The Ohio State University/Colegio de Postgraduados en Ciéncias Agrícolas
Country:
Mexico
Award Date:
1998
Award Amount:
$99,972.00
Cost Share:
$366,948.00
Other Funds:
$168,000.00
Other Partners:
41 partners, primarily Ohio and Mexican agribusiness firms represented on OSU’s Agribusiness Advisory Council and CP’s Agribusiness Advisory Council
This partnership established a sustainable program in agribusiness at the Colegio de Postgraduados en Ciéncias Agrícolas (CP). The partners created three new short courses at CP—Agribusiness Management, Agricultural and Food Marketing, and Agricultural Food Systems. By the end of the award period, the management course had been offered six times at CP and twice in the states of Morelos and Tabasco, enrolling a total of 322 students. The partners also established a Technical Agribusiness master’s degree program at CP, with 40 students enrolling in the first year; an agribusiness certificate program for CP master’s and Ph.D. students in any discipline; and Agribusiness Advisory Councils at both CP and The Ohio State University. Both partners are successfully marketing the new agribusiness program throughout Mexico.