Cooperation with foreign scientists yields mutual benefits. Teaching A college education today must prepare U.S. students for the international world, where they will live and work. The college also has a special capability and obligation to help train the next generation of scientists and leaders from developing countries. The college also provides a solid education for the more than 300 foreign students regularly enrolled in the college. The college must extend beyond the state and nation to help poor people and improve environmental quality in the Third World and other countries with emerging economies.
International service aims to help others help themselves.
In the 1960s and 1970s the college focused on strengthening colleges of agriculture, with major projects in Brazil, Indonesia, and Nigeria. In the 1980s and 1990s the focus shifted to strengthening agricultural research and policy capabilities, with major projects in Bolivia, Gambia, Zambia, and Tunisia, and smaller projects in many other countries. External sources, such as the U.S. Agency for International Development, the World Bank, the Rockefeller Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, provide most funding for the college's international activities.