$21m USAID project to boost agriculture mechanisation

Posted February 11, 2021

External Article: The Daily Star

Jon Colton, professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and holds a courtesy appointment from the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was mentioned in "$21m USAID project to boost agriculture mechanisation” published in The Daily Star for his project with the USAID.

Find an excerpt

Some 2,000 light-engineering workers will be trained, said Timothy David Russel, consultant adviser of the Cereal Systems Initiatives for South Asia Mechanisation Extension Activity (CSISA-MEA) project, at a virtual media discussion yesterday.

The USAID is funding the project implemented by International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) in partnership with International Development Enterprises (iDE) and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Read the article on The Daily Star.