Update
104 Curtiss Hall PHONE: (515) 294-8454 FAX:
(515) 294-9477
Email: iap@iastate.edu
URL: http://www.ag.iastate.edu/international/
November-December,
1998
IAP Begins Global Brown Bag Informational
Series
The MidAmerica International
Agricultural Consortium (MIAC) and Mexico Interests will be the focus
of a brown bag lunch and informational session to be held at noon on
November 12, 1998 in Room 106 Curtiss Hall. This will be the first in
an ongoing series sponsored by International Agriculture Programs.
Please mark your calendars to attend.
MidAmerica
International Agricultural Consortium (MIAC)
Relocates
The MidAmerica International
Agricultural Consortium (MIAC) has recently relocated it's offices at
Iowa State. The new address for the MIAC offices will be 111 Curtiss
Hall. MIAC staff includes David Hansen, Executive Director (4-5871),
Administrative Assistant, Shelley Taylor (4-3803) and Vi Hall,
Accountant (4-3803). MIAC's mission is to establish agriculture and
natural resource management program linkages with other nations, with
a primary focus on Mexico. MIAC universities, in addition to Iowa
State, are Kansas State University, the University of Nebraska,
Oklahoma State University, and the University of Missouri. For more
information on MIAC, please visit the web site at
http://www.miac.org/
International Ag Programs Faculty Advisory
Committee,
1998-99
The following faculty members in
the College of Agriculture have been appointed to serve on the IAP
Faculty Advisory Committee for the 1998-99 school year. The fall
meeting of the committee will be held on November 20, and will focus
on improving study and work abroad programs in the College. The
department representatives are as follows:
Department Representative Department Representative Ag/Biosystems
Engineering Sunday Tim Forestry Lita Rule Ag Education and
Studies Robert Martin Horticulture Gail Nonnecke Agronomy Randy Killorn Microbiology Joan Cunnick Animal Ecology Erwin Klaas Plant Pathology Tom Harringon Animal Science Doug Kenealy Seed Science Joe Cortes Biochem/Biophysics Robert Thornburg Sociology Betty Wells Economics Lee Fletcher Statistics Alicia Carriquiry Entomology John Obrycki Zoology/ Genetics Duane Enger Food Sci/Human
Nutrition Clark Ford
Cornelia Flora Attends International
Sustainability
Conference
Dr. Cornelia Butler Flora, Director
of the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development,
participated in the Sustainability in Agriculture -- Tensions Between
Ecology, Economics and Social Sciences International Conference in
Stuttgart, Germany, October 28-30. Addressing researchers and
personnel from public and private institutions working in the field
of "sustainability" in general and "sustainable agriculture" in
particular, Dr. Flora gave a presentation entitled "Sustainability in
Agriculture and Rural Communities." This conference was organized by
the Institute of Energy Economics and the Rational Use of Energy
(IER), University of Stuttgart, Germany Institute for Crop Production
and Grassland Research, and the University of Hohenheim,
Germany.
Study Abroad Update
Spring Break Travel Courses (March 13-21,
1999)
•Integrated Management
of Tropical Crops - Costa Rica
(Group Leaders--Mark Gleason, John Obrycki, Ursula Schuch)
•Production Agriculture and Education - Costa Rica
(Group Leaders--Randall Andreasen, Nina Neubert)
•International Field Trips in Biology -
Honduras
(Group Leaders--Donald Sakaguchi, Edwin Powell)
•Culture and Ag Production - Mexico
(Group Leaders--Randy Killorn, Eduarda Becerra)
•Tropical Agroforestry - Mexico -
(Group Leader--Patricia Negreros-Castillo)
Winter Break Travel Course (December 30, 1998 - January 9,
1999)
MIAC Travel Course - Mexico
(Academic Leader is Tom Loynachan)
International Visitors to the College of Agriculture
Dates of Visit Country/Institution Group Leaders Purpose/ISU Contact
September 11 Japan-Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperative Institute (ACCI) (17) Dr. Shuzo Teruoka, Chair, ACCI Farm Trade-Ag. Economics
September 28 Multi-Regional (Colombia, Pakistan, Estonia, Turkey, Palestine) Iowa Council for International Understanding Ag. Economics-Trade Policy Issues
October 1 - December 30 India &endash; FAO Fellows Rajinder Singh
Aluru Jagannatham
Sohan Garg Ramesh Kanwar
Ramesh Kanwar
Chris Minion (VMRI)
October 12-15 Republic of South Africa Abram Moela Agricultural Production
October 28-November 4 Ukraine/Ukrainian Academy of Ag Sciences Grigory Bogdanov
Nikolay Bezugly Attend Ensminger Dedication; meet with various ISU personnel
October 30 China University of Agriculture (11) Han HuiPeng, Vice President, CAU MBA Program and Professional Programs in Agriculture
November 1-13 Ukraine/National Agrarian University Sergiy Polyakov Lee Fletcher (Economics)
Mike Crum (LOM Info Systems)
November 2-6 North Korean Academy of Agricultural Sciences (5) Kim Sam Ryong, Vice President Corn and Soybean Genetics/Breeding
November 6-7 Thailand-Kasetsart University (3) Supot Faugfupong, Vice Pres. For Research Agriculture Research Facilities
November 11 China Ministry of Agriculture Zhang Jixin, Division Director Waste water handling in corn processing (USDA)
November 18 United Kingdom/
De Montfort University Philip Tasker
Michael Scott James Vary (IITAP)
December 10 Bulgaria Delegation sponsored by USDA Grain, swine, and dairy production
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