Office of International Programs (OIP) in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the Univ of Illinois
Urbana - Champaign, IL
Joined May 2017
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We had a busy summer hosting visitors and delegations from around the world: aces.illinois.edu/news/summe…
Congratulations to @Paul_McNamara_1 and student Mia Bonds for winning 2026 campus-wide @IllinoisIntl awards!
aces.illinois.edu/news/ace-p…
ACES International retweeted
Announcing the 4rd Cohort of the U.S.-German #ForumFutureAgriculture, which will discuss the key issue of health and wellbeing in the swine & poultry industries.
Get to know our participants from the United States here!
@eucenter @ACESIllinois @NCExtension
ACES International retweeted
Announcing the 4rd Cohort of the U.S.-German #ForumFutureAgriculture, which will discuss the key issue of health and wellbeing in the swine & poultry industries. Get to know our participants from Germany here!
@eucenter @ACESIllinois @CevaSanteAnimal @zdg_verband
Prof Hope Michelson @ACESIllinois is featured on VoxDev Talks to discuss how more focus should be on the supply side (seed, fertilizer, agrodealers) to improve agricultural productivity in developing countries @CIMMYT
voxdev.org/topic/agriculture…
Join us tomorrow as we welcome Dr. Eduardo Graterol,
Director of the Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice to talk about public-private research partnerships
@IllinoisIntl @ACESIllinois
RSVP requested (not required) here: forms.illinois.edu/sec/11617…
Global spotlight on Illinois agriculture: International Agronomy Day draws several hundred visitors chambanatoday.com/news/29889…
Along with @IllinoisCropSci @ACESIllinois we hosted more than 300 people from around the world at International Agronomy Day today! We hope they all enjoy the rest of their visit to IL this week at @FPShow
We have been honored to serve as the U.S. implementing partner on this project for the past three years and appreciate our @ACESIllinois @aceatIL colleague Madhu Khanna's expertise and work towards this final publication.
Excited to share the new set of policy recommendations from the 2025 U.S.-German #ForumFutureAgriculture on land use, energy, and agriculture. 🔗 Read the full publication here: lnkd.in/exZCjAd9 @ACESIllinois
ACES International retweeted
Congratulations to @LongLab, professor emeritus of plant biology and crop sciences, for being selected as a 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneer by the World Food Prize Foundation!
Read more ➡️ aces.illinois.edu/news/steph…
ALT Steve Long holding a green crop
Congratulations to our @ACESIllinois faculty members for their selected projects that continue the long history of collaboration with Brazil's @embrapa
aces.illinois.edu/news/aces-…
ACES International retweeted
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: The World Food Prize Foundation has partnered with University of Illinois Chicago to bring a Youth Institute to Illinois in 2026!
Read the details below. ⤵️
bit.ly/3YThh2d
We are honored to be the U.S. implementing partner on this project for the 3rd year & to be hosted by @coagriculture1 today - they also gave a shout out to the STAR conservation tool developed in IL during their presentation
The U.S.-German #ForumFutureAgriculture group was honored to meet w Governor @jaredpolis, Commissioner @katebgreenberg & other experts @coagriculture1 today. Thank you to the Governor, Commissioner & CDA team for your invaluable insights on ag & energy integration! @ACESIllinois
Congratulations to Dr. Hungria & our partner @embrapa
The @ACESIllinois @FSHN_Illinois Hospitality Management Program was honored to host a group of leaders from Kazakhstan’s polytechnic universities as part of a program on innovations and progress in vocational education training coordinated by @Illinois_Intl
Congrats to @ACESIllinois @FSHN_Illinois @IllinoisABE "Empowering Rural Communities of Namibia through Introducing Sustainable Kalahari Melon Oil Processing Methodology" submitted by Claudia Asensio & Jason Kandume for winning a Seeding the Future Grant
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ACES International retweeted
Good news🎉 @tropicalsoylab received $1M & a year's reprieve via @FoundersPledge. USAID's shutdown nearly ended 12 years of African soybean progress. Federal funding is needed to fully restore the project, but we're grateful to continue this critical work.
aces.illinois.edu/news/1m-gi…
ALT pete in africa
Yesterday we were honored to host - along with @AgReach @PHL_Institute @aceatIL - Michael R. Carter, Distinguished Professor of Agricultural & Resource Economics at @ucdavis for an informative lecture about how index insurance could help low-wealth households manage shocks.
ACES International retweeted
Announcing the 3rd Cohort of the U.S.-German #ForumFutureAgriculture, which will discuss the key issue of #renewables & #ag land use conflicts.
Meet the US participants below (3/3):
@ACESIllinois @eucenter aspeninstitute.de/cohort-202…
