Feb. 16-May 12: Agricultural Productivity Enhancement and Communicating Science Project

February 16 through May 12 — The Agricultural Productivity Enhancement and Communicating Science Project is a collaborative project between the Center for Communicating Science (CCS), Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Global Program, and Egerton University in Kenya. 

This series of communicating science workshops is for early career agricultural researchers from research institutions in Kenya. Selected from a pool of more than 40 applicants, the 20 participants in the Agricultural Productivity Enhancement and Communicating Science Project (APECS) will attend Zoom workshops facilitated by CCS director Patty Raun, take advantage of 20 hours of self-paced online learning, and ultimately gather at Egerton University, the oldest institution of higher education in Kenya.

The in-person summit, set for May 6-10 in Njoro, will include communicating science discussions and experiential learning opportunities as well as the Case Challenge, a research presentation competition. Funded by a U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agriculture Service grant, the APECS is co-hosted by Egerton University and Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Global Programs.