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ANNUAL REPORT, MARCH 2017-18
>> Growing the future globally <<
140 Agriculture Hall 1450 Linden Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1562 USA Phone: +001 (608) 262-1251 E-mail: [email protected] Website: ip.cals.wisc.edu
Director Gunasekaran with Her Excellency Roman Tesfaye, First Lady of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, June 2017
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From the Director’s Desk This annual report reflects our continued effort to promote and strengthen CALS International Programs (CALS IP). We have been working hard to connect with you all – our faculty, staff, students and collaborators at the state, national and international levels. We believe these linkages are essential to reinvigorate the CALS international portfolio. Thus, we seek your support to expand and deepen our international engagement in research, outreach, and education. You may have received few more emails than usual the past several months. This is a part of our efforts to reach out and let you know international grants and other opportunities as and when they become available. We have also started a monthly newsletter, ‘IP Highlights’ to keep you abreast of CALS international activities. We have also started to attend faculty and staff meetings of every department in CALS to connect personally, describe our mission, and learn more about your work. Please let us know of your international work, however small or isolated, so we can feature it in our newsletter, which may help connect you with collaborators and partners previously unknown. If your or one of your colleague’s international work merits recognition, please let us know; we will be happy to prepare necessary paperwork and nominate for an appropriate award. Our vision for CALS IP continues to be working to enrich your efforts so that we remain a world leader in international engagement that is focused on creating positive change in the global agricultural, natural resources, energy, environmental, and life science enterprises. During the past year and into the next, we will continue to work on ‘Growing the future, globally!” As always, please do not hesitate to let us know how we are doing, and any comments and suggestions to improve what and how we engage you and your work internationally. We would love to hear from you. You can find more details about CALS IP activities and opportunities on our website: https://ip.cals.wisc.edu/. ‐Guna
Director Sundaram Gunasekaran with International Programs Committee Chair Professor Jiwan Palta (Hort)
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Contents From the Director’s Desk ................................................ 1
Contents ......................................................................... 2
Mission and Vision .......................................................... 3
College Activities ............................................................ 3
On-campus, State, and National Activities ..................... 5
Country Activities – (focus countries are in bold type) .. 5
Accomplishments ......................................................... 14
Grants Submitted ......................................................... 14
Awards .......................................................................... 14
Fundraising ................................................................... 14
Plans for Next Year ....................................................... 14
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Mission and Vision The mission of CALS IP is to facilitate, expand, and support the international activities of CALS faculty, staff, and students, which complements our vision to become among the leaders in the nation’s land-grant colleges for international engagement that affect positive change in the global agricultural enterprises through research, education, and outreach.
Our work during the past year, we believe we will help us achieve our vision and mission by supporting and enhancing science and evidence-based solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. By developing the capabilities of you – our faculty, staff and students – and working with international partners, our expertise and desire to solve problems will enable us to significantly contribute to addressing some of the world’s most serious issues, by fulfilling our research, outreach and education missions. By working together, we believe that we can address the problems of food insecurity, climate change, and human health through collaborations that strengthen institutions and build capacities in ourselves and our partners that lead to creative solutions.
College Activities
1. Website and Social Media – https://ip.cals.wisc.edu/. The CALS IP website continues to evolve into a more useful portal for CALS international activities. We will continue to try and have an active presence on social media, including Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UWMadisonCALSIP/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/CALSIP_UW).
2. eCALS, Grow articles and CALS IP Highlights – In 2017, CALS IP continued to work with CALS Communications on stories highlighting the international work being done by our faculty, staff and students. We also worked to feature more international funding
Professor Sindelar (Ani Sci) & U.S. Meat Processing Seminar Participants, August 2017
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opportunities available to our faculty and staff that will support their international efforts. In 2017, GROW magazine articles highlighted the work done by Jiwan Palta (Hort) in Peru, Jon Roll (Bact) in Thailand, Dominic Parker (AAE) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Claudio Gratton (Entomology) in Iceland, and Claudia Calderon (Hort) in Guatemala. And in November 2017, CALS IP launched our Monthly “IP Highlights.” We hope that these media pieces highlight the important international work being done by our faculty, staff and students and help raise the international profile of our College, which puts us back on course to being once again recognized as one of the premier internationally focused colleges of agricultural and life sciences in the nation.
3. Our 2017 Spring Meeting and Panel Discussion, “The Globalization of CALS and Wisconsin Agriculture” featured DATCP Secretary Ben Brancel as the keynote speaker. Other panelists were Keith Heikes, COO of Genex Cooperatives Inc. and David Meis, Global Plant Breeding consultant. Several posters were displayed, highlighting the international research, outreach, and educational activities that CALS faculty, staff, and students are engaged in.
4. In Fall 2017, CALS IP hosted the annual welcome event known as “CALS Goes Global.” At this event students, staff, faculty, and visitors new to CALS are introduced to the college's wide array of international engagement activities. This informal gathering is our way to form new connections, make friends, and identify collaborators for projects of common interests in various countries.
5. A sub-committee (Drs. Palta (Hort), Foltz (AAE), Reed (Ani Sci), Roll (Bact)) of CALS International Programs Committee (IPC) developed a road map for consolidating all CALS international activities (education, research, development, and outreach) under CALS IP to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness and projecting our international engagement under one unified entity. The report of the sub-committee was approved by the IPC and submitted to Dean VandenBosch in April 2017 for her consideration.
6. The Department of Dairy Science is implementing a Visiting International Student Program (VISP) beginning in the fall 2018.
7. The 2016 CALS International Activities Award was presented to Professor Guilherme Rosa (Ani Sci). Dr. Rosa’s work focuses on quantitative genetics and genomics. His international activities include research and development projects in multiple countries, extensive training of international students and visiting scholars, development of
2016 CALS International Activities Award Winner Professor Rosa (Ani Sci) with Dean VandenBosch and Director Gunasekaran
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dedicated short courses and research presentations, and inclusion of international dimension into his primary UW courses (both undergraduate and graduate levels).
On‐campus, State, and National Activities 1. CALS IP continues to represent CALS on the International Division Associate Deans’
Council, and Global Health Institute (GHI) Advisory Committee. These enable the IP office to have a wider voice on campus and seek support for CALS’ international work.
2. In 2017, CALS IP worked with the UW’s International Division and Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) to connect with UW Alumni in various countries around the world.
3. CALS IP is a partner in the selection of Neale Silva scholars from Chile. This program is
coordinated by the College of Engineering’s International office. 4. CALS IP continues to work with the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
Protection (DATCP) to support the expansion of the state’s international presence. Discussions are currently underway to submit a USDA/FAS Emerging Market Program (EMP) grant for collaborations with Ethiopia and Guatemala.
5. CALS IP has representation on the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’
(APLU), International Agricultural Section (IAS) and the Commission on International Initiatives (CII). These entities help lobby for and support international activities in land-grant universities.
6. The CALS IP is a member of the Association of International Agriculture and Rural
Development (AIARD). Through this organization, we are able to connect with other land-grant universities, the private sector and both governmental and non-governmental international development agencies.
7. This was the third year that CALS IP was involved in evaluating Mandela Washington Fellows for Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) applications. These leaders are being hosted at UW-Madison for the second year and represent a pool of African leaders across a wide-range of focus areas.
Country Activities – (focus countries are in bold type) 1. Argentina – In September 2017, an MoU was discussed for consideration between
CALS and Camara Argentina De Fabricantes Y Proveedores De Equipamientos Quipamientos Insumos Y Servicios Para La Cadena Lactea, which is refered to as CAFyPEL. This organization services the dairy industry in Argentina and have approached CALS about possible partnerships in this sector.
2. Botswana – In July the president of Botswana Ian Khama visited UW-Madison Gunasekaran and Dr. Josh Garoon (CES) were among the UW personnel to join President Khama’s roundtable discussions exploring collaborative opportunities between UW and Botswana.
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3. China –Professor Victor Cabrera (Dairy Sci) is now leading CALS faculty involvement in the Dairy Farming Institute in Harbin, having taken over from Professor Pam Ruegg (Dairy Sci), who moved to Michigan State University. This Nestlé has extended funding for this work for another three years. Cabrera (Dairy Sci) and Gunasekaran visited Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences to explore collaborations and seek support for the Dairy Science department’s VISP program in Zhejiang University in Hangzhou. Professor Joel Pederson (Soil Sci) is exploring collaborations on soil health and nutrient utilization efficiency with researchers at Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU) in Wuhan and hosted Dr. Hui Yin as a visiting scholar in his lab for one year. Pederson is a part of a grant proposal to establish an International Institute for Environmental Studies. Professor Yiquan Weng (Hort) is working with researchers at the Chinese Academy of
Agricultural Sciences (Institute of Vegetables and Flowers) on horticultural crops and
products, and Professor Xuejun Pan (BSE) is working on bioenergy research with
faculty in Tianjin University of Science and Technology, South China University of
Technology.
Director Gunasekaran, Dr. Garoon (CES) and other members of roundtable discussion with Botswana President Ian Khama.
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There are many on-going connections and collaborations between CALS faculty and staff and many other entities in China collaborators. CALS IP is working to gather more information about these activities to develop a more complete picture of CALS’ engagement in China.
4. Costa Rica – Dr. Claudia Calderon (Hort) assumed responsibility for the Costa Rica study abroad program from Professor Jim Nienhuis (Hort). We had a general MoU with Instituto Technologico de Costa Rica Con Sede en San Carlos, which was signed in June 2013 and valid until June 2016. Gunasekaran met with Professors Nienhuis, Alfred Hartemink (Soil Sci), Michel Wattiaux (Dairy Sci) and Bret Shaw (LSC) regarding their work in Costa Rica.
Dr. Bret Shaw’s work in Costa Rica included: work with EARTH University focusing on building leadership capacity related to sustainable agriculture in developing tropical nations (primarily Latin America and Africa). Professor Shaw worked on evaluating EARTH University’s educational model. An off shoot of his work included advising a Kenyan student at EARTH University in starting a non-profit organization to help communities on Lake Victoria.
Director Gunasekaran and Professor Cabrera (Dairy Sci) promoting his department and the newly started VISP program at the Zhejiang University’s Institute of Dairy Science
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Gunasekaran also visited Costa Rica and met with faculty and administrators at Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), Centro Nacional de Innovaciones Biotecnológicas (CENIBiot), Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Universidad Técnica Nacional (UTN), and EARTH University to discuss possible collaboration opportunities and partnerships related to CALS priority themes. Following this, Dr. John Roll (Bact) visited UCR to explore study abroad/exchange program opportunities in Costa Rica; this visit was supported by Susan Huber-Miler, CALS Study Abroad Director. Professor Adrián Pinto Tomás of UCR is collaborating with Professors Garret Suen (Bact) and Frederico Rey (Bact).
5. Cuba – Dr. Claudia Calderon (Hort) and Gunasekaran visited Havana in November 2017 to foster collaborative relationship between CALS and Universidad Agraria de la Habana (UNAH). Calderon also participated in the Congreso de Agrociencias 2017.
6. Ethiopia – In June 2017, a visit from Hawassa University faculty was arranged by Dr. Cynthia Anderson, School of Medicine and Public Health to discuss collaborations. Director Gunasekaran and Associate Director John Ferrick visited Ethiopia along with Dr. Jonathan Patz, Director of the UW’s Global Health Institute and Dr. Rahel Deselange, Adjunct Faculty, College of Engineering. The delegation met with Her Excellency Roman Tesfaye, the First Lady of Ethiopia and visited the Ethiopian Meat and Dairy Industry Development Institute and the US Embassy to explore opportunities with USAID. Gunasekaran and Ferrick also visited three major agricultural universities in Ethiopia, Bahir Dar University, Hawassa University, and Haramaya University to discuss research collaborations.
Left: Ferrick, Patz (GHI), Deselange (CoE), Her Excellency Roman Tesfaye, the First Lady of Ethiopia, and Gunasekaran at Ethiopian Meat and Dairy Industry Development Institute (EMDIDI). Right: Ferrick with researchers at Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute in Bahir Dar
Calderon (Hort) with researchers from UNAH
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8. Ecuador – Dr. Brett Shaw received a travel grant from the UW-Madison Global Health
Institute to provide guidance on a social marketing campaign to encourage behaviors
that reduce the incidence of water-borne illness among residents living in a rural area
on Ecuador’s Pacific coast. The collaboration provided him with the opportunity to
influence outreach strategies based on social psychology, strategic communication
and marketing science, which resulted in the creation of a real community-based
outreach program. This multidisciplinary initiative, combining natural, medical and
social sciences, built on a water quality course offered by UW-Madison titled “Water
for Life Sustainability and Health.”
9. Guatemala – Professor Jim Nienhuis (Hort) ie leading a project work in Guatemala,
which is focused on tropical tomato and pepper production. The technology he has
been working is the use of gemini virus resistant scions grafted onto rootstocks with
resistance to a range of soil pathogens, including Ralstonia.
Dr. Claudia Calderon (Hort) is working with a colleague and collaborator in Guatemala, Dr.
Pablo Prado to develop an international research project. This is a cross-disciplinary effort,
which is seeking potential collaborators connecting with scholars from the humanities and
social sciences. Dr. Calderon received funding from the Scientific Cooperation Research
Program through USDA/FAS and is assessing mycotoxins levels in maize in the western
highlands of Guatemala and risk factors associated with their incidence. Gunasekaran is also
pursuing collaboration with Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
Dr. Jim Nienhuis work on tropical tomato and pepper production in Guatemala is supported by a USAID grant.
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10. India – Dr. V.G. Dhanakumar, Director of Indian Institute of Plantation Management
(IIPM) in Bangalore visited CALS to seek support for their new Food Processing &
Business Management
graduate program. He met
with Professors Scot Rankin
(Food Sci), Brian Gould
(AAE) and Paul Mitchel
(AAE). An MoU was signed
to formalize the
collaboration. Following
this, UW CALS and IIPM
organized a joint
International Conference on
Food Processing and
Agribusiness Emerging Trends
(ICFPA ’18) during January 18-
19, 2018 in Bangalore. Gunasekaran and Professor Srinivasan Damodaran (Food Sci)
attended the conference and Professor Mark Etzel (Food Sci) delivered his invited
lectures visa Skype. Discussions are ongoing to strengthen this collaboration to include
summer internships and scholar exchanges.
7. Indonesia – CALS IP is exploring opportunities in Indonesia through USAID’s
Sustainable Higher Education Research
Alliances (SHERA). Dr. Sherry Tanumihardjo
currently does work in Indonesia, which can
be leveraged for future collaborations.
Director Gunasekaran connected Lora
Klenke (WAA) with Mr. Bernie Burrola of US-
Indonesia Joint Council for Klenke’s visit to
Indonesia in December and also connected
Susan Huber Miller with Mr. Burrola for
undergraduate opportunities. Participated
in meetings with Dr. Irwan Surjawan, Head
of Department Food Technology of
Indonesia International Institute for Life
Sciences and Professors Scott Rankin and
Rich Hartel (Food Sci) with regards to
undergraduate summer research internship
opportunities in the Department of Food
Science.
Gunasekaran with Dr. Penny Lukioto (center) and Lora Klenke
Gunasekaran and Professor Damodaran (Food Sci) at ICFPA’18 in Bangalore, India
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Dr. Penny Lukito, Director of Badan Pengawas Obat dan Makanan (BPOM, the FDA of
Indonesia) and UW-Madison alumnus, led a delegation to UW-Madison in April to explore
resaerch and developemtn collaborations. Gunasekaran and CALS faculty and staff
Tanumihardjo (Nut Sci), Monica Thesis (Food Sci), and Calderon (Hort) met with the
Indonesian group. A strong interest in food safety related resaerch and training programs was
expressed. Further discussions will follow to identify
potential opportunities.
8. Japan – The active collaboration with Obihiro
University, Hokkaido, Japan continues to develop
through scholar exchanges and with the
development of an undergraduate study abroad
program focusing on Food Systems that will
commence in August 2018. Since March 2016, eight
OUAVM faculty visited Madison and 11 UW
faculty/staff visited OUAVM. Current focus has been
on potato research led by Jiwan Palta (Hort) and
food research by Shinya Ikeda (Food Sci). Other CALS
faculty who have visited OUAVM and have hosted
visitors are: Shelley Janske, Paul Bethke, David
Spooner (Hort), Amy Charkowski, Murray Clayton,
Walt Stevenson (Plant Path), Scott Rankin (Food Sci), Hasan Khatib, Jess Reed,
Guilherme Rosa (Animal Sci), Paul Fricke, Kent Weigel (Dairy Sci), and Bill Hickey (Soil
Sci). Obihiro University is planning a conference in November 2018 to bring all
participants together to discuss both current
and future collaborations.
9. Kazakhstan – Gary Kirking (UWEX) has a long-
standing partnership with several universities
in Kazakhstan a part of Open World program.
Director Gunasekaran met with a delegation
that visit UW in October. Gunasekaran also
visited Nazerbayev University (NU) in the
capital city of Astana as a part of the UW-
Madison International Projects Office’s
partnership to strengthen higher education at
NU. In addition, Gunasekaran visited Kazakh
Agro Technical University in Astana and met
with US Embassy personnel to explore funding
opportunities. Gunasekaran also visited Kazakh
National Agrarian University in Almaty to explore and build research collaborations.
Gunasekaran with a delegation from Kazakhstan visiting UW-Madison
Potato Storage in Obihiro, Japan is a part of Professor Palta’s (Hort) collaboration
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10. Kyrgyzstan – In May 2017, Director Gunasekaran visited American University in Central
Asia in Bishkek. He met with faculty and students, including an exchange student from
Wisconsin studying there.
11. Kenya – Professor Brett Shaw, Department of Life Sciences Communications (LSC) is
supporting nutrition and entrepreneurship in rural Kenya. Professor Shaw is
conducting research and outreach related to economic development for rural
communities in the Lake Victoria region of Kenya through opportunities such as
aquaculture and small-scale irrigated agriculture in partnership with the non-profit
organization EducationHop.
12. Nigeria – A program focusing on Stem Cell research capacity building is still pending dependent upon funding from the Nigerian government.
13. Peru – Professor Palta (Hort), Dr. Alfonso del Rio (Hort), Gunasekaran, and Ferrick
went to Peru in May 2017 to visit International Potato Center (CIP, Centro
Internacional de la Papa) and Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM),
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia to explore research collaboration and to
recruit graduate student who could be supported by the Peruvian Government to
study in CALS. They also visited CONCYTEC (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología
e Innovación Technologica), the nation’s major science and technology funding
agency.
In August 2017, Gunasekaran lead a delegation of CALS faculty Victor Cabrera, Michel
Wattiaux, Kent Weigel (Dairy Sci), and Tom Crenshaw (Ani Sci) and Mariola Grez
Capdeville, Professor Crenshaw’s graduate student to participate in the Peruvian
Association of Animal Production (APPA) conference sponsored by Universidad
Nacional Toribio Rodriguez (UNTRM) in August 2017. This was following the visit of
UNTRM president Dr. Jorge Maicelo Quintana in 2016 and signing of an MoU
between UNTRM and UW CALS.
Professor Cabrera (Dairy Sci) lecturing at the APPA conference in Chachapoyas, Peru
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14. Thailand – Professors Mike Havey and Brian Yandell from Horticulture and Bill Tracy from Agronomy visited Thailand in March 2017 and facilitated the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding MOU (MOU) with Kasetsart University. Dr. Piya Kittipadakul (2010 Ph.D., Horticulture with Dr. Shelly Janske) is the primary contact at Kasetsart We continue to work with the Wisconsin Alumni Association of Thailand (WAAT) in re-engaging with UW-Madison and CALS specifically. In May 2017, Gunasekaran and Ferrick visited Thailand to attend a (get name) conference hosted by Kesetsart University and Dr. Gunasekaran gave a keynote speech on partnerships
Professors Garret Suen and Jon Roll (Bact), Srivatsan Raman (Biochem), Anne Pringle (Botony), Eric Yen (Nutri Sci), and Gunasakaran participated on a Microbiome Research Symposium for May/June, 2017 hosted by Chulalongkorn University. Follow up on this has been delayed due to the passing of King Bhumibol Adulyadej after 70year reign.
15. Uganda – Professor James
Ntambi (BioChem) and Associate
IP Director John Ferrick were
awarded a grant by the Global
Health Institute to continue
work on the development of a
one-acre community centered
farm. This farm is designed as a
community-based resource with
the profits going to fund additional community identified needs. This work is being
done in collaboration with the Village Health Project (a UW student or and 501(c)3
organization) and Village Health Project – Uganda (a local CBO).
Children in Lweza Community, Uganda
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Accomplishments Grants Submitted
1. USAID Nutrition Project – in partnership
with ACDI/VOCA for work in Eastern Uganda 2. Global Health – in partnership with VHP and
VHP-Uganda. For work to further develop one-acre community focused farm.
Awards/Nominations 1. Guilherme Rosa (Animal Sci) - 2017 CALS
Award for Excellence in International Activities.
We continually seek nomination for various major awards to recognize CALS faculty and staff for their outstanding international agriculture work. We also encourage you to nominate your collaborators or these distinguished awards, which include the Norman Borlaug World Food Prize, World Agriculture Prize and others.
Fundraising 1. CALS IP Activities Fund established in 2016 continues to be a focus with funds
supporting faculty, staff and students working on projects with an international scope as well as efforts on campus to build international programs.
Plans for Next Year 1. Continue to work with CALS faculty and staff on expanding and strengthening their
international work in our focus countries and others. Director Gunasekaran and Associate Director Ferrick have started visiting each department during departmental meetings in order to speak directly to faculty regarding CALS IP activities.
2. Work with the IPC on consolidating and strengthen international efforts in CALS through connections that cut across the research, outreach and educational missions of the college. Worked to change name of CALS International Programs to CALS GLOBAL. This is being done to provide new energy and scope to the international work done in CALS.
3. Actively pursue various programmatic funding opportunities. 4. Strengthen existing relationships and initiate new ones about countries and agencies
that can support CALS missions. 5. Enhance the profile of CALS IP by actively connecting with academic and industry
leaders and by bringing international speakers to campus. 6. Connect with other universities (e.g., Tuskegee, Texas Tech, Michigan State University,
etc.) to plan for collaborative submissions of international proposals. 7. Continue to look for and help facilitate grant submissions.