1. Impacting the World: From Land-grant to World-grant Jeffrey Riedinger
Dean, International Studies & Programs
Michigan State University

2. Extension in Local Context
Link to research & teaching
Federal-state-county cooperation
Client-focused
Diverse commodities
Community development

3. Extension in Global Context
International crop & commodity markets
Food safety concerns
Emerging infectious & zoonotic diseases
Increasing competition for resources
Poverty, scarce resources, & conflict
China, India & other countries – new competition (e.g., oil, cement)
MSU International Extension Training Progam
Journal of Extension: Build inter-cultural skill sets
Biofuels technology USDA
Cropping here and overseas: Don Nugent Farms Michigan
Extension and community development

4. Living in an Inter-Dependent World
Biofuels strategies in Brazil
Potato germplasm from China
Agro-tourism in Italy
Carbon sequestration in Senegal
Nutraceuticals in Nigeria

5. Global Supply Chains Understanding consumer opportunities
Going to scale - development of associations & cooperatives
Understanding & responding to international (supermarket) standards
Being responsive to buyers’ expectations (reliability, consistency, volume)
Educating consumers

6. Global Food Systems South Africa: winter squash Nicaragua: plantains
Rwanda: high value coffee
Michigan: asparagus
Michigan: goji fruit?
Partnership for Food Industry Development PFID is a USAID program le by MSU to enable small farming operations to enter the global marketplace. Focus on education and capacity building among growers and buyers to increase competitiveness of small and medium scale producers in local, regional, and international markets for sale of fruits and vegetables
Don Nugent – example of global farming

7. Global Food System Lessons
Meeting international standards – improves access to local markets
Simple innovations can make a difference
Cooperatives where they make sense
Capacity for one product transfers to others

8. Extending the Extension Model
Few land grant universities
Research - national agricultural research systems & CGIAR
Teaching – K-12 & universities
Extension – Ministry of Agriculture
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
Teaching domain of Ministry of Education (& Ministry of Higher Education)

9. New Models for Delivering Extension
Workshops for global audiences: biotechnology, intellectual property rights
Online instruction - global reach
Information access via Internet
“Wiki” world
Bridging the “last kilometer”
Mali – village solar-powered laptop computers
Cell phones

10. Re-inventing the County Extension Office
Establish presence in countries of strategic importance to U.S. & Michigan
Focus on opportunities for impact & mutual benefits
Promote public – private partnerships
Engage international alumni as MSU “consuls general”

11. Michigan State University Extension
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally (& Globally)

12. Michigan State University
Advancing Knowledge
Transforming Lives

13. THANK YOU!

14. International Extension at MSU
Partnerships for food industry development
Partnerships for enhancing agriculture in Rwanda through Linkages
Pulses for health alliance
Health benefits of crops and nutrition education
Partnerships for Food Industry Development
Partnerships for enhancing agriculture in Rwanda through Linkages
Pulses for Health Alliance

15. International Extension at MSU
Food security III cooperative leadership program to cut hunger and poverty
Program for biosafety systems
Generating Research and Extension to meet Economic and Environmental Needs (GREEN) for sustainable, profitable and competitive businesses
Highlights of Ag Econ Faculty projects
Food Security III Leadership Cooperative Program
Program for biosafety systems
Generating Research and Extension to meet Economic and Environmental Needs (Project GREEN)

16. Capacity Building for Community Development
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Planning
Facilitation
Land use
Transportation planning

17. Cultural Economic Development
Agro-tourism
Eco-tourism
Cultural-based tourism

18. Infrastructure development
Water resources
Carbon sequestration