Jul 23, 2025

NC State Students Develop Award-Winning Nutritious Snack Bar for Kenyan Schools

The Kijani Bar, a snack bar developed by NC State students, is bringing new hope to the fight against childhood malnutrition in Kenya. Designed for the Institute of Food Technologists Student Association’s (IFTSA) Developing Solutions for Developing Countries competition, the bar is packed with African indigenous vegetables and aims to provide essential nutrients to schoolchildren while supporting local agriculture in Kenya.

May 12, 2020

Faculty Focus: Holland Wins International Maize Genetics Award

Congratulations to Dr. Jim Holland who recently received the international Maize Genetics Executive Committee’s 2020 L. Stadler Mid-Career Maize Genetics Award for his research on maize genetics. Dr. Holland has spent the past two decades studying the genetic variation of maize to improve its agronomic traits.

Apr 25, 2019

CALS Makes Mark on the NCSU Global Engagement Exposition

Three CALS faculty were recognized for their leadership in international research at the 2019 Global Engagement Exposition.

Jul 21, 2017

Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture Visits NC State

Midway through the month of September 2016, Chief Audu Ogbeh, minister of agriculture and rural development in Nigeria, visited NC State.