Measuring Impact

Research that works for developing countries and Australia

 

India - Country Strategy

  1. Overview
  2. Country Strategy
  3. Priorities
  4. Key Program Managers
  5. Current Projects
  6. Concluded Projects
  7. Achievements
  8. Relevant Publications
  9. Country News and Stories
  10. Project Locations
  11. Country Office
  12. Country Portfolio
  13. AusAid and Other Briefs
  14. Fellowship Statistics

Country Strategy

The emphasis of the India-Australia collaborative research partnerships in the main wheat-growing areas has shifted from maintaining the sustainability of wheat-based cropping systems to improving productivity, through development of new varieties resistant to major biotic and abiotic stresses. This is being achieved through the application of markerassisted selection as a tool to achieve greater efficiencies in wheat breeding. This theme is being delivered through a joint program implemented in 2008 and co-funded by the Indian Council for Agricultural Research and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). In the less favoured areas of India's rainfed central plateau, a second subprogram addresses broad scale land and water resource management. This is augmenting the earlier technical focus with complementary research on cropping systems, and institutional and policy issues related to water management. This subprogram applies technical, economic and policy research approaches to increase water productivity, and will have an increasing focus on climate issues, in particular adaptation to climate change. Project design which will emphasise strengthened integration will include greater involvement of farmers and NGOs, and engagement with policymakers, with a view to achieving quicker impact.

Policy analysis research at the national and state levels will complement both themes, with a shift from standalone policy projects to integration of policy components into projects of the main two themes. This will include research into domestic agricultural policy and trade-related reform options, and will consider in future cycles, plausible scenarios and futures for agriculture and food security.