On Thursday, October 25, 2007, the College of Engineering Sciences, Technology and Agriculture (CESTA) at Florida A&M University (FAMU) will sponsor the 2007 CESTA Research Forum on FAMU’s campus in the Perry Paige Auditorium, located at 1740 Martin Luther King Boulevard from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Honorable Dr. Gale Buchanan, Undersecretary for Research, Education and Economics, for the United States Department of Agriculture, will be the keynote speaker at the forum’s opening session at 8:45 a.m.
The Honorable Charles Bronson, Commissioner for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and FAMU President James H. Ammons will also be on the program. Several USDA agency representatives, state partners and industry collaborators will also be present.
“CESTA’s research projects are interdisciplinary initiatives that address some of the serious challenges facing Florida and the nation as related to issues such as small farm productivity, water and air quality, expansion of viticulture production, biosecurity, management of invasive species and disease vectors,” said Moses Kairo, forum planning chairperson and director of the FAMU Center for Biological Control.
FAMU is the state’s 1890 land-grant institution, and CESTA is the college that has served historically as the land-grant component of the university with programs emphasizing the integration of academics, research and outreach in agriculture and natural resources. Programs in the college include 13 degree programs and options in agricultural sciences, engineering technology and naval science.
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