RSS Feed Creator Pro (Unlicensed) 10 Mar 2008 18:38:03 GMT USDA and its higher education partners must play a major role in preparing US citizens to work and succeed in a rapidly changing, and increasingly interconnected world. America needs college graduates with knowledge of foreign agricultural systems and issues. University scientists can solve domestic issues by collaborating with experts worldwide. Multiculturally adept extension personnel can help serve our increasingly diverse communities and respond to the needs of domestic firms seeking business overseas. CSREES supports innovative ways to encourage students, faculty and extension experts to engage globally. http://www.csrees.usda.gov/globalengagement.cfm CSREES webcomments@csrees.usda.gov Seminar: Policy Updates on International Ag Development & Food Assistance Presenters: Susan Schram, ACDI/VOCA, Vice President for Outreach and Cooperative Programs Kerry Bolognese, APLU, Vice President of International Programs Seminar Description: Efforts are also underway by the Administration to reform U.S. foreign assistance policies in order to become more strategic, coherent and effective. USDA will likely play an important role as these plans move forward. The renewed political attention on agricultural development and food assistance will heighten the demands on USDA and other relevant Federal entities. Land-grant universities and other organizations in the development community will also serve as critical resources in the Administration’s foreign assistance agenda. Seminar: USDA Embassy Science Fellows Program: Program Overview and Lessons Learned from Past Fellows Presenters: Khaliaka Meardry, ESFP Coordinator, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA Ann Marie Thro, NIFA-USDA Richard Hegg, NIFA-USDA Caroline Crocoll, NIFA-USDA Seminar Description: The Embassy Science Fellows Program (ESFP) enables U.S Embassies to acquire high-level scientific advisory capacity to address important S&T issues involving foreign policy, national security, agriculture and agricultural trade, biotechnology, biofuels, sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements, identification of new markets for our agricultural products etc. Simultaneously, the program also provides USDA staff, participating university faculty, and technical consultants with an opportunity for gaining valuable international experience, training and networking in emerging markets. Seminar: Mobilizing Universities to Address the Global Hunger Crisis Presenters: June Henton, Dean, College of Human Sciences, Auburn University Harriet Giles, College of Human Sciences, Auburn University Douglas Coutts, Senior Advisor, United Nations, World Food Programme Seminar Description: Auburn University, in partnership with the UN World Food Programme, has developed an educational model that addresses both short-term hunger awareness and advocacy goals and long-term academic initiatives (i.e., teaching, research, and outreach) to end hunger. The partnership has led to more than 100 universities mobilizing nationally and globally under the banner of Universities Fighting World Hunger (UFWH). 14 Dec 2009 19:45:11 GMT http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/international/res/intl_res_adfa.html C79A6B50-AFA6-4E5C-93F1-00DEB16D7A96 12 Aug 2008 18:38:59 GMT http://climatecongress.ku.dk/programme/ EC668112-BFB2-4EAE-9B0C-86B98B5FD20D 7 May 2008 18:52:17 GMT http://www.csrees.usda.gov/business/training/cpworkshops.html 04F64052-863F-4DEA-B5A2-DFB08BEFF32D