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| Steven Turner, Director of the Southern Rural Development Center, (seated in the center) discusses Rural and Economic Development collaboration opportunities with SU Ag Center administrations, researchers and specialist during a Feb. 5 meeting at the Ag Center. |
Baton Rouge, La. – Southern University Ag Center researchers,
specialists and administrators held a meeting with Steven C. Turner, Director
of the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC), on Feb. 5 at the SU Ag Center.
The meeting was held to discuss possible Rural and
Economic Development collaborations between the SU Ag Center and the SRDC.
Turner, who previously served as head of the Mississippi
State University (MSU) Department of Agricultural Economics, officially became
the director of the SRDC on Jan. 1.
The SRDC, which is housed on the MSU campus in
Starkville, Mississippi, is one of four regional centers coordinating rural
development research and Extension education programs with land-grant
institutions on both the regional and national level.
The SU Ag Center will continue to partner with the
SRDC and other rural development organizations in an effort to strengthen the
rural communities of Louisiana.
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