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Article ItemCALS Global Welcomes Johanna Cricenti , article
In October 2021, Johanna Cricenti joined CALS Global as a Grants Specialist to seek new international research and outreach opportunities and support faculty in proposal and program development.
Date: Nov 17, 2021 -
Redirect ItemStrengthening the climate for sustainable agricultural growth , redirect
The 2021 Global Agricultural Productivity Report (GAP Report), "Strengthening the Climate for Sustainable Agricultural Growth," was released by Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. It urges the acceleration of productivity growth from smallholders to large-scale farmers to meet consumers' needs and address current and future threats to human and environmental well-being.
Date: Oct 21, 2021 -
Redirect ItemVirginia Tech alumni, Ph.D. candidate earn prestigious agricultural fellowship , redirect
The four Virginia Tech International Agricultural Education Fellowship Program fellows will help the Borlaug Institute continue its namesake’s mission of helping elevate small-holder farmers around the world out of poverty and hunger through agricultural science. The Borlaug Institute focuses on designing and implementing science-based agricultural development and training programs to benefit small-holder farmers in the developing world.
Date: Sep 22, 2021 -
Article ItemFulbright Fellow Dr. Farouque visits Virginia Tech , article
Fulbright Fellow, Mohammad Golam Farouque, was a guest of Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture (CALS), Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE), CALS Global, and the Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education (ALCE) Department on July 27.
Date: Aug 31, 2021 -
Redirect ItemEd Jones receives national Cooperative Extension organization’s most prestigious level of recognition , redirect
Ed Jones, director of Virginia Cooperative Extension, recently received the 2021 Distinguished Service Ruby Award — the most prestigious level of recognition from Epsilon Sigma Phi, one of the oldest organizations of Extension professionals — for his outstanding leadership, innovative thinking, and sustained exceptional performance across his 37 years in Cooperative Extension.
Date: Aug 30, 2021 -
Redirect ItemVirginia Tech team tracks invasive weeds, climate change impacts from space , redirect
Some of Nepal’s highest mountains are being scaled by some furtive climbers — invasive weeds. Research out of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management and its partners at Tribhuvan University in Nepal shows that as extreme climatic events persist, invasive weeds spread higher and more rapidly.
Date: Aug 25, 2021
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