The North America Mobility Student and Faculty Exchange Program on Sustainable Agriculture at Virginia Tech
This presentation describes a North America Mobility Program (NAMP) supported student exchange program in Sustainable Agriculture between Virginia Tech, Iowa State, Universidad Autonoma of Baja California, Instituto del Valle Oaxaca, and Nova Scotia Agricultural College and Marine Institute. Through the NAMP program, students can study at participating institutions in semester exchanges or via distance learning. Students also can discuss case studies on sustainability issues through the NAMP Global Seminar series distance-learning program. These seminars encourage both direct and indirect exchanges among students in Mexico, Canada, and the US. In May of 2007, ten students from Virginia Tech participated in an extensive tour of sustainable agriculture in Baja, California. Students visited agricultural sites engaged in beekeeping, cut flowers, vegetable, dairy, viniculture, aquaculture, beef production and processing. The tour focused on how these industries are dealing with the global problem of limited water resources. Students observed technologies for water conservation, water recycling, and desalination. Through the NAMP exchange program with UABC, students could study with any of the industries visited in Mexico. This presentation will focus on the NAMP program and on the student tour of Baja California.
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