Borlaug Fellowship program to host international fellow from Morocco to work with Dr. Hamid Ashrafi in his blueberry genetics and genomics lab. The overall objectives of the fellowship work was to aid in the development small fruit berry crops in Loukkos, Morocco. While at NC State University, the fellow was able to investigate micropropagation techniques for blueberries and other small fruit berry crops, conduct field blueberry breeding research, assess small fruit berry varieties, and conduct quality tests.