12 2 STA T . 12 3 1 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 23 4—M A Y 22 , 200 8SEC.7139 . BORLAUGINT ERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AN D TEC H NOLOG YF ELLO W SHI P PROGRA M . Subti t leKof t h e Na tio n al Agr i c ultural R e s earch ,Ex tension, an dT eaching P olic y Act of 197 7 ( 7 U. S. C . 3 31 0 et se q . ) (as a m ended by section 713 8 ) is amended by adding at the end the follo w ing
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‘SEC. 1 4 73G. BORLAUG INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. ‘ ‘(a) FEL L OWSHIP P R O G R AM . — ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a fellow - shi p program, to be k nown as the ‘ B orlaug International Agri- cultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program, ’ to pro- v ide fellowships for scientific training and study in the United States to individuals from eligible countries (as described in subsection (b)) who speciali z e in agricultural education, research, and extension. ‘‘( 2 ) PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall carry out the fellow- ship program by implementing 3 programs designed to assist individual fellowship recipients, including— ‘‘(A) a graduate studies program in agriculture to assist individuals who participate in graduate agricultural degree training at a United States institution
‘‘(B) an individual career improvement program to assist agricultural scientists from developing countries in upgrading skills and understanding in agricultural science and technology; and ‘‘(C) a Borlaug agricultural policy executive leadership course to assist senior agricultural policy makers from eligible countries, with an initial focus on individuals from sub-Saharan Africa and the independent states of the former Soviet Union. ‘‘(b) ELIGI B LE CO U N T RIES.—An eligible country is a developing country, as determined by the Secretary using a gross national income per capita test selected by the Secretary. ‘‘(c) PURPOSE O F FELLOWSHIPS.—A fellowship provided under this section shall— ‘‘(1) promote food security and economic growth in eligible countries by— ‘‘(A) educating a new generation of agricultural sci- entists; ‘‘(B) increasing scientific knowledge and collaborative research to improve agricultural productivity; and ‘‘(C) extending that knowledge to users and inter- mediaries in the marketplace; and ‘‘(2) shall support— ‘‘(A) training and collaborative research opportunities through exchanges for entry level international agricultural research scientists, faculty, and policymakers from eligible countries; ‘‘(B) collaborative research to improve agricultural productivity; ‘‘(C) the transfer of new science and agricultural tech- nologies to strengthen agricultural practice; and ‘‘( D ) the reduction of barriers to technology adoption. ‘‘(d) FELLOWSHIP RE C IPIENTS.— 7USC3 3 19j.
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