The LSU AgCenter is developing partnerships with five agricultural universities in China that will allow students and faculty to participate in exchanges and cooperate on research.
The AgCenter announced today that some of its representatives visited China in early December to sign a memoranda of understanding with South China Agricultural University in Guangzhou and the Hebei Institute of Geographical Sciences in Shijiazhuang.
Discussions on future collaboration were held with China Agricultural University and Peking University, both in Beijing, as well as Nanjing Agricultural University in Nanjing, the AgCenter says.
“It’s very beneficial for our students to participate in a study-abroad experience to learn more about the agriculture sector, in addition to understanding more about the culture and history of a country like China,” AgCenter International Programs Director David Picha says.
Picha said AgCenter faculty also will benefit from collaboration with the universities, which are leading agricultural research institutions in China.
While LSU will develop a study abroad program to China for AgCenter students, several Chinese students also plan to come to LSU as visiting scholars or graduate students, Picha says.
This is not the first time the AgCenter has collaborated with Chinese institutions, Picha says, but most research agreements in the past only have been with individual departments instead of entire agricultural universities. The AgCenter has the full story.
