CONGRESS ON THE GLOBAL

COFFEE QUALITY
RESEARCH INITIATIVE

William A. Dugas
Associate Vice Chancellor and Associate Dean
27 October 2010
Serving Texas and The World Through the
Land Grant Mission
•  Members of the Texas A&M
System

•  International focus serving

the people, natural resources
and the food, feed, forest, and
fiber systems of the world

•  We work together to fulfill

the land grant mission of:
•  Teaching
•  Research
•  Extension
•  Service
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Who Are We?
•  Four State Agencies (TAMUS)
•  Texas AgriLife Research
•  Texas AgriLife Extension Service
•  Texas Forest Service
•  Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

•  College of Agriculture and Life

Sciences (TAMU)
•  Cooperating Together with Services,
Missions, and Goals

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Texas AgriLife Research
• Only state agency charged with conducting
research in agriculture, natural resources, & life
sciences
• Most scientists have joint appointments with
TAMU or other universities
• Mission: Conduct basic and translational research
for the benefit of consumers and the agriculture
industry in order to:
  Improve environmental quality and preserve our natural resources
  Enhance competitiveness and prosperity of agricultural industries and
communities
  Improve public health & well-being
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Texas AgriLife Extension Service
•  Improves the lives of people, businesses and
communities in the following areas:
 Agriculture (Food, Fiber, Fuel, and Green Industries)
 Natural Resources and Environment Extension
Educational
 Health and Human Sciences Program
Delivery
 Youth Life Skills Development (4-H)
 Community Economic Development

•  Mission: Improving the lives of

people, businesses, and communities across Texas
and beyond through high-quality, relevant
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education.
Texas Forest Service
•  Conserve: Ensure forests, trees, and related natural
resources are conserved and provide a sustainable flow of
environmental and economic benefits.

•  Protect: The lead Texas agency for all-hazard responses,

including the suppression of wildfires and the
management of state disasters.

•  Mission: Provide leadership to assure trees, forests, and

related natural resources are protected and sustained for
the benefit of all.

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Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic
Laboratory
•  Only state agency dedicated to providing
veterinary diagnostic services in Texas
•  Backbone of animal and emerging/zoonotic
disease surveillance program
•  Mission:
Provide veterinary medical diagnostic services to reduce the incidence of animal
disease;
Contribute to an animal and zoonotic disease surveillance system and provide
early detection and response for high consequence, emerging and/or zoonotic
diseases;
Provide diagnostic tests to aid in commerce (interstate & international trade);
Contribute to the benefits of healthy animal/human interactions.

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (TAMU)

•  >400 faculty (Nobel Laureate, Humboldt and

Wolf Prize winners, Institute of Medicine, and
NAS)
•  >1400 graduate students
•  >5000 undergraduates in 14 departments
•  Research programs closely linked with AgriLife
Research

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Budget Summary
Entity # of Employees Expenditures ($M/year)

1,618 174.2

1,921 117.4

364 55.4

152 20.6

450 33.0

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A Few International Examples

•  Academic
•  International Agriculture and Resource
Management Certificate
•  Study Abroad (Australia, Guatemala, Fiji,
Belgium, Panama, Costa Rica, Dominica,
France, Italy, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, United
Kingdom)
•  Service opportunities (short-term training)
•  Internships

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A Few International Examples*
•  Extension & Research*
•  Guatemala. Food for Progress project increase market access for high-
value agricultural products.
•  El Salvador . Support small agribusiness and food technology.
•  Panama. International trade and development of the agricultural sector.
•  Armenia. Integrate university into European system of higher
education, and provide a sustainable source of agribusiness education
•  Ethiopia. Develop international meat quality standards and markets.
•  Rwanda. Promote partnerships for increased competitiveness in global
markets.
•  Iraq. Increase effectiveness of Iraqi extension system.
•  Afghanistan. Develop livestock early warning systems in Afghanistan
and provide livestock support to nomadic Afghan tribes.
•  Indonesia. Increase science-based food processing resources.
•  > 50 separate and significant international projects by College and
Agency faculty throughout the world
*Directly associated with Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture
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Texas A&M AgriLife

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