We developed a joint project between an American higher education institute and USDA-FAS (Foreign Agricultural Service) to enhance researcher capacities to develop, promote, and defend the safe use of biotechnology in the promotion of global food security. In collaboration with Jose Cisneros we submitted a proposal to Borlauge institute and through USDA-FAS we were awarded $39,500 to host in a visitor scientist from Moroco to work on blueberry genemoics.
She was supposed to be in here in the U.S. in Oct 2017 but due to visa delay she is going to travel in the first quarter of 2018.