04—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 11,1981 Delaware student gets international NEWARK, Del. - Steve Death plans to go into international agricultural research when he completes his graduate studies. Judging by his experience with Panamanian vegetable growers last winter, the personable, dark bearded young plant scientist should do well in his chosen profession. Death, who has just received a master’s degree in plant pathology from the University of Delaware, spent three months in Panama last winter gaining first-hand ex perience in tropical agriculture and testing a plant disease screening method he developed as part of his thesis research. He’s the first College of Agriculture student to visit the country under partial support from the university’s Title XII program. Title XII of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1975 calls for expanded programs in in ternational agriculture at American universities. The philosophy behind the Act is that the best way to increase world food, supplies is to help small farmers in less-developed countries grow more of their own food through improved farming practices. “The future food needs of less- developed countries will be far beyond what the U.S.A. can provide,” says Dr. Charles R. Curtis, Title XII coordinator for the university! "It is in our own best interest as a nation to help them improve their food production and trade potential through these programs.” Two years ago the University of Delaware received a five-year strengthening grant from AID (the Agency for International Development), which administers Title XII. Over 50 U.S. land grant colleges and other selected schools now have such grants. Their purpose is to increase the ability of these institutions to participate in the large scale • agricultural projects AID sponsors in various parts of the world. The university receives $lOO,OOO a year .which it must match with its own funds. While Steve was in Panama he spent part of his time working with members of a local farmers’ marketing cooperative near the town of Boquete in Chiriqui province-the country’s major agricultural district. He also spent a good deal of time studying the problems of tropical agriculture and surveying local farms. He visited a number of other experience in tropical agriculture Delaware was never like this. University of Delaware grad student Steve Death found agricultural areas in Panama as. well. During most of January he lived on the 150-acre farm of a grower Kraiburg Happy Moo Mats IDEAL FOR EVERY FREE OR TIE STALL BARN For new free and tie stall barns, mats can be cemented in concrete. For existing barns, mats can be anchored on top of concrete. SIZES AVAILABLE 36x60 35x65 39x65 39x69 42x60 42x72 42x84 43x59 who raises potatoes, onions and other fresh-market vegetables, and coffee. At that time of year the growing season is in full swing, so Why are you so happy? 43x65 43x69 48x60 48x65 48x72 54x65 54x72 many differences during a r. »ti Panama. Here he tours a banana plantation My boss just hadVANCO SALES deliver and install HAPPY , MOOMATS. ■ VANCO SALES IRD 4, Box 300 | Carlisle, PA 17013 | Phone - 717-776-3494 k Please send free sample & installation * instructions g Name _ | Address I B Phone Leath was able to observe m tropical farming practices at fi hand. (Turrijto Page D 5) w
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