Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education News

SAS AI Platform to Help A&T, N.C. State Take Research to the People

06/24/2024 in College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will partner with North Carolina State University and data and AI (artificial intelligence) provider SAS to create a unique, cloud-based platform to advance agricultural research at the two land-grant universities and tailor the platform to make those results easier to deliver across the state.

Professor Liang Uses USDA Grant to Open Teachers’ Minds to Agricultural Possibilities

07/28/2023 in College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education

Chyi Lyi “Kathleen” Liang, Ph.D., Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Agriculture at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, is taking an innovative approach to agricultural education and a new, $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to implement it.

N.C. A&T’s Liang in $10M USDA-Funded Project to Examine Major Shocks to Food Systems

02/20/2023 in College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education

Chyi Lyi “Kathleen” Liang, Ph.D., the W.K. Kellogg Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Agriculture in N.C. A&T’s College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES), is a co-principal investigator on the project that received $10 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

N.C. A&T Professor Simpson Appointed to EPA Advisory Committee

12/09/2022 in College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education

Chantel Y. Simpson, Ph.D., a professor at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, has been appointed to an Environmental Protection Agency committee that provides policy recommendations on environmental issues affecting agriculture and rural communities.

N.C. A&T’s Noufal Receives FFA’s Highest Student Honor

11/17/2022 in College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences student Leila Noufal has been named a 2022 recipient of the American FFA Degree, the highest degree awarded by the National FFA Organization.

N.C. A&T Partners in USDA’s $2.8B Climate-Smart Commodities Projects

10/17/2022 in Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will participate in two major projects to reduce greenhouse gases and improve climate-resilient agriculture production as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s major new Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities.

National conference at A&T highlights sustainability, tech in agriculture

09/19/2022 in College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education

Small-scale producers from around the country gathered at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University to share ideas and experiences on such topics as farm justice, environmental impacts and innovations in growing practices during a three-day sustainability conference this month.