Global Partnership For Innovations, Technology Transfer and Commercialization For Food Security and Economic Growth.

The world population is growing and is expected to reach 9 Billion by the year 2050.The food and nutritional security will become a critical global issue. With the emerging trends of globalization, agriculture has become a global sector.Our food systems and agribusinesses are global and international trade is increasing each year.Private sector is expected to play a vital role and public-private sector partnerships (PPPs) are growing.International collaboration and cooperation is a hallmark of Michigan State University (MSU). MSU continues to play a pivotal role in international agricultural research and development through collaborative research, education, and outreach programs throughout the world. The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) at MSU has had a long history of internal agriculture development. Numerous scientists associated with MSU AgBioResearch are actively engaged in collaborative research programs. MSU laboratories are becoming "global laboratories."
Developing countries are becoming countries of opportunities.Agriculture is global and there are opportunities for MSU scientists to collaborate with international scientists to solve some of the most important and pressing issues/problems in food and agriculture. Global collaboration is essential for a productive Michigan agriculture. All of our genetic diversity is from collaboration with international scientists since the USA does not have any genetic diversity for most of our major food crops. In addition to the genetic diversity, collaboration with international scientists allows our scientists to develop and test their theories in many diverse microclimates. Collaboration with international scientists will help MSU scientists identify technologies that will help make Michigan's agriculture more sustainable and profitable.The AgBioResearch faculty is generating technologies and methods that could have potential applications around the world that can have tremendous impacts on
food and nutrition security as well as economic growth worldwide. Economic growth in lesser developed countries (LDCs) will help increase the demand for Michigan's agricultural commodities.However, more research is needed to analyze and evaluate the feasibility and demand for MSU's technologies for wider adaptability, applicability, and scale-up. Also, concerted efforts are needed to build effective public-private partnerships to help achieve these goals. This proposed project addresses this research need to generate mutual benefits for both Michigan and global agriculture.Given the broad scope of innovations emanating from Michigan State University's research programs, the proposed research on technology transfer and commercialization broadly aligns with all of the knowledge areas of the USDA.