BILATERAL COLLABORATIONS and PARTNERS

The USAID through a contract with the Texas A&M University provided this University necessary supports in the form of advisory services, fellowships, equipment, etc. in its initial phase (1961-70). Development supports were available through two separate IDA Credit Agreements signed between the Government and the World Bank in 1964 and 1966. Over the years the University received research supports from a number of international sources, which included USAID, IDA, IDRC (Canada), UNICEF, Ford Foundation, ILO, DANIDA, CIDA, IAEA and so on. Currently, the University receives funding support from DFID, IRRI, CIRDAP, IMI, DANIDA, IAEA, EU, USDA, IFS, GEF and the Gent University of Belgium through bi- and multilateral research project. Very recently, the University signed five new memoranda of understanding (MOU) with the Universities of Texas A&M, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Florida A&M, and Brooklyn College and Research Foundation of the City University of New York and the Gent University of Belgium. Besides, the University has linkage programmes with a number of national organizations like RDA, BPATC and various NARS organizations in the fields of research, training and extension.