§3292 Partnerships to build capacity in international agricultural research, extension, and teaching

Summary

The Secretary may help U.S. agricultural colleges and similar schools work with agricultural colleges in developing countries. The program can fund and organize work to share research and teaching materials, spread research results through extension services, help start extension programs abroad, partner on research about food production, nutrition, farming, forestry, livestock, and fisheries, and strengthen national research systems in those countries. It can also support U.S. schools joining international organizations, back classroom and workforce training and degree programs with foreign partners, boost student capacity and fair access for women and underserved groups, help schools use new technology in teaching, create an internship program run with the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the Foreign Agricultural Service to place interns in or for developing countries, and offer fellowships for students to study at foreign agricultural colleges. Key terms: 1862 Institution, 1890 Institution, 1994 Institution — types of U.S. land‑grant colleges (see section 7601); covered Institution — includes those three plus NLGCA institutions, Hispanic‑serving agricultural colleges, and cooperating forestry schools; developing country — chosen by the Secretary using a gross national income per person test; international partner institution — an agricultural higher‑education institution in a developing country doing or wanting to do similar research, extension, and teaching. The law authorizes $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.