Fall 2023 Newsletter
CALS Global News
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2023 GAP Report: Only by working together will agricultural productivity meet demand , articleMajor global shocks, climatic variability, and rapidly changing demand for agricultural products show that a new mode of operations is needed to reach the target growth rate, data from the 2023 Global Agricultural Productivity Report, “Every Farmer, Every Tool,” shows.
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Seed Grant Opportunities for FacultyBrowse opportunities curated for CALS faculty looking to submit proposals to advance global partnerships, develop a proof of concept, and revise existing courses to create international engagement opportunities.
The Vegetable Connection
CALS Global research on the role of blockchain technology in East African agri-food value chains has hit the film festival circuit!
Award-winning reporter and documentarian Bethany Teague directed and produced a 25-minute documentary short on research conducted collaboratively between Virginia Tech, Egerton University (Kenya), and Australian tech start-up AgUnity in November 2021. The film recently won an award for the best documentary short at The Africa Film Festival in Dallas, TX, and was featured at the Richmond International Film Festival earlier in the month.
Storytelling is a highly impactful tool to share research with local and global audiences. The film, The Vegetable Connection, will be screened at The Cube in early 2024. Contact Jessica Agnew (jlagnew@vt.edu) for additional details.
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GAP Initiative - Out & AboutThis year has fittingly been a productive one for the Global Agricultural Productivity (GAP) Initiative! Following the first launch of the annual GAP Report in Washington, DC, last October, the GAP Initiative has been receiving more attention and presence in global dialogues.
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General ItemGOI Re-union and Data Party
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences through CALS Global recently hosted a Global Opportunity Initiative (GOI) alumni reunion and evaluation data party. GOI is a CALS Global signature initiative that targets faculty for international research capacity building and collaborations.
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General ItemThe Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is excited to announce the launch of a new pilot program: The Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture, and with it two new members of the CALS Global team: Jamie Lucero, who will act as the Project Director, and Samantha Jameson, Communications Manager.
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Virginia Tech’s 2023 East Africa Summer Institute for EducatorsEric Bendfelt participated in Virginia Tech’s 2023 East Africa Summer Institute for Educators to widen his view and window of what extension education programming entails in an international setting. The VT East Africa Summer Institute for Educators was organized through VT’s Global Education Office, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and College of Natural Resources and the Environment with support provided by the U.S. Department of Education Bureau of Cultural Affairs' Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) grant program.