Connecting Research, Education, and Outreach (CREdO) is an integrative system created by NC state to work with countries to develop sustainable and integrative research, education, and extension systems. By bringing together central government, local government, university and research institutions, and the private sector, CREdO aims to increase agricultural innovation and economic development in rural areas.
Some of the areas that CREdO works on:
- Capacity building and leadership training programs
- Identify essential agriculture and food value chains
- Identify problems and opportunities along the value chain
- Develop interinstitutional and interdisciplinary research chain parallel to the value chain