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Kenneth H. Shapiro, Associate Dean
240 Agriculture Hall
1450 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1562
Phone: (608) 262-1271
FAX: (608) 262-8852
email: nancy.fox@ccmail.adp.wisc.edu
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences' mission in research, teaching, and service includes international as well as domestic dimensions.
Research
Many important agricultural, biological, and environmental research questions deal with regions and problems beyond our borders. Cooperation with foreign scientists yields mutual benefits.
International research in the college includes: economic analysis and improvement of environmental policies in developing countries and Eastern Europe; developing sustainable agricultural systems in the Philippines, Guatemala, and Burkina Faso; genetic engineering of virus-resistant beans for Central America and the United States; molecular research on tropical parasitic diseases such as malaria and trypanosomiasis; developing incentives for local farmers to help protect nature preserves; and developing agroforestry systems with trees that can provide animal feed and also protect the environment.
Teaching
A college education today must prepare U.S. students for the international world, where they will live and work. The college also has a special capability and obligation to help train the next generation of scientists and leaders from developing countries.
International teaching includes: the International Agriculture and Natural Resources Degree, international study and internships for undergraduates, international research opportunities for graduate students, and short courses for foreign students such as the International Extension Course and the Summer Institute for African Agricultural Research. The college also provides a solid education for the more than 300 foreign students regularly enrolled in the college.
Service
The college must extend beyond the state and nation to help poor people and improve environmental quality in the Third World and other countries with emerging economies.
International service aims to help others help themselves. In the 1960s and 1970s the college focused on strengthening colleges of agriculture, with major projects in Brazil, Indonesia, and Nigeria. In the 1980s and 1990s the focus shifted to strengthening agricultural research and policy capabilities, with major projects in Bolivia, Gambia, Zambia, and Tunisia, and smaller projects in many other countries.
Facilitating international work
The Office of International Agriculture facilitates the international work of students and faculty by:
External sources, such as the U.S. Agency for International Development, the World Bank, the Rockefeller Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, provide most funding for the college's international activities.
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