Title XII agricultural development support program : (279-0052), Yemen Arab Republic, faculty of agriculture, subproject paper

Oregon State University will implement the SP mainly through a program of faculty development and facility construction and equipping. Faculty development will be supported by providing an FOA advisor, technical support personnel, and interim faculty and by U.S., Ph.D.-level training for 22 persons (in addition to the 7 authorized under the Core SP) and short-term training for four administrative personnel. This training will enable FOA faculty to teach B.S.-level courses in livestock, crop, and poultry production and protection, agricultural economics, hydrology and agricultural engineering, agricultural education/extension, food science and technology, and library science. It will also enable them to conduct research on priority rural development issues and to assist other institutions in extension. FOA graduates (120 per year) will serve as managers and counterparts in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MFA) and in other projects, and as candidates for graduate level participant training to prepare for teaching or training in Yemeni schools and development projects. The SP will construct and equip on the UOS campus an instructional farm which will be used for demonstration, research, and outreach purposes, and an agricultural library; a farm co-manager and a co-librarian will be provided. The SP will also construct and equip instructional/research laboratories for basic science; animal, poultry, food, plant, and soil sciences; animal and poultry nutrition; and agricultural mechanics and product processing. AID-funded architectural and engineering consultants will ensure a functional relationship among offices, classrooms, and research facilities. Finally, TA personnel will develop in-service and refresher training programs for professional agriculturalists, both public and private, as well as faculty exchanges, seminars, and other linkages with U.S. land grant universities" Faculties of Agriculture; and work with the Faculty of Science to strengthen the basic science curriculum.