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Developing Effective International Cooperative Linkages for Animal Research and Training I. in the Middle East^{1 , 2,}

University of Nebraska, Lincoln 68683

Abstract

On the basis of the University of Nebraska's experience in Turkey, Afghanistan and Syria, the economic and academic resources available in these countries merit US participation in institutional development programs in the area of animal science. However, the political instability in the Middle East is a factor of concern. As illustrated by the University of Damascus, used in this paper as a model, relatively high academic standards are required of both the students and faculty at higher education institutions in the Middle East. A Ph.D. degree is required for university professors, but nonagricultural backgrounds limit the effectiveness of the university in providing leadership in the livestock industry. Major emphasis needs to be placed on closer cooperation between industry and the university, the application of known technology in livestock production and the development of university academic programs in agriculture that are relevant to the needs of the country. Establishing effective permanent linkages between the US and host country institutions depends upon: (1) broad-based participation by faculty at both institutions; (2) providing US institutions with incentives that will ensure relevant graduate training opportunities for program participants; (3) projecting the US institution philosophy into the host country program, and (4) minimizing the disruption of the home institution program.

¹ Invitational paper presented at Symposium on Developing Effective International Cooperative Linkages for Animal Research and Training, sponsored by Internat'l Anim. Agr. Committee, Annu. Meet. of ASAS, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, July 31, 1979.

² Published as Paper No. 5831, Journal Series, Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station.