UOG Land Grant | agInnovation Research Center
UOG Land Grant | agInnovation Research Center
UOG Land Grant | agInnovation Research Center
News
There's a new crop in town, and UOG is looking to help growers start propagating it.
Guam's tropical climate and abundant sunshine make it home to a variety of colorful, flavorful fruits.
Our islands, though small, can help reduce carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere through the use of biochar in agriculture.
Backyard banana growers and large-scale banana farmers are invited to the University of Guam's Banana Field Day to learn how to improve the quality and quantity of your harvest. The two-hour event will take place from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Inarajan Research & Education Center, one of UOG's three Land Grant experiment stations on island.
With their FAA remote pilot certificates, six students are now federally authorized to operate drones commercially.
The agInnovation Research Center (formerly the Western Pacific Tropical Research Center) is the research arm of the UOG Land Grant System under the College of Natural & Applied Sciences. With agriculture at the forefront, UOG agInnovation scientists explore topics that are applicable to the well-being of people throughout the region in regards to land, food, and nutrition.
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Our research is conducted on three agricultural experiment stations, which each have a different soil type common in Guam, as well as in the Guam Aquaculture Development & Training Center in Fadian, and in 10 on-campus research labs.
Affiliation and collaborations
The UOG agInnovation Research Center is an affiliate of agInnovation — the national parent organization for agricultural experiment stations at Land Grant universities in every state and territory.
These stations, comprising 13,000 scientists nationwide, are federally funded through the Hatch, Multistate Hatch, and McIntire Stennis programs administered by the National Institute of Food & Agriculture of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Additional funding for UOG agInnovation research comes from the National Science Foundation, USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), USDA Forest Service, U.S. Department of Defense, and the private sector.
UOG agInnovation has collaborative research programs with several land-grant universities in the western United States, the College of Micronesia, the College of the Northern Marianas, the American Samoa Community College, and several international research centers. Most of the research projects are designed to have direct application to Guam, Micronesia, and other areas of the Western Pacific region, and the tropics in general.
agInnovation Research Center
Main Office: (671) 735-2101
Email: wptrcadmin@triton.uog.edu
Director
Leon Guerrero T. Rachael
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Interim Associate Director
Camacho A. Frank
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Administrative Support
Cruz Lynnette
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