Developing Leaders and Improving Lives in the World's Developing Countries
International Programs of CALS (IP/CALS) provides a "platform" that facilitates and promotes involvement of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) faculty and students in international activities in support of teaching, research, and extension. Its objective is to maintain and build up CALS and Cornell University's strength for international knowledge generation, sharing and application. Cornell is in the forefront among U.S. universities for international work, and IP/CALS contributes to maintaining this leading position. Strategic thrusts, several of which are directly linked to university and College priorities, include: 1. Biotechnology/ genomics; 2. Agroecological initiatives (agroforestry, organic inputs, IPM, soil health, rice intensification); 3. Globalization initiatives; and 4.Watershed management.
At this time, the following university and CALS initiatives are associated with International Programs: Bridging the Rift (BTR), Collaborative Crops Research Program (CCRP), Cornell-Eastern Europe-Mexico International Collaborative Project in Potato Late Blight Control (CEEM), Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD), Institute for Genomic Diversity (IGD), Institute for Global Learning, International Integrated Pest Management, International Programs Initiative for Biotechnology, International Research and Scientific Exchanges, Program in International Nutrition, Strategic World Initiative for Technology Transfer (SWIFTT), and The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL).
The impact of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences on international development probably represents the single greatest collective achievement of the College in its 100-year history. The comparative advantage of the College for the future is to address, through research, the vital global issues generated at the nexus of population, agriculture, and the environment.The resulting research experience will allow our faculty to provide relevant training for our students, enabling them to participate more effectively in an increasingly global economy.
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