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Agriculture workshop to begin August 15

Aug- 8-2004 » Filed Under: Iraq News

by Sgt. Joseph Sanchez (TFO Press Release)

MOSUL, IRAQ (August 8, 2004) – An academic workshop will be held in Amman, Jordan, hosted by the University of Jordan, August 15-19. The workshop will focus on horticulture, food services, plant protection, agriculture economics and extension.

This workshop is the first hosted by the Hawaii- Iraq Partnership for Revitalizing Agricultural Higher Education and Development. More than 100 participants are expected to attend. Participants will come from colleges and universities across northern Iraq including: University of Mosul College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Dohuk College of Agriculture (CA), Salahaddin University (CA), Sulaimani University (CA), Tikrit University (CA), University of Baghdad (CA), Mosul Technical Institute, Mosul Dairy Plant, Nineveh Extension Center, Nineveh Food Industries in Addition to the University of Jordan.

Funds for the workshop come from a partnership between the University of Hawaii and the Universities of Mosul and Dohuk. The University of Hawaii, funded by a $3 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development, will be working with University of Mosul College of Agriculture and Forestry and the University of Dohuk College of Agriculture to improve higher education and teacher training as well as stimulating economic growth and agricultural sustainability in northern Iraq. The three year grant was awarded in October 2003.The funding can be renewed at USAID’s discretion in 2005. The Universities of Mosul and Dohuk are using the grant to support the enhancement of scientific cooperation within the Middle East region.


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