|
Country
|
Targeted Research Areas |
Contact |
Algeria |
1. Biotechnology:
Development of Wheat Varieties that are Stress
Tolerant, Drought Resistant and Suitable for
Saline Soil Conditions.
2. Pest Management:
Association Mapping of Yellow Rust Resistance in
Wheat
3. Water Management: Water
Management, Irrigation Policies and Technologies
to Mitigate the Impact of Climate Change and
Water Availability.
|
USDA-FAS
Algiers
Nabila.hales@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: 213-770-08-2016
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
Azerbaijan |
1. Food Safety: Risk
Management, Risk Analysis, Risk Communication,
Food Borne Disease Identification and Control,
Storage and Handling, Post-harvest Handling,
HACCP, Cold Chain, Good Agricultural Practices
(GAP)
2. Plant Health (fruit,
vegetables and nuts): Improved
Horticulture Production, Post-harvest Handling,
Disease Control, Detection and Reduction of
Pesticide / Herbicide Residues and Mycotoxins
3. Crop Science: Improved
Corn, Soybean, and Barley Production, Use of
Hybrids and Variety Selection, Planting
Techniques, Disease Control, Harvesting and
Storage
|
USDA-FAS Ankara
clay.hamilton@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: 90-312 468-6129
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
Bangladesh |
1.
Biotechnology:
Saline Tolerant Rice
2.
Plant Health: Integrated Plant Health
Management (Pest and Disease)
3.
Animal Health: Systems to Monitor and
Control Disease Transmission from Animals to
Humans
|
USDA-FAS Dhaka
agdhaka@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: 2-883-7155 or
2-883-7150
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
Burkina Faso |
1.
Climate Change: Alternative Food Systems
2.
Post-harvest Techniques: Storage and Loss
Management
3.
Biotechnology: Biotech Risk Assessment
|
USDA-FAS
Burkina
Faso
Russell.Knight@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: 221 33-869-61-81
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
Colombia |
1.
Biotechnology:
Animal Biotechnology
2, Nutrition Improvement:
Livestock / Animal Nutrition
3. Crop Forecasting and Crop Insurance: All
Crops
|
USDA-FAS Bogota
gilbertaj@state.gov
Telephone: 011-57-1-275-2770
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
Egypt |
1. Animal Health-Risk Analysis: Animal - Risk
Analysis
2. Plant Health: Peach Fruit Fly and
Mediterranean Fruit Fly Risk Management and
Mitigation
3. Climate Change - Drought / Salinity
Tolerance and Biotechnology: How Adaptive
Strategies for Drought and Saline Soils for
Wheat or Other Key Crops Can Positively
Contribute to Egypt's Food Security and Water
Usage
|
USDA-FAS Cairo
mariano.beillard@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: 02-2797-2388
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
Ghana |
1.
Irrigated
Pest Management: Corn, Grains, Cowpea, Fruits
and Vegetables
2. Post-harvest Technology: Corn, Grain,
Cowpea, Fruits and Vegetables
|
USDA-FAS Accra
Elmasoeur.Ashitey@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: 233-302 741 421 or 741-598
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
Guatemala |
1.
Extension / Agricultural Education:
Helping Support Guatemala's New Extension and Ag
Education System
2. Climate Change: Research Related to
Changes to Weather Patterns Making Cropping
Decisions Harder for Staple Crops such as Corn
and Dry Beans
3. Food Safety: Food Safety Covers a
Wide Area -- Such as Aflatoxin Concerns in Corn
to Proper Meat Handling and Testing
|
USDA-FAS Guatemala
karla.tay@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: (502) 2326-4301
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
Honduras |
1.
Post-harvest Techniques: Horticultural Crops, as
well as Fruits and Vegetables
2.
Climate Change: All Crops are Subject to
Changes in Weather Patterns - Focus on Feild
Crops Grown by Smallholders
3.
Biotechnology: Corn, Dry Beans and Sugar are
Sample Crops
|
USDA-FAS Honduras
erika.sanchez@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: 123
3434
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov
|
India |
1.
Biotechnology-Bioinformatics: Drought
Tolerant Seed for Pulses and Rice; Seed Testing
and DUS Evaluation Methods
2.
Plant Health: Integrated Plant Health
Management (Pests And Disease) Biological
Control Systems; Research Collaboration on Wheat
Leaf, Stem And Stripe Rust
3.
Food Safety: Risk Assessment of Biotech Foods
|
USDA-FAS
New Delhi
agnewdelhi@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: 11-2419-8769 or
11-2419-8297
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov
|
Indonesia |
1.
Post-harvest Techniques: Distribution System and
Storage of Rice, Soybean and Corn
2.
Extension / Agricultural Education: The Use of
Biotech Food Crops and How to Best Educate Local
Farmers and Provide Extension About GM Seeds and
Cultivation
3. Animal Health: Animal
Health Research to BSE and Other Bovine
Diseases. Research on how Animal Diseases
Impact the Trade of Meat and Animal Products and
International Standards Under the OIE and Codex
|
USDA-FAS Jakarta
jonn.slette@fas.usda.gov
Telephone:
(62-21) 3435-9163
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
Jordan |
1. Animal Health-Risk
Analysis: Animal-Risk Analysis
2. Climate Change: Droughts
/ Salinity Tolerance and Biotechnology
3. Climate Change: Drought
/ Salinity Tolerance and Biotechnology, How
Adaptive Strategies for Drought and Saline Soils
for Wheat or Other Key Crops Can Positively
Contribute to Jordan's Food Security and Water
Usage
|
USDA FAS Amman
Mohamed.Khraishy@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: 962-6-590-6056
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
Kenya |
1. Food Safety: Policy
2. Biotechnology: Crop
Development Using Biotechnology
3. Agricultural Policy:
Agricultural Economics Focused on International
Trade Policy
|
USDA-FAS Nairobi
Carol.Kamau@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: 254 20 363 6340
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
Malaysia |
1. Biotechnology: Improving
Agronomic Traits in Rice / Tropical Fruit / Oil
Crops
2. Food Safety: General
Overall Fodo Microbial Testing and Analysis
|
USDA-FAS Kuala Lumpur
abdulghani.wahab@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: 6
03-2168-5082
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
Mexico |
1. Food Safety: Research on
Production and Distribution of Fresh Fruits and
Vegetables; Including Good Farm Practices (GAP
and HACCP), Distribution (GMP and HACCP), and
Diagnostics (Sample Collection and Lab
Management)
2. Extension and
Agricultural Education: Developing and
Integrating Extension Systems (Agronomy,
Economics, Engineering, Conservation
Agriculture, Etc.) and Receiving End-User
Feedback to Improve Future Extension Programs
3. Animal Health: Disease
Monitoring, Diagnostics, Vaccine Development,
Genetics Improvement / Selection, and Nutrition
|
USDA-FAS
Mexico
adam.branson@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: +52 55 5080 2532
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov
|
Morocco |
1. Post-harvest Loss
Management: Post-harvest Loss Management
2. Plant Pathology (Fruit
Tree Disease): Fire Blight Disease Affecting
Production of Apples and Pears
3. Pest Management,
Bio-Pesticides: Plantations Under Greenhouses
|
USDA-FAS Rabat
sarah.hanson@usda.gov
Telephone: (212) 53 766 8022
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov
|
Nicaragua |
1.
Natural Resource Management: Irrigation and
Watershed Management
|
USDA-FAS Managua
jimmy.bolanos@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: 505 2252 7621
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov
|
Peru |
1.
Biotechnology:
Biotech
Risk Assessment and Biotech Crop Development
2.
Extension
/ Agricultural Education: New
Technologies to Improve Agricultural Efficiency
|
USDA-FAS Lima
gaspar.nolte@fas.usda.gov
Telephone:
5113433042
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
The Philippines |
1.
Biotechnology: Development
of Stress Tolerant Crops (Rice and Corn)
2.
Biofuels: Development
of Alternative Ethanol Feedstocks, I.E. Sorghum
|
USDA-FAS Manila
bill.verzani@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: +632-843-6655
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
Senegal |
1. Climate Change:
Alternative Food Systems
2. Post-harvest Techniques:
Storage and Loss Management
3. Biotechnology: Biotech
Risk Assessment (GMOS)
|
USDA-FAS Senegal
Russell.Knight@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: 221 33-869-61-81
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
South Africa |
1. Biotechnology: Biotech
Crop Development (BT Cotton and Corn)
2. Food Safety: Risk
Analysis (Livestock and Livestock Products)
3. Animal Health: Disease
Monitoring, Diagnostics, Vaccine Development,
Genetic Improvement / Selection, and Nutrition
|
USDA-FAS Pretoria
Margaret.Ntloedibe@fas.usda.gov
Nicolas.Rubio@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: 27 12 431 4057 or 431 4235
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
Tanzania |
1. Food Safety: Policy
2. Biotechnology: Crop
Development Using Biotechnology
3. Agricultural Policy:
Agricultural Economics Focused on International
Trade Policy
|
USDA-FAS Nairobi
Carol.Kamau@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: 254 20 363 6340
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
Tunisia |
1. Post-harvest Loss
Management: Post-harvest Loss Management
2. Plant Pathology (Fruit
Tree Disease): Fire Blight Disease Affecting
Production of Apples and Pears
3. Pest Management,
Bio-Pesticides: Plantations Under Greenhouses
|
USDA-FAS Tunis
youssef.chahed@usda.gov
Telephone: 011- 216 71 10 74 86
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
Uganda |
1. Food Safety: Policy
2. Biotechnology: Crop
Development Using Biotechnology
3. Agricultural Policy:
Agricultural Economics Focused on International
Trade Policy
|
USDA-FAS Nairobi
Carol.Kamau@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: 254 20 363 6340
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
Vietnam
|
1. Biotechnology:
Development and Commercialization of Biotech
Crops for Feed and Food Use (Corn and Soybeans)
2. Food Safety: Risk
Assessment and/or Diagnostics for Pesticides or
Microbial Pathogens in Meat and Poultry
Products.
3. Genetics and Breeding:
Increased Usage of U.S. Swine and Dairy Genetics
and Livestock Management Techniques to Improve
National Herds
|
USDA-FAS- Vietnam/Hanoi
Huong.Bui@fas.usda.gov
Telephone: (84-4)
3850-5000 ext. 6141
BorlaugFellowships@fas.usda.gov |
