Brazil-US Consortium on Agroecology and Sustainable Rural Development

There is an acute need to combat rural poverty, enhance food security and conserve the natural resource base in order to provide options to small farmers and to convert large-scale, high-input farming systems to sustainable management both in the USA and Brazil. To achieve this, the Brazil-US Consortium on Agroecology and Sustainable Rural Development (CASRD) will promote an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional educational exchange program allowing students from US and Brazil to become knowledgeable in the area of agroecology, critical for the design and management of sustainable farming systems. Through a series of modules integrating experiential, classroom and web-based learning, this program will allow students to engage in a four-month academic program, leading to an understanding of the challenges facing agriculture in the hemisphere as well the various technical, socio-economic and policy options for moving towards sustainability.

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