McKnight Crop Research Program


 o To increase the capacity of scientists in less developed countries to carry out basic
 and applied plant biology research;


 o To establish collaborative partnerships among teams of top plant scientists in
 universities and national programs of less developed countries and counterparts in
 the United States; and


 o To increase the likelihood that the results of research supported by this program
 are applied in the agricultural practices of less developed countries.


The program funds only projects that include the following activities: establishment of an equal
partnership between groups of leading scientists of less developed countries and researchers in the
United States; assessment and documentation of the food needs of a particular country or region;
identification of areas in which new research has the most potential for addressing those problems and
opportunities; an advisory group for the project; and preparation of a research workplan and a
collaborative training plan.


THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
The Program Oversight Committee of the McKnight Collaborative Crop Research Program is
composed of the following members: Committee Chair Robert Goodman, Professor, University of
Wisconsin-Madison; John Axtell, Lynn Distinguished Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
Indiana; Sandra S. Batie, Elton R. Smith Professor in Food and Agricultural Policy, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, Michigan; Almiro Blumenschein, Agricultural Consultant, Goiania Goals,
Brazil; Donald Duvick, Affiliate Professor, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa; Jajah Koswara,
Director, Director General of Higher Education, Jakarta, Indonesia; Molly Kyle, Assistant Professor,
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Alison G. Power, Associate Professor, Cornell University,
Ithaca, New York; Mandivamba Rukuni, Professor, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe;
Vernon W. Ruttan, Regents Professor, University of Minnesota; Usha Vijayraghavan, Assistant
Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India; and Qifa Zhang, Professor and Director,
Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Peoples Republic of China.


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