The
Patronato Para la Investigacion Fomento y Sanidad Vegetal conducts research with the intent of improving the quality and sustainability of farming production in the state of Tamaulipas. In the past year, with the cooperation of the Union Agricola Regional de Norte de Tamaulipas, ARC and PIFSV have located the presence of atoxigenic strains in soil and established field tests with the involvement of corn and cotton growers in northern Tamaulipas,
The
Institute for Tropical Agriculture is an international organization that seeks to provide safe food and agricultural resources to the people of Sub-Saharan Africa. Through an exchange of scientists, IITA and ARC have collaborated to find atoxigenic strains of
Aspergillus flavus indigenous to West Africa. This interaction continues to develop, in the investigation of agricultural practices that will limit aflatoxin contamination in maize through crop development, harvest and storage.
Located 15 miles southeast of Fresno in the central San Joaquin Valley, one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world,
Kearney Agricultural Center is the University of California's largest off-campus agricultural research facility.
Kearney's mission is to provide state-of-the-science research and educational programs to promote sustainability of California's 24.5 billion dollar agriculture industry, and to enhance the quality of the rural environment.
