Awards are anticipated to range from $25,000 to $40,000 per fellowship. USDA Foreign Agricultural Service will fund agreements for the Borlaug Fellowship Program. For more information on the Borlaug Program, please visit our website at:
http://www.fas.usda.gov/
Activities pursuant to this REI will be for a 2 year period. The estimated start date is on or about July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2018. Fellowships will begin between September 2016 and August 2017, depending on appropriate timing for activities to occur based on any seasonal needs for the program.
http://www.fas.usda.gov/
Activities pursuant to this REI will be for a 2 year period. The estimated start date is on or about July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2018. Fellowships will begin between September 2016 and August 2017, depending on appropriate timing for activities to occur based on any seasonal needs for the program.
1. Fellow #1 (Female); Malawi; Proper post-harvest handling of tomatoes. The importance of proper post harvest handling knowledge in reducing losses in tomato crop in Malawi, training farmers through action research on the post harvest physiology and handling techniques in order for them to reduce losses and improve their income and nutrition and food security.
2. Fellow #2 (Male); Malawi; Effectiveness for dissemination approaches for promoting improved ag technologies Assessing the effectiveness of various dissemination-approaches for promoting improved agricultural technologies in Malawi.
3. Fellow #3 (Female);Tanzania; Understanding how climate change is currently affecting agricultural development in Tanzania and to simulate the future impact of climate change.
4. Fellow #4 (Female); Kenya; How connecting scientific results with farmers will improve the understanding of community based adaptation initiatives in agricultural practices.
5. Fellow #5 (Male): Uganda; Brucellosis strategies and coping methods. To acquire specialized skills in reagent development and assay development, and to develop skills in policy formulation in designing appropriate strategies for effective reduction in disease prevalence of Brucellosis in animals and people
6. Fellow #6 (Male): Senegal; Reduction of GHG in livestock systems. Reducing the carbon footprint of smallholder crop-livestock systems through improved nutrient use efficiency