GlobalUpdate A Newsletter from Global Agriculture Programs, College of Agriculture, Iowa State University

July - August, 2005

OECD Travel Fellowship Program
The Organization for Economic and Cooperation Development (OECD) is once again sponsoring travel fellowships between member countries. Fellowships are awarded under the “Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems” program.

Details of the program are available at www.oecd.org/agr/prog/ by clicking on “About” to learn more about the program and the three new themes. The application form can be opened directly from the OECD web site (also contains a list of OECD member countries). A list of approved fellowship topics for 2005 can be viewed on the web site.

2005 International Science and Education Competitive Grants Program
The Request for Applications for the 2005 International Science and Education competitive grants program is now posted to the
CSREES website at: www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1240

International Visitors to the College of Agriculture

Dates of Visit	Country	Visitor(s)	Department/Contact
June 6 - July 5	Argentina (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria)	Emilia Rivero	Agronomy Antonio Mallarino
June 14-16	Cayman Islands (Mosquito Research and Control Unit)	3 visitors	Entomology Joel Coats
July 19 - August 30	Russia	Evgeny Kopaev	Global Ag Programs Ron Prescott
July 30 - August 6	India (University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore)	Nagaraj Nareppa Tarikere Tulasidas	Global Ag Programs Carrie Drummond
July 31 - August 21	Mexico Panama (USDA/Cochran)	5 bankers	Global Ag Programs Ron Prescott
August 1 - 3	China (Zhejiang University)	Huang Zuhui Wei Longbao	Global Ag Programs Denise Bjelland
August 1 - July 31, 2006	Serbia	Ksenija Markovic	Agronomy Michael Lee
August 1 - September 21	Germany (University of Hohenheim)	Jochen Reif	Agronomy Kendall Lamkey
August 7 - 11	China	10 visitors	Seed Science Yuh-Yuan Shyy
August 9	Argentina	11 farmers	Global Ag Programs Eduarda Becerra
August 14 - December 14	Serbia Bulgaria (Faculty Exchange Program)	4 faculty member	Animal Science Doug Kenealy Vet Med Eldon Uhlenhopp
August 20 - 26	India (University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore)	3 professors	ABE Ramesh Kanwar
August 20 - February 19, 2006	Egypt (Cairo University)	Ahmed Sayed Ahmed	Animal Science Susan Lamont

• David Acker, Ag Admin, Uganda, Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Project
• Robert Anex, ABE, Switzerland, faculty improvement leave
• Raymond Arritt, Agronomy, China, invited presentation at international conference
• Heidi Asbjrornsen, Forestry, Australia, international meeting; research
• Thomas Baum, Plant Pathology, Mexico, international conference
• Gwyn Beattie, Plant Pathology, Mexico, international conference
• Denise Bjelland, GAP, India, ALO/India project
• Adam Bogdanove, Plant Pathology, Mexico, international conference
• Lorna Michael Butler, Sustainable Ag, Uganda, Tanzania, Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Project; SANREM CRSP Project
• Nick Christians, Horticulture, England, Norway, Sweden, invited presentation at international conference; site visit for future travel course
• Joel Coats, Entomology, Serbia, attend international workshop
• Gregory Courtney, Entomology, Denmark, attend international workshop
• Kathleen Delate, Agronomy, Italy, co-lead travel course
• Steven Fales, Agronomy, Ireland, attend international conference
• Shui-Zhang Fei, Horticulture, England, invited presentation at international conference
• Cornelia Flora, NCRCRD, Colombia, Peru, invited presentation at international conference; teach class as part of grant project
• Mark Gleason, Plant Pathology, Brazil, attend international conference
• Jacek Koziel, ABE, Germany, future collaboration/student exchange
• Antonio Mallarino, Agronomy, Canada, international conference
• Andrew Manu, Agronomy, Ghana, SANREM CRSP Project
• Laura Merrick, Agronomy, Canada, invited paper at international workshop
• David Minner, Horticulture, England, Costa Rica, invited presentation at international workshop; seminars; develop research plots
• Manjit Misra, Seed Science, India, research/scholarship
• Gail Nonnecke, Horticulture, Uganda, project development
• Ann Russell, NREM, Canada, invited presentation at international conference
• John Sawyer, Agronomy, Canada, attend international meeting
• Richard Schultz, NREM, Uganda, SANREM CRSP Project; research
• Jonathan Wendel, EEOB, Austria, international conference
• Matthew Westgate, Plant Pathology, Spain, invited presentation at international conference
• Steven Whitham, Plant Pathology, Mexico, attend international conference

If you are planning to travel internationally and want to be included in the Global Update, please send or fax a copy of your Out of State Travel Authorization to Sue Finestead, 104 Curtiss Hall, FAX:  4-9477.

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College of Agriculture
Iowa State University
104 Curtiss Hall, Ames, IA 50011-1050 USA
Phone: 515-294-8454; FAX: 515-294-9477
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