CALS Global
CALS Global connects the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to the world, building global partnerships for Virginia Tech students and faculty.
Meaningful international engagement opportunities allow faculty and students to serve globally, enrich communities at home and abroad, and develop partnerships to address the most challenging issues faced by society.
CALS GLOBAL INITIATIVES
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APECS ProjectThe Agricultural Productivity Enhancement & Communicating Science Project builds the capacity of agricultural researchers to communicate scientific findings and important implications of their research.
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Global Opportunity InitiativeThe Global Opportunity Initiative is a cohort-based faculty development program geared towards capacity building, network development, and building teams to pursue global funding initiatives.
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Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart AgricultureThe Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture is a pilot program that will incentivize and reward farmers and ranchers for adopting climate-smart agricultural practices that will enhance agricultural productivity, benefit producers, and improve climate resilience.
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Global Agricultural Productivity InitiativeCALS Global hosts the GAP Initiative and the annual GAP Report, a global collaboration that makes the case for agricultural productivity growth to meet the needs of a growing world.
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Blockchain in AgricultureThe Blockchain in Agriculture program in CALS Global convenes partners from across disciplines and sectors to collaboratively tackle foundational and practical challenges to deploying blockchain and complementary technologies to strengthen agri-food value chains in emerging markets and economies.