{"id":434,"date":"2006-08-03T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-03T21:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/08\/nmsu-wants-to-help-rebuild-agriculture-in-iraq\/"},"modified":"2006-08-03T15:26:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-03T21:26:00","slug":"nmsu-wants-to-help-rebuild-agriculture-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/08\/nmsu-wants-to-help-rebuild-agriculture-in-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"NMSU wants to help rebuild agriculture in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5892\/2386\/1600\/Martin%2C%20Michael.3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5892\/2386\/200\/Martin%2C%20Michael.2.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>New Mexico State University President Michael Martin wants to join a coalition of schools that will help rebuild agriculture in <st1:country-region st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Iraq<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Martin has just returned from a trip to <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Baghdad<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>, and said he hopes NMSU can play a lead role in the task.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It\u2019s part of Martin\u2019s broader goal of making NMSU known and influential far beyond <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>\u2019s borders. The branding campaign, which included the new logo, is geared in that direction. He has completely (and controversially) shaken up the research structure at NMSU, with the goal of improving it. And Martin has also visited <st1:country-region st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">North Korea<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> with Gov. Bill Richardson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">While Martin and others were in <st1:country-region st=\"on\">Iraq<\/st1:country-region>, the <st1:country-region st=\"on\">United States<\/st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region st=\"on\">Iraq<\/st1:country-region> signed a joint statement of intent to strengthen and broaden <st1:country-region st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Iraq<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>\u2019s agricultural extension system and universities through partnerships with schools here. Martin says the U.S. Department of Agriculture is expected to issue a request for proposals from universities in the fall, and NMSU will probably form a consortium with other schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Iraqi desert is in some ways similar to <st1:state st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:state>\u2019s, and many here have expertise that could benefit the people of <st1:country-region st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Iraq<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Martin rightly said this gives NMSU a chance to learn about and become involved in the world. It could be a great educational opportunity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Mexico State University President Michael Martin wants to join a coalition of schools that will help rebuild agriculture in Iraq. Martin has just returned from a trip to Baghdad, and said he hopes NMSU can play a lead role in the task. It\u2019s part of Martin\u2019s broader goal of making NMSU known and influential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}