Kenyan team visits agricultural varsity
Coimbatore (PTI): A 11-member high-level delegation from Kenya visited Tamil Nadu Agricultural University,to identify technology aspects and transfer of technologies.
The delegation, headed by Dr Samuel Muigi, National Coordinator, Kenya Agricultural Productivity Project, during their four-day visit from November 29, examined the public-private partnership mode and studied agriculture lending and rural credit system in rural areas, a TNAU release said here on Monday.
Samuel said the team had come to see the success stories especially with small scale farmers in Tamil Nadu villages, so that it can be propagated in his country.
He wanted both India and Kenya to focus on collaboration in irrigation,especially in transfer of irrigation management technologies, the release said.
The delegation would try to make an inventory of their technologies and assess the gaps that can be addressed using the potential technologies from India, he said.
TNAU Vice Chancellor Dr C Ramasamy said the university was keen to work closely with the Kenyan Government and its organisations for transferring agricultural technologies.
The visit would pave way for initiating collaboration between specific organisations and institutions of both the countries, Ramasamy said.
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