{"id":990670,"date":"2024-08-15T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/?p=990670"},"modified":"2024-08-15T10:00:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T14:00:45","slug":"african-agriculture-partnership-nc-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/news\/african-agriculture-partnership-nc-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvesting Hope: NC State Alliance Aims to Grow African Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

NC State University was founded in 1889 with a clear mission. As one of the nation\u2019s first land-grant universities<\/a>, it was tasked with teaching agriculture and mechanical arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the beginning, the mission included disseminating information from campus to the people of the state. In 1914, the Smith-Lever Act established a national Cooperative Extension System, formalizing the arrangement and ensuring vital agricultural information and education would reach farmers and rural communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The system has been honed and expanded over the last 110 years. Today, cutting-edge research from NC State\u2019s campus in Raleigh and 22 research stations and field labs<\/a> across North Carolina helps ensure prosperity for farmers and a stable food supply for the people of the state. As part of the nation\u2019s second-largest Extension system, more than 1,000 NC State experts work out of Extension centers<\/a> in all 100 counties and with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n