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Appendix 2
ISU Research Agenda
THEMATIC (cum COMMODITY)–BASED THRUSTS PRIORITY RESEARCH AGENDA
A. Precision (Smart) Agriculture
Rice and corn Harnessing ICT (remote sensing, AWS, GIS,
simulation models ) for agriculture, fisheries
and natural resources
Development of decision support systems for
farm forecasting/early warning systems
Aerobic and Upland Improving production system (land, water,
rice labor, inputs)
Optimization of diversified farming system
Industrial crops (Rub- Gene banking and propagation of planting
ber, Sugar cane; cacao); materials
Tropical fruits
Varietal adaptability trials across
agroecological zones
Bio-innoculants for production, disease
control and waste water treatments
Treatment of effluents and waste water from
bio-ethanol plant
Irrigation water management
Spatial monitoring of production areas
through IT applications
Development of tissue culture protocol for
rubber
B. Organic Agriculture
Banana Production of disease-free planting materials
through tissue culture
New product processing and value adding for
Saba banana
Development of production technologies of
organic and dwarf banana
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