APECS Project
Applications have closed for 2024. See below for past program details.
Program Overview
Through funding from the United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS), CALS Global in Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Tech's Center for Communicating Science (CCS), and Egerton University’s Center of Excellence in Sustainable Agriculture and Agribusiness Management (CESAAM) are pleased to implement the Agricultural Productivity Enhancement & Communicating Science Project in Kenya (APECS).
The purpose of the Agricultural Productivity Enhancement & Communicating Science Project in Kenya (APECS) is to understand agricultural researchers’ communicating science perspectives, and how science communication dynamics influence translating science to policy and agricultural technology adoption. The project uses experiential learning related to agricultural productivity growth to share lessons and perspectives between Kenya and the United States. The goal is to enhance culture for communicating science and practice in Kenya as a response to emerging science communication needs.
