The Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) and Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy (SLCARP) announced a collaborative program to accelerate agricultural research and education. The program includes long-term training of Sri Lankan scientists, deputation of ICAR scientists as consultants in Sri Lanka, collaborative research project and exchange of germplasm between the two countries. Research will focus on hybrid seed production technology in onion, sunflower, and chili, tissue culture virus based cleaning in citrus, development and testing of potato varieties, coconut mite control, developing technologies to enhance storability of onions, identification of micro agro processing areas for rural areas, etc. As part of this program, 62 participants from Sri Lanka will attend short-term program and 37 in long-term programs. Thirteen Indian scientists will sojourn in Sri Lanka.