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Table 80. Participants in the ICRISAT training
programs, by country.
Workshops, Conferences,
and Seminars
1974-75 1975-76 1976-77
Research Fellows:
India - - 1
Korea - - 2
Brazil - - 1
Sri Lanka - - 1
Thailand - - 1
Upper Volta - 1 -
Research Scholars:
Sudan - 1 1
India - - 5
United States - - 2
Canada - - 1
Netherlands - - 1
Kenya - - 1
In-service Trainees:
Nigeria 4 8 6
India 3 11 71
Sweden - 1 -
West Germany - 2 -
Bangladesh - 1 -
Upper Volta - - 2
Senegal - - 2
Mali - - 2
Chad - - 2
Niger - - 6
Thailand - - 1
Ethiopia - - 2
Sudan - - 1
Apprentices
(university
students):
India 1 3 11
USA - - 1
Student agricultural engineers and agricultural
economics students from India and United
States completed 1- or 2-month apprenticeships
working with engineers and scientists in land
development; land and water management; farm
machinery research, operation, and maintenance;
or data processing and analysis.
Exchange of information for the transfer of
technology and cooperative research is essential
and workshops and conferences provide an
effective channel for this purpose. The 1976—
1977 report year saw an international workshop
and several smaller conferences and workshops.
ICRISAT also cooperated with research agencies
in India and elsewhere in organizing conferences
and workshops, and ICRISAT scientists
participated in practically every major scientific
meeting involving one or more of its five crops
grown in the SAT environment.
International Sorghum Workshop
Fifty-two sorghum specialists from 26 nations
participated in the 1977 International Sorghum
Workshop at Hyderabad 6-12 March. The purpose
of the Workshop was to exchange information
about sorghum research in the SAT,
determine how best to develop cooperative research
among sorghum-improvement workers,
review the arrangements for exchanging seed
material and information, and to assess training
needs and the mechanism for identification of
trainees.
One of the highlights of the Workshop was the
presentation of country papers. These, along
with information gleaned from questionnaires
submitted by workers from the 26 nations,
provided the most up-to-date appraisal of the
SAT sorghum situation available anywhere.
Such data is essential for international planning.
Face-to-face interchange of ideas and suggestions
was perhaps the most valuable feature
of the Workshop. Information flow (from national
program to ICRISAT, from ICRISAT to
national program, and between national programs)
is essential if the sorghum workers of the
world are to provide the most effective assistance
to the small SAT farmer of limited means.
The All-India Coordinated Sorghum Improvement
Project served as co-sponsor for the
Workshop.
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