Faculty
Transforming Malawi’s Agricultural Landscape Through Food Safety
As part of the eight faculty who traveled to Malawi, Fernanda Santos, assistant professor in NC State University’s Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, sees an opportunity in educating on the safest ways of washing, cutting and bagging fruits and vegetables to minimize risks from foodborne pathogens.
NC State Delegation Forges Stronger Ties with Kenyan Institutions
A delegation from NC State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences recently returned from a pivotal trip to Kenya, strengthening partnerships and exploring new avenues for collaboration in agricultural research and education.
Buoying Kenyan Aquaculture
Applied Ecology Professor Harry Daniels recently embarked on a trip to Kenya with six other NC State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) faculty to continue the ongoing partnership between CALS International Programs and several East African organizations. This was not Daniels’ first African experience, however. In fact, the water quality and hatchery management specialist credits his time in West Africa as a Peace Corps member for influencing the trajectory of his career.
Alliance Aims to Grow African Agriculture
NC State University was founded in 1889 with a clear mission. As one of the nation’s first land-grant universities, it was tasked with teaching agriculture and mechanical arts.
Engaging Youth in Agriculture, Both Near and Far
NC State’s Liz Driscoll sees young people, whether they’re from North Carolina or Nairobi, as the key to growing agriculture and strengthening communities.
Collaborating for a Sustainable Kenya: Solutions to Irrigation and Water Management
Chadi Sayde, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, who specializes in irrigation and water management, spent the trip meeting with farmers, researchers and government officials to discuss the challenges Kenyans are facing. One of these challenges involves water management and technology.
NC State Named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution
NC State has been recognized as one of the universities with the highest number of students, faculty and administrators selected for both the Fulbright U.S. Student and Fulbright U.S Scholar Programs.
Symposium Strengthens Partnership with East African Countries
NC State hosted 16 agriculture and health experts from Kenya, Malawi, Uganda and Tanzania for a three-day symposium Sept. 18-20 to exchange ideas and strengthen partnerships with NC State researchers. This symposium built upon several years of partnership and existing funded projects in Kenya and more recent partnerships in Malawi. These partnerships focus on sustainable agricultural development with an emphasis on aquaculture and African Indigenous Vegetables (AIV) as part of the CREdO initiative.
Gatiboni Returns USAID via Uzbekistan
In March, Soil Fertility Specialist Luke Gatiboni spent two weeks volunteering with USAID to train Uzbek farmers in an effort to return a lifelong favor.
Horticulture’s Yencho and Pecota Win NC State’s Innovator of the Year Award
Craig Yencho and Ken Pecota were both recognized with the Innovator of the Year award for their work to develop a cultivar that now accounts for nearly 90% of sweet potato production in North Carolina. Released in 2005, Yencho and Pecota’s “Covington” sweet potato makes up 20% of the total acreage of sweet potatoes grown in the U.S. and has become a lucrative European export.