Faculty Exchange Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture 2007 Faculty Exchange Program In Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Sciences
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Faculty Exchange Program (FEP), managed by the Foreign Agricultural Service, International Cooperation and Development, was created in 1994 to bring instructors from agricultural institutions of higher learning to the United States for five months to increase their knowledge of, and ability to teach, agricultural economics and marketing and agribusiness in a market economy and in agricultural science subjects such as animal health, food quality, food inspection, phytosanitary measures, and grades and standards.
The FEP increases the number of staff who understand how agricultural systems function in a market economy by improving the quantity and quality of academic and adult education programs in agricultural economics and marketing, agribusiness and agrarian law. The FEP promotes the long-term development of sound agricultural policy, and competitive agricultural marketing and business systems in the host country to enable it to compete successfully in a global economy.
The competition for 2007 is open.
For more information, please contact
Darko Lojen, Agricultural Assistant
Foreign Agricultural Service
U.S. Embassy Belgrade/AGRI
Office 011.306.4754
Fax 011.306.4922
darko.lojen@usda.gov
Helping to equip countries to compete in the global economy through agricultural
economics education
Do You Require a Training Program That Is -
Focused: Improves university education
in your country in agricultural economics and marketing, agribusiness and
agrarian law for future farmers, businessmen
and policy makers.
Experiential: Includes class observations and interaction with professors
at U.S. land-grant universities, agribusiness field trips, internships
and in-country
follow-on visits by U.S. faculty.
Practical and Results Oriented: Develops a practical understanding
of market economics, new course materials, participant publications and
educational
materials.
What is the Faculty Exchange Program?
The FEP brings qualified agricultural
educators from progressive institutions of higher learning to the United
States for a period of 5-6 months to
increase their knowledge of, and ability to teach, modern agricultural
economic
and agribusiness subjects.
The FEP increases the number of adults in the host country who understand
how agricultural systems function in a market economy by improving
the quantity and quality of academic and adult education programs in
agricultural
economics
and marketing, agribusiness and agrarian law.
The FEP promotes the long-term development of sound agricultural policy,
and competitive agricultural marketing and business systems in the
host country to enable it to compete successfully in a global economy.
Results
Participants wrote and introduced new courses, textbooks, teaching
manuals, adult education materials and research articles at their
home agricultural
universities and training institutions.
Participants formed new departments and specializations at their
universities.
Participants used new teaching methods and incorporated practical
examples into their classroom teaching to make their subjects less
theoretical
and more relevant for students.
Participants received promotions to positions of higher authority
as a direct result of the FEP where they have a greater influence
on new
course
development
at their institutions.
Participants became involved in university-based farmers' extension
programs started as a direct result of the FEP.
U.S.-host country universities established formal agreements for
further exchanges of information, staff, and joint research activities.
Comparative Advantage of the FEP Over Other Short-Term Programs
Each participant
creates a minimum of three new or revised courses during the program for
introduction at his home institution.
The FEP has a large multiplier effect. Each participant during
his/her career will teach hundreds of students who will be
the future farmers,
businessmen
and policy makers in their home countries.
Participants serve as advisors to government policy makers,
farmers and agribusinesses struggling to adjust their policies
and activities
to
compete in a global
economy.
Participants write articles for publications, attend conferences,
hold seminars, write books and widely disseminate program information.
The length of the program allows participants to overcome cultural
differences and gain a deep understanding of how agricultural
systems function in
a market-based economy.
The program length and U.S. faculty follow-on visits allow
for the development of collegial relationships between U.S.
and host
country
faculty leading
to continued information exchange and lasting partnerships.
For more information please contact:
FAS Office, US Embassy Belgrade
Tel: 381-11-306-4802;
Fax: 381-11-306-4922
Email: Agbelgrade@usda.gov
or visit: http://fep.vsau.ru
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