What are your job duties/job responsibilities in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources? My basic role as Business Support Specialist II includes being an international liaison to CAFNR International Programs (CIP) visiting scholars, dignitaries and business people from all over the world, here on our USDA grants. This encompasses financials, personnel, logistics and databases. On the creative side,…
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Nurturing Cross-Disciplinary Thinking
Mizzou students’ idea becomes reality
It’s a program where political science, business, chemical engineering, food science and students from many disciplines come together to solve problems associated with poverty and food insecurity. A part of the Brady and Anne Deaton Institute for University Leadership in International Development, the Deaton Scholars Program (DSP) is devoted to growing global sharing and application of knowledge to combat local…
Multi-Grain Thresher Earns Second Place At Innovation Showcase
Kerry Clark, director of CAFNR International Programs, and two collaborators in Ghana have developed an inexpensive multi-grain thresher for poor smallholder farmers in Africa. It is common for women on small farms to “thresh” soybean grains from the mature plants by beating the plants with sticks to remove the beans from the pods. It would take up to two weeks…
A Lifetime of International Work
Kerry Clark named director of CAFNR International Programs
Kerry Clark, assistant research professor in the Division of Applied Social Sciences (DASS) and project manager for smallholder productivity for the USAID Soybean Innovation Lab (SIL), has been named director of CAFNR International Programs, effective Aug. 1, 2019. Clark has worked internationally throughout her career. Through the USAID Soybean Innovation Lab, she works with a multidisciplinary team to bridge seed…
Ken Schneeberger Receives Haynes Distinguished Service Award at 2019 Celebration of Excellence
Ken Schneeberger, director of CAFNR International Programs, received the Dana Brown Haynes Distinguished Service Award at CAFNR’s 2019 Celebration of Excellence awards ceremony, held Thursday, April 11. Schneeberger joined Mizzou in 1968 after earning his PhD from Oklahoma State University. He is a professor emeritus of agricultural economics, and also served as director of CAFNR’s Farms and Centers for 10…
Ken Schneeberger receives CAFNR Proud Award
Ken Schneeberger, director of CAFNR International Programs, received the CAFNR Proud Award at the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources’ Novemberfest event, Friday, Nov. 16. The award recognizes Schneeberger’s 50 years of service to CAFNR and the University of Missouri. He joined Mizzou in 1968, after finishing his Ph.D. in production economics and agribusiness management at Oklahoma State University.…
Help From Up North
CAFNR International Programs teams up with University of Saskatchewan, Canadian government to improve ag productivity in Ghana
Canada has been involved in the economic development of Ghana for decades, dating back to 1957 when Ghana became the first African country to receive financial assistance from the Canadian government. The University of Missouri has also built a strong presence in the West African country over the years – so perhaps it was only natural that the two entities…