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Key Program Activities Accomplished. ‌ Intermediate Result 1: Improve the capacity of MAIL/ARIA to conduct wheat research (research design, implementation, data collection and analysis) that identifies technologies and practices with the potential to improve productivity in the wheat sector. Sub-IR 1. A: Improved knowledge and skills of wheat researchers to design and conduct wheat research in lab and field settings.‌ 1. A.1 Sponsorship of Long-Term Degree Training in Fields Relevant to Wheat Research‌ GRAIN’s Graduate Degree Scholarship Program will increase the number of Afghan scientists within the country’s agriculture and wheat research institutions and strengthen MAIL capacity to address priorities for wheat sector development, as aligned with MAIL’s recently approved National Research Strategy. The degree-granting program underscores a priority to expand institutional wheat research expertise in order to improve wheat production in Afghanistan. There are two Cohorts of students in GRAIN’s Graduate Degree Scholarship. All of Cohort 1 is studying in India. Cohort 2 has students enrolled in India and in Afghanistan. As of 31 March, GRAIN is supporting seven doctorates (PhD) and 11 Master of Science (MSc) Scholars at Haryana Agricultural University (HAU) and Punjab Agricultural University (PAU). The spring 2020 semester began in January at both universities. In December, a handful of students went home to Afghanistan for winter break, with one conducting additional farmer surveys (see Activity 1.A.4.c); meanwhile, others stayed in India to oversee work in their wheat field plots. In March, four students attended sessions of the workshop Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation Systems: Agricultural Research and Climate-Smart Agriculture Approaches organized at HAU by the USAID-funded project Catalyzing Afghan Agriculture Innovation (CAAI), which began on 06 March. In January, GRAIN reviewed grade reports from Fall 2019, noting that the majority of students received passing grades. There were a handful that had failed classes, however. These included four students with one failure and two students with more than one failure. All students with failures received an email from the GRAIN Principal Investigator (PI) on 14 February directing them to repeat the course(s) as soon as possible, suspending rest and relaxation travel or other special privileges until a passing grade is achieved, and emphasizing that subsequent failures or unsatisfactory grades could threaten the GRAIN scholarship...

Key Program Activities Accomplished. Sub-IR 1.A: Improved knowledge and skills of wheat researchers to design and conduct wheat research in lab and field settings. 4 1. A.1 Sponsorship of Long-Term Degree Training in Fields Relevant to Wheat Research 4 1. A.2 Facilitation of Short-Term Training for Wheat Research 6 1. A.3 Creation of Locally Adapted Procedures for Implementation of Field and Lab Research 8 1. A.4 Implementation of Field and Lab Research (including Gender Responsive Research) 1. A.5. Facilitation of the ARIA Research Internship Program 13 1.B.1 Implementation of Women in Agricultural Research Mentorship Program 16 1.C.2 Implementation of ARIA DMS 17 1.C.3 Support the Sustainable Operations of Current or New ARIA Research Lab and Field Facilities 18 2. A.1. Facilitation of Research Conferences and Workshops 20 2. A.2 Short-Term Training on Presenting and Publishing Research Results 20 2. B.2 Training on Translation of Research into Extension and Outreach 21 2.B.3 Development of Region-Specific Packages of Best Practice Recommendations 22 3.A.1 Facilitation of Work Groups between ARIA, Extension, Universities and Private Sector 3.A.2 Participation in and Facilitation of Stakeholder Conferences and Workshops 23 3. B.1 Implementation of Small Grants Research Program (SGP) for Collaborative Research

Key Program Activities Accomplished. Sub-IR 1.A: Improved knowledge and skills of wheat researchers to design and conduct wheat research in lab and field settings 5 1. A.1 Sponsorship of Long-Term Degree Training in Fields Relevant to Wheat Research 5 1. A.2 Facilitation of Short-Term Training for Wheat Research 6 1. A.3 Creation of Locally Adapted Procedures for Implementation of Field and Lab Research 8 1. A.4 Implementation of Field and Lab Research (including Gender Responsive Research) ...............................................................................................................................................8 1. A.5. Facilitation of the ARIA Research Internship Program 11 1.B.1 Implementation of Women in Agricultural Research Mentorship Program 13 1.C.2 Implementation of ARIA Data Management System (DMS) 14 1.C.3 Support the Sustainable Operations of Current or New ARIA Research Lab and Field Facilities 16 2. A: Improved knowledge and skills of wheat research to develop conclusions from research findings and to disseminate results that informs future research. 17 2. A.1. Facilitation of Research Conferences and Workshops 17 2.A.2 Short-Term Training on Presenting and Publishing Research Results 18 2. B.2 Training on Translation of Research into Extension and Outreach 19 2.B.3 Development of Zone-Specific Packages of Best Practice Recommendations 19 3. A.1 Facilitation of Work Groups between ARIA, Extension, Universities and Private Sector .............................................................................................................................................19

Key Program Activities Accomplished