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  1. Ukrainian Ag Econ Professors Improve Skillsets at Ohio State through USDA Faculty Exchange Program

    Nov 17, 2016

    For the past five months, the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) has hosted six professors from Ukraine through the Faculty Exchange Program (FEP), a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).

  2. CFAES team leads collaborative effort to improve agricultural technical institutes in Tanzania

    Oct 6, 2016

    A major goal of the Tanzanian extension service is to improve the agricultural productivity of the more than 75% of the nation’s 46 million inhabitants who reside in rural areas and depend on agriculture as their main form of livelihood. These extension workers are trained at one of Tanzania’s Ministry of Agriculture Technical Institutes (MATIs).

  3. Ohio State iAGRI Graduate Curbing the Devastating Effects of Rice Blast Disease

    Oct 3, 2016

    Emmanuel Mgonja successfully completed his PhD requirements in the Department of Plant Pathology at The Ohio State University this past summer. Emmanuel, who took a leave from his job at the Katrin Agricultural Research Institute in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania researched the molecular mechanisms of resistance to rice blast in Africa.  

  4. CFAES Faculty, Scholars, and Students to represent Ohio State at 2016 World Food Prize Event

    Sep 29, 2016

    Five faculty, students, and scholars in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) have been invited to attend the 2016 Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa, where the annual World Food Prize will be awarded on October 13th to four renowned researchers.   

  5. CFAES Graduate Students Make Their Mark at Borlaug Summer Institute on Global Food Security

    Jun 27, 2016

    Three graduate students in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) recently participated in the U.S.

  6. CFAES Faculty Speak at World Bank Symposium on Higher Ed Partnerships and International Capacity-building

    Jun 9, 2016

    Two faculty members in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) were exclusively invited to participate in two separate panels at a June 7th World Bank symposium entitled "Future of Food: Brainstorming on Strengthening Collaboration between U.S. Land Grant Universities and World Bank Group". Dr.

  7. With visit to India, CFAES looks to expand research and industry linkages with Indian partners

    Jun 8, 2016

  8. Entomology Graduate Student Selected as a Fellow for AIARD’s Future Leaders Forum

    May 12, 2016

    Diego Orellana Vintimilla, a M.S.

  9. CFAES faculty and students receive more than $70,000 for international research

    May 2, 2016

    The Office of International Affairs recently awarded more than $150,000 as part of its 2015-2016 Academic Enrichment Grant competition, which supports Ohio State’s Discovery Themes, faculty and student research and the development of new education abroad programs. The grant competition, with separate tracks for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students, was sponsored by the Office of International Affairs, the Office of Research, PHPID, the Office of Undergraduate Education and the China Gateway.

  10. Ohio State Tapped to Lead Major Integrated Pest Management Project in East Africa

    Mar 15, 2016

    Dr. John Cardina, Professor in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, along with collaborating faculty in the Office of International Programs in Agriculture and four other departments in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), have been awarded the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Innovation Lab project for Vegetable Crops in East Africa. 

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