Women play a lead role in supporting the nutritional health and well-being of their families. This report details the status of #women in #Africa’s food systems, including challenges to overcome and policy recommendations to ensure success. Keep reading! https://t.co/G5GWR5p89z
Scholars from across Africa brought national pride to @LifeAtPurdue's campus as part of @YALINetwork's Mandela @WashFellowship, sponsored by the @StateDept. The program fosters collaboration between fellows and #PurdueAg and U.S. professionals.📸🌍➡️https://t.co/hfLhCNzSDL
Three graduate students in @PurdueANSC, @PurdueFNR and @PurdueHHS were awarded the D. Woods Thomas Scholarship in 2023 to contribute to international agricultural development. Learn about their research improving agriculture and health around the world. https://t.co/pWLWNu4Pq9
An interconnected world needs interconnected solutions. That's why #PurdueAg researchers across the college are responding to global climate, food, water and energy security issues together, from every angle. https://t.co/xuGYgPrgcU
At his family’s farm in Illinois, Bernie Engel found his passion for and commitment to agriculture. The new @PurdueAgDean shares how his journey led him to @LifeAtPurdue – his professional home since 1985. https://t.co/DHz3Dnb0w6
Had a privilege of visiting Neil, a farmer in Indiana, a youth who is passionate about empowering the community. With heavy machinery and advanced post harvesting technologies, he is farming on +2000Ha. The farm is powered by 5G internet, AI and IOT technologies.
Emma Keesling has traveled internationally to address food security issues. #PurdueAgCom student writer Olivia Kuhn has the story about the @PurdueABE@PurdueAg student for #DestinationPurdue. https://t.co/rxar37cQ2Q
PhD student Katy Dix from @ZhaoMa_HDL will be collaborating w/ the @RnfrstAlliance in Guatemala to assess the costs/benefits of silvopastoral/agroforestry systems in the Mayan Biosphere Reserve thanks to the D. Woods Thomas Award from @PurdueIntlAg. https://t.co/F09Z8zgP8x
Mark Russell, professor of @PurdueASEC, is a recipient of CILMAR’s Vision Award. As a champion of intercultural and experiential learning, he has designed multiple study abroad programs and helped develop #Purdue's Peace Corps Prep Certificate program. https://t.co/bsHHB6hup6
Spent some time with David Schamber of Step Back Farm in Darlington, IN this morning. Visited with Adanna Piggott, F2F volunteer from Trinidad and Tobago, to learn more about organic agriculture practices in the US.
From L to R: KG Raghothama, David Schamber, Adanna Piggott
.@PurdueIntlAg's Farmer-to-Farmer program in Trinidad and Tobago celebrated three years of success at a recent conference at @UWI_StAugustine. The @USAID-funded program trained hundreds of farmers & ag professionals to tackle food insecurity in the region. https://t.co/m5T1YgBPwt
#PurdueExtension agriculture and natural resources (ANR) educators visited Tecnológico de Costa Rica, a public university in Costa Rica, to learn how developing countries address extension and engage in outreach in their local communities. Read more: https://t.co/8Dp6jqNTqr
“Opening new doors to collaborate with universities in the region is a major motivation for us. The project will also provide long-run benefits to consumers here at home. This work will help to improve the safety of the foods we purchase." -Peter Hirst @PurdueIntlAg
A @PurdueIntlAg team is a partner on a @USDAForeignAg Food for Progress project addressing root causes of migration from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras though agricultural growth and enhanced fruit and vegetable production. https://t.co/9WP460m0j1