPLISH THESE OBJECTIVES, PROJECT DOES THE FOLLOWING: (1) CONTRACTS 5 SPECIALISTS (PLANT PHYSIOLOGIST, AGRONOMIST, ENTOMOLOGIST, PLANT PATHOLOGIST, EXPERIMENTAL STATION DESIGN & LAYOUT SPECIALIST) FROM THE INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IIRI) TO WORK WITH INDIAN AICRIP COUNTERPARTS AT THE AICRIP NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS AND WITH AICRIP COOPERATORS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THESE ADVISORS AND COUNTERPARTS WILL DESIGN AND CONDUCT FIELD EXPERIMENTS AND LAB RESEARCH ON BREEDING TECHNIQUES, INSECT CONTROL, USE OF FERTILIZERS, PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS LENDING TO SPECIES VARIATIONS, AND FUNCTIONAL LAYOUT DESIGN. (2) CONTRACTS SHORT-TERM IRRI CONSULTANTS TO ASSIST WITH URGENT, UNFORESEEN RESEARCH PROGRAM PROBLEMS. (3) ASSISTS WITH 2 NATIONAL AND 2 ZONAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS PER YEAR. (4) FUNDS 20 VISITS BY IRRI AND AICRIP SCIENTISTS TO STATE RESEARCH CENTERS EACH YEAR.

Source: DEC abstract, PD-AAD-120-B1 (1969). The source's own text.