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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Subject: Peace Corps urgently
needs agriculture volunteers<br>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:46:55 -0500<br>
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<font face="verdana">Dear UC Santa Barbara Faculty and Staff,<br>
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</font><font face="verdana">First, congratulations for helping UC Santa
Barbara achieve 22nd in the U.S. for Peace Corps volunteers among large
universities. Forty-six graduates are currently serving in
developing countries from Albania to Zanzibar. <br>
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</font><font face="verdana">These countries are asking Peace Corps for
urgent help in improving their agriculture. Peace Corps would
appreciate your efforts to help us contact students who would make good
agriculture volunteers. Whether you choose to forward this e-mail,
invite a Peace Corps returned volunteer to speak to a class, or make
Peace Corps information available in your office, we thank you. If
you are a returned Peace Corps volunteer yourself, please let us
know.<br>
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Here is a brief summary of Peace Corps projects related to
agriculture:<br>
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<img src="cid:6.1.2.0.0.20070123112721.0207b130@mail.lifesci.ucsb.edu.5" width=120 height=104 alt="bd4b40.jpg"><b>Animal
Husbandry: volunteers work to enhance farm families' nutrition and
household income through improved livestock management techniques.
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</font><font face="verdana" color="#555555">(Joe Colling introduces
beekeeping to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Malawi
counterparts.)<br>
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<b>Applied Agriculture: volunteers encourage sustainable crop production
through promotion of organic-farming techniques and better farm
management. <br>
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<b>Environmental Education: activities include teaching in
elementary and secondary schools and providing environmental education to
youth groups and individuals outside school settings.<br>
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<b>Environmental and Water Resources Engineering: volunteers work
with local governments and communities to improve water and sanitation
facilities.</b> <br><br>
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<b>Farm Management and Agribusiness: volunteers work with small-scale
farmers, farmers' cooperatives, agribusinesses, and nongovernmental
organizations. <br>
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<b>Forestry: volunteers help communities conserve natural resources
by working on projects such as soil conservation; watershed management
and flood control; production of sustainable fuels; improvement of
agroforestry practices such as fruit production; building live fences and
alley cropping; and preservation of biodiversity, sometimes near national
parks or other reserves.<br>
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<br><br>
<img src="cid:6.1.2.0.0.20070123112721.0207b130@mail.lifesci.ucsb.edu.7" width=120 height=104 alt="bd4b5e.jpg"> <br><br>
<font face="verdana" color="#555555">Volunteer Mike Tubianosa helped
start a tree nursery next to his Ghanaian school.<br>
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<b>Parks and Wildlife: volunteers provide technical assistance and
training in natural resource conservation, generally in close affiliation
with national parks or other reserves. <br>
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<b><i><a name="ole_link1"></a>Cordially,</i></b><a name="ole_link1"></a>
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<b>David C. Briery</b><br>
<b>Peace Corps Public Affairs Specialist</b><br>
<b>Arizona, Central and Southern California</b><br>
<b>2361 Rosecrans Ave, Suite 155</b><br>
<b>El Segundo CA 90245</b><br>
<b>310.356.1106 or 800.424.8580</b><br><br>
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