Decades of neglect have weakened the agricultural research infrastructure in many developing countries, leaving them with far too few agricultural experts. But funding bodies elsewhere are helping to create schemes to train local researchers in these countries.rnThe US government backs the Borlaug Fellowship programme, which is overseen by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agriculture Service. This programme offers six to eight weeks of training each year to around 50 scientists from developing countries. Borlaug Fellows - typically PhD students - receive air fare, health insurance, per diem pay and lodging while they develop a relationship with a US mentor scientist in a particular field of research.
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