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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State University and the University of Arizona have partnered to help several Mexican universities increase their ability to develop and deliver extension programs to rural Mexico.
The Las Cruces Sun-News reports (http://bit.ly/1Jrh1Y0 ) that members of the NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and representatives from 19 Mexican universities traveled to Washington, D.C., in August to meet U.S. Department of Agriculture officials and congressional staff.
Later in the month NMSU officials visited the University of Chihuahua, University of Guanajuato and four University of Guadalajara campuses for training visits.
Mexico's secretary for agriculture, livestock, rural development, fisheries and nutrition is funding the initiative, which has helped 57 rural communities thus far.
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