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MissionTo employ agricultural science to feed the hungry and to support equity, economic growth, quality of life and mutual respect among people

• Began in 1984 as Office of

International Agriculture

Programs

• Board of Regents 2006 re-

designates office as the

Norman Borlaug Institute for

International Agriculture

• Borlaug Institute continues

expansion, leading major

projects across the

developing world

Agricultural Expertise

United States’ largest agricultural program: the gamut of agriculture from production to consumption

• Production• Processing• Marketing• Nutrition• Environment

Institutional Expertise

• United States’ largest agricultural

program

• Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic

Laboratory

• School of Rural Public Health

• The Bush School of Government and

Public Service

• Texas Transportation Institute

• TAMU School of Law

• Office of the State Chemist

Climatic Zones

Texas’ large and diverse landscape replicates nearly every climatic zone found on Earth

Value Chain Intervention

• Rwanda Pyrethrum Program (Pyramid II GDA)

• Rwanda Coffee Program (SPREAD)

• Guatemala Coffee Program

• Ethiopia Meat Production Program (SPS-LMM)

Sustainable Intensification | Crop Production

• Small Scale Irrigation Project in Ghana, Ethiopia and Tanzania

• Iraq Agricultural Extension Revitalization Program (IAER)

• Afghanistan Livestock Forage Program (PEACE)

Capacity Building

• Indonesia Tropical Plant Curriculum Program (TPC)

• Borlaug Institute International Training Program

Development Capacity

• Food safety• Land and water management• Ecosystems management• Livestock production systems• Renewable energy • Crop improvement• Irrigation• Custom training courses

Select Training Capabilities

International Training

Sustainable land and water management: Water use Efficiency and Water Capture training | Spring 2014 | 3 trainees

Crop improvement for ag production systems intensification: Biotechnology for Crop Development and Production Improvement training | Fall 2013 | 1 trainee

Sustainable control of major insect pests: Cotton Boll Weevil training for Borlaug Fellows from Egypt | 2010 | 3 trainees

Improvement of food safety and food control systems: Meat and Poultry Inspection training. Trainees from: • Latin America, 2013 | 12 trainees• Brazil, 2013 | 4 trainees• Indonesia, 2013 | 3 trainees• Ukraine , 2014 | 4 trainees

International Training | Select Examples

Texas Ecoregions

Organization