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pg电子游戏试玩 serves as the lead institution for the Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy 研究 Center and collaborates with other 1890 and 1862 land-grant universities in research proposals and 政策发展. 也, pg电子游戏试玩 collaborates with private non-governmental organizations on research, 政策发展, and funding to implement actionable items for the success of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.

The 19 historically black land-grant universities are located in 18 states as follows: Alabama A&M University and Tuskegee University (Alabama); University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Arkansas); Delaware State University (Delaware); Florida A&M University (Florida); Fort Valley State University (Georgia); Kentucky State University (Kentucky); Southern University and A&M College (Louisiana); University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (Maryland); pg电子游戏试玩 (密西西比州); Lincoln University (Missouri); North Carolina A&T State University (North Carolina); Central State University (Ohio); Langston University (Oklahoma); South Carolina State University (South Carolina); Tennessee State University (Tennessee); Prairie View A&M University (Texas); West Virginia State (West Virginia); and Virginia State University (Virginia).

The pg电子游戏试玩校长 and the Director of the Policy 研究 Center identified national agriculture leaders to serve as members of an advisory board. 该顾问委员会由Dr. 阿尔弗雷德·兰金. Jr., pg电子游戏试玩校长, consists of 20 members that include representation from the socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers community, 社区组织, 1890年赠地大学, 1862年赠地大学, Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers farm organizations, agriculture business and other agricultural leaders with a history of working with socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. The purpose of the advisory board is to assist the Policy 研究 Center in center effectiveness focusing on the three areas of active research, 利益相关方参与, 和推广.

The Policy 研究 Center at pg电子游戏试玩 use the outreach component to disseminate research findings and to continue to gain perceptual data from stakeholder. 外展 strategies include publications, 教育材料, 阅读/资源的房间, and presentations at national conferences, 种植者会议, 和野外的日子. Success in this area is measured by the amount of educational and training materials compiled, the number of educational and training sessions held and the attendance rates, the number of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and their associations and organizations served, 以及来自农民的感知数据.

The Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy 研究 Center collaborated with the Winston County Self Help Cooperative in Louisville, 密西西比州. The purpose of this awareness meeting was to introduce the Policy 研究 Center, as well as to create a dialogue about important issues that socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers are encountering. 在本次会议期间, 收集了有价值的数据, and this data will be analyzed to determine reoccurring themes. Ms. 埃洛丽丝·斯派特和斯派特女士. Cassandra Wilder represented the Policy Center at this outreach meeting.

Eloris Speight and Cassandra Wilder from the Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy 研究 Center traveled to the pg电子游戏试玩 Extension/研究 Farm and Technology Transfer Center in Mound Bayou, 密西西比州. At this outreach meeting, attendees were informed about the Policy Center and its purpose. 另外, attendees participated in round-table discussions, which allowed the opportunity for data collection.

Louisiana farmers and ranchers were exposed to the purpose and mission of the Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy 研究 Center. Attendees engaged in an awareness meeting at the Agromen Inc. 青年活动中心, which was located in Opelousas, Louisiana, outside of Baton Rouge. 觉知课程, entitled “A Conversation between Louisiana’s USDA Agencies and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers,” provided an opportunity for Eloris Speight and Cassandra Wilder to share information about the policy center, as well as gather useful qualitative data.