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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFor those curious, the USDA sends units to Afghanistan to help farmers plan and market crops
For anyone who was flabbergasted that the USDA would have material about handling classified information and leaks.
http://www.fas.usda.gov/country/afghanistan/us-afghanistan.asp
I trained with some of these guys. Good people. There's even a pretty innovative program they do with a National Guard unit from somewhere very ag-heavy (Iowa? IIRC?) where the Soldiers built and helped set up extension centers (I think they're called NIFA in the US now); they're pretty popular, just like the ones in the US.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Not much.
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Several US universities are involved in training scientists as well as training farmers. It's a great program.
Nice post, Recursion.
pipoman
(16,038 posts)Who knew they were such a covert arm of the .gov..
Recursion
(56,582 posts)which means they have classified information.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)with an small cast of old cheerleaders and a hundreds of new recruits!
It's like summer training camp!