U of I ASMC extends research projects in four developing countries
URBANA, Ill. – The Appropriate Scale Mechanization Consortium (ASMC) at the University of Illinois received a $2.25 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to continue work on empowering smallholder farmers in West Africa and Asia through sustainable mechanization solutions.
The ASMC, hosted in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) and The Grainger College of Engineering, is a multi-university effort with collaborators at U of I, Michigan State, Kansas State and North Carolina A&T State.