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Mitch Arnold, news editor
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Greensboro, NC: A pesticide application and disposal
project coordinated by the North Carolina A&T State University Cooperative
Extension Program has been awarded funding by the North Carolina Department
of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Environmental Intervention Program for Small-Scale and Limited Resource
Farmers in North Carolina will receive $232,754 in funding over three
years.
The project, led by Mohammed J. Ibrahim and Dr. Daniel M. Lyons of the
NC A&T Cooperative Extension Program, will focus on the development
and implementation of environmental intervention programs for the state's
small-scale farmers.
Key project activities include:
- identifying compliance assistance needs in the agricultural community,
and the most effective ways for small-scale and limited resource farmers
to address those needs.
- providing training and educational materials that will address pesticide
management, pollution prevention and general safety.
- providing demonstrations and hands-on activities for pesticide applicators
and their maintenance.
- establishing a database of limited-resource farmers to target with
pertinent pesticide information.
State Agriculture Commissioner Jim Graham, a former member of the A&T
Board of Trustees, was on hand to present the grant to A&T during a
meeting in the Chancellor's Office.
"The NCDA&CS grant will enable our Cooperative Extension project
to aggressively deal with the challenges of environmental safety,"
said Dr. Edward B. Fort, chancellor of NC A&T. "This is a clear-cut
signal that our faculty, staff, scientists and students in the School of
Agriculture continue to initiate research efforts, the results of which
impact positively upon this state's economic growth and well-being. We
are delighted to accept this grant and will push to ensure sound results."
"We need to do everything we can to protect our natural resources
and we feel this program helps us achieve that goal," said Graham.
"Providing small-scale farmers with information on the latest and
safest ways to apply and dispose of pesticide materials is one way to be
proactive in our approach to environmental management."
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For more information, please contact Dr. Daniel Lyons, NC A&T Cooperative
Extension Program, (910) 334-7024.
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