In collaboration with partners in Colombia, we take an interdisciplinary, team-based approach to our research projects that are designed to contribute to solving complex, local problems.
Current Research Projects
Subgroup: Cacao -- Working with multiple partners from the United States and Colombia, the CFP Initiative supports Colombia’s peace process by establishing a road map for post‐conflict agricultural development.
Subgroup: Extension and Rural Education -- This Farmer-to Farmer project draws directly from the high-priority constraints identified in the Rapid Rural Reconnaissance (RRR) project and focuses on strengthening dissemination channels and the actors who move agricultural production and consumer science information.
Subgroup: Cacao -- In January of 2016 USAID and USDA executed a 5 year, $5 million program, “Cacao for Peace,” that seeks to promote agricultural development, stability and peace in Colombia by strengthening the country’s cacao sector.
Subgroup: Cacao -- The USDA, Colfuturo and Purdue agreed to provide fellowships for Colombian graduate students working on cacao at Purdue University.
Strategic solutions to water resource needs in the Guajira. Subgroup: Water and Natural Resource Management.
A comprehensive collaboration for a sustainable intensification platform of Columbian Agriculture. Subgroup: Digital Agriculture
