Common use of Technical Application Clause in Contracts

Technical Application. The Recipient’s Technical Application Submission entitled “Development and Commercialization of Nitrogen Use Efficient, Salt-Tolerant and Drought-Tolerant Rice and Wheat for India,” dated 9/24/08 and submitted in response to APS M-OAA—EGAT-08-1108, is hereby incorporated as attachment (B-1). Further, the Branding Strategy, and Marking Plan will be incorporated as Attachment B-2 to this award within 45 days of award per provision 14 (c)(2). Name and Address of Organization Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Type of Organization For-profit Contact Point ▇▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Chief Scientific Officer Telephone: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Fax: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Email: ▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ Names of other organizations applied to and/or funding the proposed activity None Signature of Authorized Representative /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇ President and CEO Drought, salinity, and low nitrogen fertilizer inputs present significant hurdles to agricultural productivity in India. Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (Arcadia) has demonstrated and is further developing technologies for nitrogen use efficiency, salt-tolerance, and drought-tolerance in crops in the field. Arcadia and Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Ltd. (Mahyco), a leading developer and seller of crop seeds in India, have an existing agreement to co-develop nitrogen use efficient rice & wheat varieties and, separately, salt-tolerant rice and wheat varieties for India. Arcadia, in cooperation with Mahyco, seeks funding from USAID to develop and commercialize rice and wheat plants incorporating all three traits (nitrogen efficiency, salt-tolerance, and drought tolerance) in Indian rice and wheat varieties. A three year major program is proposed here as an active and committed effort by grant applicant Arcadia and Indian commercial partner Mahyco. Arcadia and Mahyco will meet with representatives of the USAID sponsoring program at the outset to define priorities for targeted growing areas within India; priorities for traits and varietal types of rice and wheat; and to plan and lay out the steps to achieve regulatory approvals and grower acceptance of novel technologies. Arcadia and Mahyco will regularly report progress to the USAID and will host scheduled meetings, lab visits, and field trips on a regular basis to keep the USAID fully up to date. Gene constructs, appropriate specific methodology associated with the target traits, the NUE wheat event, conduct of the greenhouse gas impact studies, and an active role in reviewing findings at each step will be directly provided by Arcadia. Mahyco will undertake the wheat (other than NUE wheat) and rice transformation work and all transgenic field trials in India as a subcontractor to Arcadia. The partners will work together closely to maximize progress. As the sole Indian licensee of the Arcadia technology described here, Mahyco will determine the commercialization paths of varieties developed under the auspices of this research program. The program will significantly reduce risk and the time to develop technology and products that are needed now. The goals are to develop and test high yielding varieties of rice and wheat specifically adapted to agriculture in India that contain introduced genes conferring significantly increased nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), water use efficiency (WUE), tolerance to short periods of drought (DT), and salinity tolerance (ST). These lines of rice and wheat should be constructed such that regulatory approvals by the Indian government will be straightforward. In each case, the yield demonstrated in the field at multiple locations under limiting conditions of nitrogen, water, or water quality shall be at least ten per cent higher than the corresponding control variety lacking the introduced gene. The ultimate goal is to commercialize planting seed to be available broadly to Indian farmers. The objectives of the three year program are to have by the end of 2011: