Our Mission
To promote and facilitate international activities in the College through collaboration with educational institutions, organizations and agencies throughout the world.
International Programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources (IPAN) was established in 1998 when the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources recognized the importance of international involvement and sought to encourage and facilitate research, outreach, and education efforts across the globe.
Faculty in the College have a long history of helping colleagues in other countries improve their crop production, animal rearing, conservation practices and policy understanding. We have extended knowledge gained from our own experiences and, in turn, benefited from our involvement with colleagues abroad.
Programs and projects range from distance education, establishing extension services, food safety, soil remediation, aquaculture, to crop production and veterinary medicine. Countries with on-going projects include China, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Taiwan and Uganda.
Finally, IPAN coordinates and develops international agriculture and natural resource programs for the College and University.
Announcements
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AGNR Re-Energizes International Programs with New Faculty and Staff Empowerment Effort
AGNR Re-Energizes International Programs with New Faculty and Staff Empowerment Effort -
UMD to Train and Mentor PhD Students from Select African Universities
UMD to Train and Mentor PhD Students from Select African Universities
Recent News
Linking Rural Family Farmers to an Urban Food Bank
Colby Silvert, Assistant of Agricultural and Extension Education in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture is strengthening ties and joint teaching, research, and extension efforts with the Federal University of Viçosa in Brazil that stem back to 2013.
University of Maryland’s Solidarity Landscape Living Lab Envisions a Future Where Community, Care, and Ecology Grow Together
Led by Dr. Deni Ruggeri, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, and Mary Christensen (MLA) of the Institute of Applied Agriculture, the Solidarity Landscape Living Lab is an ongoing international effort positioning the landscape as an active agent of solidarity, inclusion, and ecological renewal.
Tracing 35 Years of Change: The Next Chapter of the Kagera Study
University of Maryland Agricultural & Resource Economics Department’s Kenneth L. Leonard traveled to Tanzania to launch the seventh wave of a rare long-term study following the same families over many years. The team tracks how farming practices, income, education, and access to resources change over time and how those shifts reshape opportunity.
Previous News
AGNR Takes Root Around the World
International Courses
Study Abroad
Farmer to Farmer
Host a Visiting Scholar
Partnership for Skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET)
Research in Africa
Where in the World are AGNR International Programs?
AGNR Activities Form
Are you an AGNR faculty, extension, or staff member that's led a global activity (research, extension or teaching) for the University? Please submit your project through our form to be included in our AGNR Around the World Map!
Contact Us
Are you interested in learning more about international programs at AGNR? We’d love to hear from you! Please contact us via email or visit our directory.
Jimmy W Smith
Director
jsmit122@umd.edu