EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES: CROP-TO-FOOD INNOVATION

The goals of the project are to:Recruit and provide 46 undergraduate students, primarily from 1890 Land Grant Universities and other Historically Black Colleges and Universities with a research-intensive training experience in the laboratories of interdisciplinary faculty teams to develop crop and food solutions for human and livestock nutrition and health.Provide training activities that expand the participation of underrepresented minority students in agricultural sciences by preparing them for future opportunities in graduate education and careers in crop and food innovation.Promote student leadership skills through scientific communication training that builds on an extension framework to enhance students' abilities to understand and relate emerging technologies in crop and food production to diverse audiences.