The document describes several international agricultural programs led by Texas A&M University: - The Junior Master Gardener program has reached over 60 countries and implements gardening education programs for children internationally. - The INTSORMIL sorghum program has collaborated with 15 African countries over 30 years, training over 400 students and improving sorghum varieties. - The Iraq Agricultural Extension Revitalization project trained over 400 Iraqi extension agents in the US to rebuild Iraq's extension system. - Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences offers study abroad programs in Fiji, Australia and New Zealand focusing on sustainability issues.

2. 32 Countries 60+ Projects

3. “Growing Good Kids” Internationally through the Junior Master Gardener Program Lisa Whittlesey, Extension Program Specialist III, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University

4. Mission: Growing good kids through igniting a passion for learning, success, and service through a unique gardening education.

5. Program Partnerships – Latin America Translation of Junior Master Gardener curricula and videos into Spanish Utilize bilingual Texas Master Gardeners trained as JMG Specialist as trainers

6. Latin America Train the trainer programs Chimaltenango, Guatemala in October 2008 Tegucigalpa, Honduras – March 2009 60 teachers were trained 45 children participated

7. Latin America Summer 2009 - Junior Master Gardener program implemented in orphanages in Guatemala - Chimaltenango region Agua Viva NuestrosPequeñosHermanos

8. Latin America Utilize summer interns through Borlaug Institute to implement program Program reached over 300 children, primarily orphans Support for Latin American programs through financial support from TAMU Gents student club and Building a Future organization

10. Future Plans - Latin America Spring 2010 undergraduate course in horticulture trains students to travel to Latin America to implement the Junior Master Gardener Program Partnership with Amigos de las Americas and Borlaug Institute for sites in Latin America for college student internships Link high school students and college interns through Amigos as mentor program and recruitment Further program expansion through existing and new program partnerships Expansion of Spanish educational materials

11. Program Partnerships – South Korea Train the trainer program – August 2009 29 educators trained in 5 day program

12. Program Partnerships – South Korea Workshop – Gwacheon National Science Museum Over 100 children participated

13. Program Partnerships – South Korea

14. Program Partnerships – South Korea

16. Future Plans – South Korea JMG Specialist training – January 2010 Partnership with US Embassy in Seoul, Gwacheon National Science Museum, and Junior Master Gardener-Korea to build USDA People’s Garden on museum site which will include a Junior Master Gardener garden for children Further program expansion throughout Korea

17. Possible Through Partnerships Texas AgriLife Extension Service colleagues Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture Department of Horticultural Sciences faculty Amigos TAMU Gents Organization Building a Future Organization Gwacheon National Science Museum - Korea JMG Korea Staff US Embassy – Seoul, Korea

18. Ecological Basis for Fisheries Conservation in the Tropics: Collaborative Research & Student Training (Latin America, Africa & Southeast Asia) Tom Lacher, Professor and Head,Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences,Texas A&M University

19. Inland fisheries provide the major source of animal protein for people in developing countries.

20. There are huge challenges for sustainable inland fisheries in the tropics. Institutions in developing countries lack resources for research. World Catch

24. Endangered Orinoco Crocodile Amazon River Dolphin This river forms the southern border of Santos Luzardo National Park.

25. Plentiful fish in extremely nutrient-poor waters What sustains this impressive biomass & diversity?

26. Dr. Dan Roelke & WFSC-PhD student Jose Montoya conducting experiments on aquatic productivity in the Rio Cinaruco.

27. Texas AgriLife fisheries research in Guyana- aquatic ecology & biodiversity assessment in the Rupununi Savanna

28. Texas AgriLife Research in Guyana is a collaboration with Professor Calvin Bernard, University of Guyana &Dr. Hernan Lopez, Royal Ontario Museum The business end of a piranha – Rupununi River, Guyana 2009. Dr. Kirk Winemiller keeps his distance from an electric eel captured in a castnet during a recent research project in Guyana.

29. WFSC PhD students Katie Roach & Carmen Montaña use a seine net to capture fishes from the Rio Tambopata in the Peruvian Amazon. Texas AgriLife researchers are collaborating with the Universidad de San Marcos in Lima on fish ecology studies.

30. Photo of the head of a blind catfish captured from the muddy waters of Peru’s Rio Tambopata. These strange fishes are carnivores that remove chunks of flesh from fishes much larger than themselves. Katie Roach displays a catfish pulled from the waters of the Rio Tambopata, Peru, during a field survey last year.

31. Dr. Rocio Rodiles, ECOSUR, discussing fish identification with Dr. Hernan Lopez who received his PhD from TAMU in 2004 & currently is a Curator of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Both of them collaborate with Winemiller on biodiversity research in Latin America.

32. Surveys of the remote Casiquiare River in Southern Venezuela: a Texas AgriLife collaboration with Museo de Ciencias Naturales Guanare, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias & others (funded by National Geographic) • 270 localities surveyed • 50,000+ specimens collected & databased • 500+ species documented, several undescribed taxa Mucus-feeding catfish. This is an adult!

33. Fisheries and Aquatic Food Web Research in Benin– collaboration with Dr. Alphonse Adite, Universite d’ Abomey Calavi

34. TAMU undergrad students Crystal Watkins & Josiah Payne go for a boat ride with Dr. Alphonse Adite. Dr. Adite received his MSc degree from TAMU-WFSC in 1995.

36. INTSORMIL Sorghum Program (Southern Africa) Gary C. Peterson, ProfessorTexas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock

40. INTSORMIL ORGANIZATION Management Entity University of Nebraska - Lincoln Nebraska Kansas State Ohio State Purdue West Texas A&M Texas A&M USDA-ARS Entomology Socio-Economic Breeding (2) Economics Food Science Striga Breeding(2) Food Science Breeding Agronomy Pathology Utilization Agronomy Food Science/ Entrepreneurship Countries: Africa – 15 Central America - 3 Projects - 16 Principal Investigators - 17

41. SORGHUM IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND INTSORMIL 1979 – Present Breeding, Entomology, Pathology, Food Science, Off-campus Total Faculty ± 18 Funding ± $13,000,000 Education Total Full Partial SADCC B.S. 16 9 7 0 M.S. 176 36 129 11 Ph.D. 156 29 122 5 Post-Doc 34 6 26 2 Visiting Scholar 44 30 12 2 Total 426 110 296 20

42. SOUTHERN AFRICA

46. Collaborate with regional breeders, pathologists, entomologists, and food scientists

49. Sorghum milling properties, tannins and polyphenols, malting quality

50. Evaluation of tef quality for use in production of ingera

51. Collaborate with breeding programs

52. Graduate or short-term educational programs

56. Released lines available to private industry

57. Students educated in land-grant system

58. Collaborative research relationships

61. Shaping the Post Soviet World 1990s - Transition to Market Economy Transformation and chaos Production is not enough Learning the fundamentals of market forces Understanding role of government

62. Armenia and Caucasus Region

63. Project Overview Initiated in 1999 by USDA invitation Faculty recruited, curriculum developed First class of 30 students enrolled in 2000 Armenian foundation established in 2004 Research and outreach programs added

64. Shaping Education – The Agribusiness Teaching Center Curriculum Teaching methods Student preparation Teaching environment Stakeholder engagement

65. Partnership - Armenian Agrarian Univ. Partnership – USDA / State Department Committed leadership – Rector and TAMU Dr. Daniel Dunn – Founding Director Outcome – The Agribusiness Teaching Center (ATC) People and Organizations

66. Agribusiness Teaching Center Upper Division Undergraduate courses 228 students graduated since 2002 Diploma from Agrarian University Certificate from Texas A&M Department of Agricultural Economics Renovated classrooms, computer lab, offices

67. Teaching and Learning Interactive – student centered learning Theory and case study Field trips Internships Faculty – US and US trained

68. Shaping the Agrarian University Encouraging change Providing a model Funding collaborative projects Faculty development Teaching materials Transitioning to International Standards – EU Bologna Convention

69. Regional Engagement Georgian students enrolled Joint projects with Caucasus Business School Faculty development Student exchange with EU countries

70. Graduates Shaping Their World Agribusinesses in Armenia and Georgia Food processing, distribution and retailing Banking and Insurance Government and NGOs in region Graduate school in US and Europe

71. Research and Outreach International Center for Agribusiness Research and Education (ICARE) Funded research projects Regional Conferences Student exchange

72. Shaping the Future Masters of Agribusiness Increased engagement with EU Higher Ed Central Asia – Caucasus NGO Consortium for Agricultural Development

73. www.icare.am

74. Iraq Agricultural Extension Revitalization Project Kate Whitney, Norman Borlaug Institute for International AgricultureFrank Craddock, Professor and Extension Sheep and Goat Specialist, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at San Angelo

75. Iraq Agricultural Extension Revitalization Project - Phase I Overview Consortium of Land Grant Universities TAMUS AgriLife Extension/Borlaug Institute (lead) New Mexico State University University of California-Davis Utah State University Washington State University 22 Training Courses in the Middle East 492 Individual Iraqi Extensionists Trained

76. Iraq Agricultural Extension Revitalization Project - Phase I Overview Trust between US universities and Iraqi partners Mutual trust throughout the network of Iraqi extension professionals Rapport between Iraqi partners and their farmers and communities Impact on agricultural productivity, households and communities

77. Iraq Agricultural Extension Revitalization Project - Phase I Overview Awarded 26 Technology Transfer Projects Funded 20 Apple Computers and 20 Video Cameras for Agriculture Communications Training Funded 30 Laptops for Water/Irrigation Modeling Training

78. Iraq Agricultural Extension Revitalization Project - Phase II Overview 61 Iraqi Extension Agents and University Faculty Trained Six week fellowship training at consortium universities: University of California-Davis: 28 April - 4 July Horticulture/Greenhouse Production and Postharvest/Food Safety Washington State University: 6 June - 17 July Dryland Agronomy

79. Iraq Agricultural Extension Revitalization Project - Phase II Overview Utah State University: 27 September - 9 November Irrigation and Water Resources New Mexico State University: 28 September - 6 November Agribusiness and Youth Training Texas AgriLife Extension Service: 1 October - 13 November Livestock and Rangeland Management

80. Livestock and Extension Training 13 Iraqi Extension Specialists 10 Ministry of Agriculture Employees 3 Faculty or Lecturers from Colleges of Agriculture at Baghdad University and Babylon University Over 40 Texas AgriLife Faculty and Staff Supported the Train-the-Trainer Effort

81. Texas AgriLife Extension Training Extension Methodology, 4-H and Youth Programs: College Station

82. Texas AgriLife Extension Training Dairy: Stephenville and Comanche

84. Texas AgriLife Extension Training Beef Cattle, Small Ruminants, Rangeland Management: San Angelo

85. Texas AgriLife Extension Training Aquaculture: College Station, San Marcos, Lake Jackson

86. Texas AgriLife Extension Training Poultry: College Station

87. Texas AgriLife Extension Training Extension Methodology and Program Development: College Station

88. Making a Difference Increased collaboration between Extension and Colleges of Agriculture Improved methods for technology transfer to farmers and communities Created long-term relationships with US Extension personnel for sustained technology transfer and dialogue

89. Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences’ South Pacific Study Abroad Programs Gerard Kyle, PhD Scott Shafer, PhD Associate Professors, Department of Recreation, Park & Tourism Sciences, Texas A&M University

90. Program Focus Intense 4 to 6 week programs designed to cultivate “global citizens” Course content focuses on issues tied to sustainability situated within diverse socio-political contexts; Fiji, Australia & New Zealand

91. Program Content Holistic approach toward understanding issues tied to sustainability, biodiversity, and climate change This exposes students to content from a variety of disciplines: Park and Recreation Management Anthropology Sociology Political Science Geography Geology Biology & Ecology

92. Program Structure Programs are field-based ~25% classroom instruction ~75% field work Instruction is shared between TAMU faculty and local scholars

94. Program Partnerships Faculty & Agency Partners University of the South Pacific (Fiji) James Cook University (Australia) University of Technology, Sydney (Australia) University of New South Wales (Australia) Lincoln University (New Zealand) University of Otago (New Zealand) Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (CSIRO)

95. Program Related Research Graduate student research Climate change effects on the Great Barrier Reef Stakeholder perceptions of Great Barrier Reef Marine Park rezoning

96. Program Related Research Ongoing evaluation of our program’s ability to nurture global citizenship within students We are seeing different effects among: Programs Gender Past international experience World views

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