A group of Kentucky State University faculty and staff traveled to Costa Rica in May to share Kentucky State University research and exchange ideas for collaboration with CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center).
The trip is part of an 1890 Center of Excellence grant entitled, “Enhancing International Competence in Agricultural Science Education and Experiential Research.” This multi-institutional collaborative project aims to enhance the teaching, experiential research and learning capacity of faculty and students for understanding international challenges and opportunities in agriculture, environment, climate change and sustainability.
Kentucky State University is one of three domestic institutions and CATIE one of six international institutions working together to provide international experiential learning opportunities for students and develop collaborative research and education partnerships.
Kentucky State University and CATIE both work in topics such as regenerative and tropical agriculture, forest conservation and sustainable management of small farms, agroforestry and organic agriculture, sustainable use of natural resources, and use of GIScience and remote sensing applications.
Source: kysu.edu
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