Capacity
for training in the following areas:
Agricultural
Extension and Community Development
Animal
Health
Agricultural
Policy (Farm Bill)
Biotechnology
Dairy
Science
Distance
Education Technology
Food Ingredients Technology
Food Safety (HACCP)
Natural Resource Management and Education
Good Agriculture Practices
Human and Animal Nutrition
Plant
Diagnostics
Plant
Breeding for grapes, strawberries, raspberries, apples
Post-harvest technology
Watershed Management
Course
Training Methods:
•
Short term technical training;
combining
classroom, industry and field visits
•
Academic degree programs
•
In-country and third-country training
•
Training of trainers
•
Building training institutions
•
Study tours
Examples of
recent training programs :
Agricultural
Extension
Nanotechnology
in Agriculture
Intellectual
Property Rights
Development
of Educational Materials for Small Farm Groups
Macroarray
pathogen detection
Food Extrusion
Development
of Shelf Stable Milk
Modern
Agricultural Development
Botanical
Gardens Design
Examples of
past training materials for workshops:
Sustainable
Agricultural, Environmental and Food Systems:
A Workshop for the World Bank SoilHealth
A power point presentation
Videos
Dr. Harold Van Es What is Soil
Health?
Dr. Ellen Harrison Waste
Management
Nutrient Management
SPEAR Program Demonstration
Dr. Janice Thies Soil
Health through Composting
Dr. Harold Van Es Demonstration
II
Prearrival
Information
Visas http://www.isso.cornell.edu/immigration/visas/visa.php
Visitor Information, ie. Accommodations http://www.visitithaca.com/
https://edining.campuslife.cornell.edu/och_pr/public/pub_default.asp
Travel to Cornell and maps
http://www.cornell.edu/visiting/ithaca/visiting.cfm
Health and Insurance http://www.isso.cornell.edu/ithacalife/insurance.php
Dependents
http://www.isso.cornell.edu/immigration/j1student/invitingj2.php
Language
Requirement
Instruction
is in English. The International Programs Office has arranged
professional interpreters and translators for group training
programs, in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian
and Spanish. Long term training participants enrolled
in classes for credit as registered students must meet
university minimum language requirements of a TOEFL score
215 computer based and 550 paper.
English Classes http://www.isso.cornell.edu/ithacalife/english.php
Programs
often designed in partnership with the sponsoring organizations
are tailored to diverse professional development objectives,
time availability and financial resources. Programs
range from structured short courses to very flexible
and less structured individualized training that
provides a faculty mentor, access to university libraries
and laboratories, and appropriate off-campus professional
visits.
In
addition to the resources available at the Ithaca and
Geneva campuses, Cornell's extensive formal and informal
networks provide trainees access to off-campus agricultural
researchers and educators, private and public sector managers,
and government officials. Also, overseas workshops
and training programs are organized in response to the
special requirements of sponsoring institutions.
International
activities over the past century have included undergraduate
and graduate education, professional exchanges, institutional
building, and field based research and extension projects
with partner institutions and governments in foreign
countries. Scientists from CALS have traveled to Asia
, Africa , Central and South
America , Mexico , Eastern
Europe , the Middle East ,
and the Pacific Rim to address rural
development issues and help solve production problems
for staple crops. In-country
stakeholders include rural and urban dwellers, farmers,
plant breeders, seed savers, pest management specialists,
food processors, government policymakers, and university
researchers.
Cost
of Program: Cornell International Students
and Scholars Office
has set the
minimum funding level for subsistence, ie. food, housing,
local transportation and incidentals at $1,200 per person,
per month. This does not include the cost of health
insurance, travel to and from Ithaca, nor the cost of
a professional development short course. The course
cost varies depending on the nature of the project. Contact
Francine Wilson Jasper for more information
Links to Funding
www.grants.gov/
www.nsf.gov/funding
http://gasepa.ag.ohio-state.edu
