» Competition 28: 2019 U.S.-Mexico Innovation Fund Competition for Economic and Financial Inclusion and Agricultural Sustainability for Inequality Reduction

Preparing U.S. and Mexican Students to Understand and Propose Solutions to Challenges Faced by Small- and Medium-Sized Agricultural Firms: A Pilot International Collaboration Project

The University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleTennessee, United States
Partner: Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico

“Preparing U.S. and Mexican Students to Understand and Propose Solutions to Challenges Faced by Small- and Medium-Sized Agricultural Firms: A Pilot International Collaboration Project”

This project will create a platform for international collaborations between undergraduate students from underrepresented majors at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT) and graduate students from the Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Córdoba (Colegio de Postgraduados) through the creation of a faculty-led academic exchange course in Mexico focused on small/medium-sized agricultural enterprises at Colegio de Postgraduados and a new academic exchange collaboration at UT.

“Preparando a estudiantes de México y los Estados Unidos para entender y proponer soluciones a los retos que enfrentan las empresas pequeñas y medianas del sector agrícola: Un proyecto piloto de colaboración internacional”

Este proyecto creará una plataforma para colaboraciones internacionales entre estudiantes de pregrado de carreras con menor representación en la University of Tennessee, Knoxville y estudiantes de posgrado del Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Córdoba a través de la creación de un curso dirigido por profesores en México enfocado en pequeñas y medianas empresas agrícolas en el Colegio de Postgraduados y una nueva colaboración de intercambio académico en UT.

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