Director's
Message
A message from the Director of the Benson Institute, Dr. N.
Paul Johnston (emeritus).
Benson Institute
News
The thrd annual planning conference for the Benson Institute
took place in October 2000.
Commemorating
25 Years: The Ezra Taft Benson Agriculture and Food Institute
After 25 years of serving the people of the world, the Benson
Institute celebrates by reporting on its accomplishments.
BYU Interns:
Finding Ways to Help in Ghana
The first group of interns from BYU report on their internship
to Ghana.
BYU
Interns: Bringing solutions to Bolivia
BYU Interns traveled to Bolivia in the Spring of 2000 to research
Quinoa and help local communities.
BYU
Interns: A Lifetime of Difference in Ecuador
BYU Interns travel to Ecuador to learn from and teach the
people of two communities.
BYU Faculty
Research: The Quinoa Project
Four BYU professors research the genetic quality of quinoa
in order to improve nutrition in the Bolivian High Plains.
BYU
Faculty Research: Effective Education with Lora Beth Brown
Lora Beth Brown of BYU's nutrition department traveled to
Ecuador to teach effective education techniques to Latin American
students.
Increasing
Protein to Decrease Malnutrition
Laura Jimenez came to Provo to study camelid feeding practices
with BYU professor Todd Robinson.
Teaching
Exchange Students About Poultry Research
Celso Moreno and Diego Granda work as animal science interns
at the poultry lab in Spanish Fork, Utah.
Helping
Anemic Communities in Bolivia
Beatriz Ramirez came to Utah to develop teaching materials
for helping to educate her fellow Bolivians about anemia.
Compiling
the Organic Farming Database
Interns from Mexico visit Utah to use Benson Institute facilities
to compile an organic farming manual.
Making
Recommendations in Ecuador
Benson Institute-sponsored interns research parasite effects
on anemia and health of children in Ecuador.
Initializing
Studies in Bolivia
Benson Institute employee Raquel Tustón conducted baseline
research on the nutritional status of children in Bolivia.
Results will be useful for further intervention.
Furthering
Nutrition in Guatemala
Katherine Diéguez makes nutritional advances as she
works with the Ezra Taft Benson Agriculture and Food Institute
in Guatemala.
Success
Story
The Benson Institute highlights an area that they plan to
improve through agronomy and nutrition.
Faculty
Exchange: Ramiro Flores Visits BYU
During the spring of 2000, Ramiro Flores, professor of animal
science at San Javier University in Sucre, Bolivia, came to
Provo, Utah, to work with Roy Silcox of BYU’s Animal
Science Department.
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