Purdue/World Vision Partner on PICS project in Ghana

Hello, Purdue Extension!

It is my honor to announce that Amanda Bailey and George Okantey will be participating in the PICS/Purdue Extension Train-the-Trainer program this August in northern Ghana. They will be working with PICS/Ghana partner, World Vision. Some 2000 villages in Ghana will receive trainings from the agents that Amanda and George will train during their two weeks in-country. We look forward to sharing Amanda and George’s experience with all of Extension, COA, and Purdue University upon their return.

Best of luck, Amanda and George!

Jim

James Murren
International Extension Program Coordinator
International Programs in Agriculture & Purdue Extension
Purdue University
Agricultural Administration Building, Room 26
615 West State Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1168, USA

email: jmurren@purdue.edu
phone: 01.765.494.9831
fax: 01.765.494.9613
http://www.ag.purdue.edu/ipia/Pages/extension.aspx

Purdue Improved Cowpea Project

The Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage (PICS) is a five-year project to improve cowpea storage in West and Central Africa. The goal of the PICS project is to have 50% of cowpea in West and Central Africa stored with hermetic method by 2012. The project is being implemented in 10 different countries in West and Central Africa, including Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Cameroon, Benin, Togo and Chad. The PICS project plans to disseminate the triple-layer sack technology in 28,000 villages in West and Central Africa.