Fall 2023
Jim Suits
Senior Advisor, Program Operations, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
“Linking U.S. Agriculture to the World: Enhancing Export Opportunities and Global Food Security”
International Seminars
Spring 2021
Jaime Adams
Senior Advisor for International Affairs, U.S. Department of Agriculture
“My Journey from Rural America to Washington, DC, with stops in Vienna, Kabul, and Dubai!”
Dr. Jan W. Low
World Food Prize Winner
Principal Scientist, CIP (International Potato Center)
“Working through Collaborative Partnerships to Exploit the Potential of Sweetpotato to Improve Nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa”
Past Seminars
Fall 2021
Dr. Mohammad Golam Farouque: “Building Bridges between NC State and Bangladesh Agricultural University Through Academic and Research Collaborations”
Fulbright Visiting Scholar, NC State Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences
Dr. Craig Meisner: “How Everyone Works in International Agricultural Science if They Perform Agricultural Scientific Research: Applications World-Wide Through My 39 Year International Career”
Senior Technical Advisor for FAO
Ines Hajdu: “Maximizing Efficiency and Profitability while Ensuring Sustainability by using AGRIVI, the Global Leader in Farm Management Software”
Agro Success Manager, AGRIVI d.o.o, Croatia
Spring 2021
Miljan Erbez: “Development projects in agriculture – a tool to help farmers and make your career interesting”
Higher Senior Associate for EU integration in Livestock Production at Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water management of the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Fall 2020
Dr. Tawanda Muzhingi, International Potato Center – Kenya: “Advancing Food Security and Food Safety through International Collaborations.”
Hamilton Chiango, MSc., Universidade Eduardo Mondlane – Mozambique. “International Scientific Cooperation: from Mozambique to the US”
Dra. Maria-Elena Cazar, Universidad de Cuenca – Ecuador: “Building Bridges with International Collaboration: a Journey from Ecuador to the World”
Spring 2020
Dr. Carlos Iglesias: “Growing Connections”
Dannica Wall, M.S.:“Poultry in Rural Africa”
Fall 2019
Dr. Diego Bohorquez: “An Experience Interview and Dialogue”
Dr. Jean Ristaino: “Tackling Global Challenges of Emerging Plant Diseases”
Dr. S. Gary Bullen: “Short Term International Opportunities” NC State Agricultural and Resource Economics
Spring 2019
Dr. Jay Jayaratne : Sharing My International Experience and Learning: Opportunities for International Agriculture Experience
Dr. John Beghin: High Cost-High Reward International Experiences
Dr. Tom Sinclair : Advance Your Career: An Overseas Postdoctoral or Sabbatical
Andrew Smolski: Mexico’s Food System in Transition: A Sociologically Informed View
Fall 2018
Dr. Trino Ascencio-Ibanez: Fostering International Research, Education and Collaboration
Dr. Bob Patterson: Benefits from Experiencing our Complicated Worlds: A Retrospective
Dr. Rick Brandenburg