Working Women's Workshop: Cultivating Entrepreneurship, Experiential Opportunities, and Food Safety Practices for Women in Ag
The Working Women's Workshop: Cultivating Entrepreneurship, Experiential Opportunities, and Food Safety Practices for Women in Ag (W3) fellowship provides training, education, and experiences to female entrepreneurs working in the agricultural sectors. These allow them to diversify and thrive in a competitive agricultural business environment.
Category: Agriculture education, food safety, entrepreneurship
Status: ongoing
Foreign Agricultural Service Scientific Exchanges Program Equipping, Educating, and Empowering (E3) African Scientists to Advance Animal Feed and Fertilizer Practices
Equipping, Educating, and Empowering (E3) African Scientists to Advance Animal Feed and Fertilizer Practices is led by the International Institute Research Development Office. The Scientific Exchanges Program (SEP) will combat food insecurity through improved practices on the farm and in the field. Fellows will learn about policy development, application, and advocacy and learn how to communicate effectively across all layers of stakeholders. The International Institute facilitated a 12-week program strategically designed to improve feed and fertilizer practices. Capacity development and sustainability are ensured through fellows' application of lessons learned to their home country institutions' operating practices.
Category: feed and fertilizer, agriculture
Status: ongoing
Foreign Agricultural Service Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Scientific Exchanges Program
Mississippi State University (MSU) hosted the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Scientific Exchanges Program (SEP) Fellowship where we welcomed 11 fellows from 8 countries to MSU from August 8-November 3, 2023. The project was focused on "establishing and harmonizing SPS regulatory regimes across the eight Regional Economic Communities (RECs) of the African Union (AU)".
During the fellows time at MSU, they met with USDA leaders in Washington, DC both pre- and post-program. They collaborated with 11 faculty experts from MSU who serves as, and will continue to serve as, their mentors for this program. Their mentors provided learning opportunities for their fellows in addition to the primary programming. Toward the end of their time in the U.S., the fellows attended the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines, IA where they heard from leading experts on food security research and efforts.
A picture collage demonstrates the various activities the fellows engaged in during their time in the U.S. An African continental workshop was held in May 2024 in Gaborone, Botswana.
This project has been ongoing since 2020 and will conclude in January 2025.
MSU was recently awarded the SEP Fellowship on African Animal Feed and Fertilizer Innovation. The University looks forward to welcoming fellows in the summer 2024.