185-6 Building International Partnerships and Funding for Climate Change Work in Guatemala, Lesotho and Mozambique.

See more from this Division: Agriculture and Natural Resources Science for Climate Variability and Change: Transformational Advancements in Research, Education and Extension
See more from this Session: National and International Partnerships for Climate Science Applications In Agriculture and Forestry: Bridging Sectoral Requirements
Tuesday, October 23, 2012: 3:05 PM
Duke Energy Convention Center, Junior Ballroom C, Level 3
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Forbes Walker1, Neal Eash1, Makoala V. Marake2, Christian Thierfelder3, August Basson4 and William Rustrick5, (1)Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
(2)National University of Lesotho, Roma, Lesotho
(3)CIMMYT, Harare, Zimbabwe
(4)Growing Nations, Maphutseng, Lesotho
(5)Clean Star Mozambique, Beira, Mozambique
Developing partnerships and finding sources of funding to apply climate science to agriculture and forestry systems in an international setting can be a daunting task. This presentation will discuss some of the international projects that University of Tennessee soil science faculty have been involved with in Guatemala, Lesotho and Mozambique since 2006. We have been involved in a variety of research, extension and service learning projects that range from the promotion of fuel-saving cook stoves to on-farm evaluation of drought tolerant maize varieties and real time measurement of carbon flux under different cropping systems. Funding from these projects include USDA and USAID as well as from alumni donors. Our partners include Universities, International Research Centers, private companies and local non-governmental organizations.
See more from this Division: Agriculture and Natural Resources Science for Climate Variability and Change: Transformational Advancements in Research, Education and Extension
See more from this Session: National and International Partnerships for Climate Science Applications In Agriculture and Forestry: Bridging Sectoral Requirements