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Memoranda of Understanding
 
 
 

One of the many functions of the CALS' International Agriculture Program is to coordinate the establishment of Memorandums of Understanding and Memorandums of Agreement. This database provides basic information on those MOUs and MOAs that have been routed through our office. Information includes the name of the partner institution and the country where it is located, the name of the Cornell contact person or office, the nature of the MOU/MOA and the term and/or date of signature. In general, the agreements are valid for 3 to 5 yrs from the signing date. For additional information please contact the person or office specified or Ms. Denise Percey, IP/CALS office (tel. 607-255-3035/e-mail: dmp3@cornell.edu).

Institution
Cornell Contact
Type of Agreement
Date Signed / Duration

 

Albania
Agricultrual University of Tirana
Harry DeGorter
General
Apr-04/5 yrs.

 

Angola
Universidade Agostinho Neto
Steve Kyle
General
Apr-04/5 yrs.

 

Argentina
Universidad De Belgrano
James Haldeman
General
Oct-02/5 yrs.
CEPAVE (National Research Council of Argentina University of La Plata)
Plant Pathology:
Tom Zitter
General
Mar-01/5 yrs.

 

Bangladesh
Bangladesh Agricultural Research council (BARC)
James Haldeman
General
Jan-04/5 yrs.
Bangladesh Rice Research Institue (BRRI)
Susan McCouch
Research/exchange
Nov-06/5 yrs
Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS), Dhaka
Crop & Soil Sciences/ John Duxbury
General
Jun-05/5 yrs

 

Brazil
Universidade Federal De Matto Grosso
Erick Fernandes
Agroforestry research
March-02/5yrs
Center for Metropolitan Studies - Sao Paulo Sp Brazil
Stephen DeGloria
General
Aug-06/5yrs.

 

Bulgaria
University of Rousse (Faculty of Business and Management)
Rural Sociology:
David Brown
General
Oct-02/5 yrs.
"Angel Kunchev" University of Rousse
James Haldeman
General
Dec-03/5 yrs.

China
The China Agricultural University - Beijing
James Haldeman
Research/exchange
Jun-04/5 yrs.
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Soil Science - Nanjing China
David Wolfe
General
Nov-04/5 yrs.
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences - Institute of Soil Science
David Wolfe
General
Nov-04/5 yrs.
Huazhong Agricultural University - Wuhan, PRC
Norman Scott
General
Mar-04/5 yrs.
Northwest A&F University
Norman Scott
General
Sept-075yrs.
Zhejiang University - Institute of Environmental Science and Technology -PRC
Janice Thies
General
Nov-06/5 yrs
Zhejiang University - Institute of Applied Geoinformatics
Steve De Gloria
Genral
Nov-04/5 yrs.
South China Agricultural University
Maureen Hanson
General
Nov-05/5 yrs.

 

Costa Rica
CATIE (Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza)
James Haldeman
General
Feb-04/5 yrs.
CATIE (Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza)
James Haldeman
Student Exchange
Dec-04/5 yrs.

 

Czech Republic
Czech University of Agriculture in Prague
James Haldeman
General
Dec-03/5 yrs.
Food Research Institute Prague
James Haldeman
General
Dec-03/5 yrs.
Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry BRNO
James Haldeman
General
Dec-03/5 yrs.

 

Dominican Republic
Direccion Nacional de Vida Silvestre y Biodiversidad, Dominican Republic
Plant Biology:
Eloy Rodriguez
Research and General
Apr-03 / indefinite or terminate
Universidad Nac. Pedro Henriquez
James Haldeman
Natural Resource Management
Sept-91/indefinite

 

Ecuador
Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF)
Ecology
David Winkler
Research and General
Jan-06/5 yrs.

 

Ethiopia
Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
James Haldeman
General
Oct-03/5 yrs.
Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
Alice Pell
General
Aug-07/5 yrs.

 

Fiji Islands
University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands
IP/CALS/Terry Tucker
General
Nov-05/5 yrs.

 

France
CIRAD (Centre de Cooperacion Internationale en Recherche Agronomique)
James Haldeman
Research
Oct-91/ indefinite
Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherches sur l'Environnement et la Societe - Ecole Normale Superieure

Center for the Environment/Mark Bain

general
Mar-06/5 yrs.

 

Ghana
University of Ghana
Ronnie Coffman
General
Feb-075 yrs.
University of Science & Technology
CIIFAD
Research
Nov-94/indefinite
World Vision International
CIIFAD
Research
Oct-94/indefinite

 

Honduras
The National School of Forestry Science (ESNACIFOR) Honduras
Max Pfeffer/Rur. Soc
General
Jul-99 / indefinite or terminate
Escuela Agricola Panamericana Zamorano - Honduras
James Haldeman
General
July-06/5 yrs

 

Hungary
Godollo Univ. of Agricultural Science
Gerry White/ARME
Student exchange
1999/3 yrs.
Cereal Research Non-profit Corporation
James Haldeman
Food system research
Jun-99/indefinite
Campden & Chorleywood
James Haldeman
General
Dec-03/5 yrs.
Szent Istvan University
James Haldeman
General
Jan-04/5 yrs.

 

India
G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttaranchal India
Ronnie Coffman
research/exchange
Dec-06/5 yrs
The Indian Council fo Agricultural Research, New Delhi - India
Ronnie Coffman
General
Dec-05/indefinite
Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Limited
Ronnie Coffman
General
Aug-03/5 yrs.
Tamilnadu Agricultural University - India
Ronnie Coffman
General
Feb-08/5 yrs.
TNAU - MPS dual degree program
KV Raman
degree program
Feb-08/5 yrs.
TATA Chemicals Limited, Mumbai, India
Ronnie Coffman
General
Jan-04/5 yrs.

 

Indonesia
CIFOR (Center for International Forestry Research)
CIIFAD
Forest research/exchange
Aug-03/5 yrs.

 

Japan
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Pant Breeding/Susan McCouch
General
Oct-05/5 yrs

 

Korea
BK21 Agricultural biotechnology - SNU
James Haldeman
General
May-07/5 yrs.
Seoul National University
James Haldeman
General
Aug-02 / indefinite
Chonbuk National University
Cy Lee
General
May-06/5 yrs.

 

Kenya
ICRAF (Int'l Centre for Reserch in Agroforestry)
CIIFAD
Research/exchange
Oct-04/5 yrs
Egerton University, Kenya
AEM:
Chris Barrett
General
Jan-00/5 yrs.
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
CIIFAD
research/exchange

May-00/
indefinite

 

Madagascar
Cooperation Agreement - Universite D’Antananarivo, Madagascar
AEM:
Chris Barrett
Cooperation
May-03 / indefinite or terminate

 

Malaysia
Universiti Putra-Malaysia
Education:
Roseary Caffarella
General
Apr-03/5 yrs.

 

Mexico
Universidad Veracruzana
Robert Blake
General
Jan-07/1yr

 

Michigan State
Michigan State University
Terry Tucker
Research
Dec-02/ indefinite
Institute of International Agriculture, Michigan State University
Janice Thies
Research
Oct-07/5 yrs.

 

Moldova
Institute of Ecology and Geography, Academy of Sciences of Moldova
Stephen DeGloria
General
Jan-07/5 yrs
National Institute of Ecology (INECO)
Stephen DeGloria
General
Dec-04/5 yrs.

 

Nepal
Institute of Animal and Agricultural Science
Julie Lauren
General
Jan-05/5 yrs.
Nepal Agricultural Research Council
Crop & Soil Science:
John Duxbury
General
Feb-03/3 yrs.

 

Netherlands
Wageningen University
Bonnie Shelley
Student Exchange
Oct-01/5 yrs.

 

Phillipines
BANGON (Bohol Alliance of Non-government Organizations)
CIIFAD/SCAS
research/exchange
June-96 /indefinite
Conservation Framing in the Tropical Uplands (CFTU)
CIIFAD
research/exchange
Dec.-03/indefinite
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
Susan McCouch/Plant Breeding
General
Feb-08/5 yrs.
University of the Philippines/Los Banos
Ronnie Coffman
research/exchange
Feb-05/5 yrs.

 

Poland
Adam Mickiewicz University
James Haldeman
Int.research/exchange
June-99/indefinite
The Agricultural University, Cracow
James Haldeman
Int.research/exchange
June-99/ indefinite
August Cieszkowski Ag. Univ.
James Haldeman
Int.research/exchange
May-04/5 yrs.
Olsztyn Univ. of Ag.and Tech.
James Haldeman
Int.research/exchange
1999
Polish Academy Of Sciences
James Haldeman
Int.research/exchange
June-04/5 yrs.
Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute
James Haldeman
Int.research/exchange
May-99/indefinite
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
James Haldeman
Research
Jan-04/5 yrs.
Warsaw Agricultural Uniersity (Faculty of Agricultural Economics)
James Haldeman
Int.research/exchange
Jan-04/5 yrs.

 

Scotland
Centre for Rural Economy - University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
David Brown
Research/exchange
Aug-05/5 yrs

 

Singapore
The Lee Kong Chian School of Business - Singapore Management University
David Ng
General
Aug-07/3 yrs.

 

Slovakia
Slovak Agricultural University - Nitra
James Haldeman
Research/exchange
12-03/ 5 yrs.

 

Switzerland
Swiss Federal Reserch Station for Fruit-Growing, Viticulture, and Horticulture - Switzerland
Bob Seem
Research
March-03/5 yrs.

 

Turkey
Ankara Univ.
James Haldeman
General
Apr-04/5 yrs.
Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Norm Scott
General
Dec-03/5 yrs.
Cukurova University, Turkey
Tammo Steenhuis
General
Mar-07/5 yrs.
Yaser University
James Haldeman
General
July-02/5 yrs.

 

Ukraine
Dnipropetrovs'K State Agrarian University
Harold van Es
General
May-05/5yrs.

 

Vietnam
National Institute for Plant Protection (NIPP)
Anthony Shelton
General
June-02/5yrs.

 

West Africa
WEst Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA)
Chris Barrett
Research/exchange
Feb.-99/indefinite

 

Expired MOU's
The University of Sydney - Australia
IP/CALS
Student Exchange
Nov-98/3 yrs
EMPASC (Empresa Catarinense de Pesquisa AgroPecuaria) - Brazil
Jim Hunter/NYSAES
Apple research
Jan-92/3 yrs
EMBRAPA (Empresa Basileira de Pesquisa AgroPecuaria) Brazil
Harold Hintz/An. Sci
Dairy Research
Nov-99/5 yrs
EMBRAPA (Tropsoils) Brazil
IP/CALS
Soil research
Sept-88/2 yrs
Univ. Federal De Vicosa Brazil
IP/CALS
Research/teaching
Sept-98/5yrs
Universidad de Talca Chile
James Haldeman
Research/Teaching
Nov-88/3 yrs
Academy of Agricultural Science - Shanxi - China
James Haldeman
Research
1992-97
Beijing Agricultural. Univ. - China
James Haldeman
Research/exchange
1991
Chinese Ecosystem Research - China
James Haldeman
Delegation
1997
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences - China
James Haldeman
Research/exchange
1998
The College of Science (Xi'an Jiaotong University) - China
Carlos Castillo-Chavez
Biometrics research
Dec-01
Nanjing Agricultural Univ. - China
James Haldeman
Research/exchange
1998
National Natural Science Foundation - China
James Haldeman
Research/exchange
1998
Northwest Agricultural Univ. - China
James Haldeman
Research/exchange
1999
Northwestern Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry (Yangling) - China
James Haldeman
General
Aug-00/5 yrs.
Peking University. - China
James Haldeman
Research
1998
Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences - China
James Haldeman
Research
1999
Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. - China
James Haldeman
Research
1999-2004
Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences - China
James Haldeman
Research
1999
Shenyang Agricultural University - China
James Haldeman
Research/exchange
1999-2004
Tsinghua University - China
James Haldeman
Research
1998-2003
Xi'An Jiaotong University - China
Carlos Castillo-Chavez
Research
Jan-02/4 yrs.
Zhejiang Univ. - China
James Haldeman
Research/student exch.
1999-2004
Corporacion Financiera de Caldas - Colombia
James Haldeman
Apple research
Aug-91/3 yrs.
Corporacion Colombiana De Investigacion Agropecuaria - Colombia
Robert Blake
Research
Oct-00/5 yrs.
National Federation of Colombian Coffee Growers - Colombia
James Haldeman
Agribusiness development
Jan-89/3 yrs.
IICA (InterAmerican Institute of Agricultural Sciences) - Costa Rica
James Haldeman
Research
Dec-76/5 yrs
West African Rice Dev. Assoc. - Cote d' Ivoire
IP/CALS/ C. Barrett (ARME)
Socio-economic research
1999
Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University - Denmark
Bonnie Shelley
Student Exchange
Nov-00/2 yrs.
ENSIA (Ecole Nationale Superieure des Industries Agricoles Alimentaires) - France
James Haldeman
Research/education
1992/5 yrs. unsigned
Etablissement National D'Enseignement Superieur Agronomique De Dijon - France

Horticulture - Leslie Weston

general
Oct-01/5 yrs.
The National Polytechnic Institute Ecole Nationale Superieure Agronomique - France
Horticulture - Leslie Weston
research/exchange
July-01/3 yrs.
The Global Research on the Environmental and Agricultural Nexus Initiative (GREAN)
CIIFAD
Research
unsigned
Bologna Univ. - Italy
James Haldeman
Fruit tree research
1990/3 yrs.
Universita Degli Studi Di Camerino, Italy
James Haldeman
general
Oct-01/5yrs
Univ. of Milan - Italy
James Haldeman/ An. Sci.
Research/exchange
unsigned Sept-92
Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India
Ronnie Coffman
General
Nov-02/5 yrs.
Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited (TIDCO), India
Norman Uphoff
Faculty & Research
Jan-02/5 yrs.
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation - India
James Haldeman
Natural resource research
1997/5 yrs
Univ. of Poona - India
James Haldeman
Research/exchange
1990
Demographic Inst. at the University of Indonesia - Indonesia
CIIFAD
Research/exchange
Dec-96/3 months

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute &
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, Nairobi, Kenya

AEM:
Chris Barrett
General
Sep-01/5 yrs.
Okayama Univ. - Japan
James Haldeman
Uncertain
1984
Rakuno Gakuan Univ. - Japan
James Haldeman/An. Sci.
Research/exchange
1991
Kyoto Univ. - Japan
James Haldeman /ARME
Research/exchange
unsigned 1989
University of Malawi - Malawi
James Haldeman
Research/exchange
unsigned July-84/5 yrs
National Center of Applied Research in Rural Development (FOFIFA), - Madagascar
AEM:
Chris Barrett
General
Oct-01/5 yrs.
CIAD (Center of Research of Research of Food & Develop. - Mexico
James Haldeman
Research/exchange
Jan-95/4 yrs
INIFAP (Insituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias) - Mexico
James Haldeman
Late blight research
April-89/5 yrs
Bridging the Rift Foundation, New York (Middle East)
James Haldeman
Research/General
Jul-00/5 yrs.
The National School
of Agriculture - Morocco
James Haldeman
Research/exchange
unsigned Nov-99/5yrs
Ohio St. University - Ohio St./Uganda
James Haldeman
ARTP
1992
University of the Punjab - Pakistan
James Haldeman
General
Jul-01/5yrs.
City of Knowledge of Panama - Panama
Tery Tucker
Research/exchange

Feb-00/5 yrs.

IRRI (International Rice Research Institute) - Phillipines
CIIFAD
Int.research/exchange
Jan-97/3 yrs.
The Agricultural University, Cracow - Poland
James Haldeman
Int.research/exchange
Sept-91/ 5yrs.
Potato Research Institute- Bonin - Poland
James Haldeman
Research/exchange
Jan-98/6yrs.
University of Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico
James Haldeman
SUNY wide
April-96/5 yrs.
Sokoine University of Agriculture - Tanzania
James Haldeman
Vegetable crops research
March-89/10 yrs.

Komarov Botanical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences - Russia

James Haldeman
Research/exchange
April-975 yrs
Moscow Technological Insistute. of Food Industry - Russia
James Haldeman
Food science research
Aug-92/5 yrs.
NanYang Technical University - Singapore
James Haldeman
Faculty exchange

unsigned - Dec-92/5 yrs

The National University - Singapore
James Haldeman
Research/exchange
Oct-97/3 yrs.
University of Cordoba - Spain
James Haldeman
Research/exchange
Sept-85/5 yrs
Uppsala University - Sweden
James Haldeman
research/exchange
Nov-00/3 yrs.
Karlstad University - Sweden
James Haldeman
research/exchange
Aug-00/3yrs
The Faculty of Sciences, University of Lausanne - Switzerland
James Haldeman
Student exchange
Sept-98/3 yrs.
Natinal Agriculture Reseach Institute - Uruguay
James Haldeman
research/exchange
June-00/5yrs.
The Global Research on the Environmental and Agricultural Nexus
Initiative - United States
James Haldeman
Research/exchange
1992
FALC (Fundacion Agricola La Castellana) - Venezuela
CIIFAD
Research/exchange
Aug-93/3 yrs.
IVIC (Insituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas) - Venezuela
James Haldeman
Research/exchange
1997-2002
University of Cantho - Vietnam
James Haldeman
Research/exchange
Feb-91/5 yrs.
University of Wisconsin-Madison (BASIS) & (CRSP) - Wisconisn
Chris Barrett
Research/exchange
Jan-02/5 yrs.
     
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