Alumni in Iraq working to improve local Agriculture

Sam Hayes, III ’90 Ag Sci, ’97g Tr Dev, is currently serving in the Army and is working with the Dean of Agriculture at the University of Baghdad to expand extension service capacity. Hayes hopes to improve local agriculture in order to move it from essential subsistence farming to larger commercial operations, and to establish partnerships between the College, the Government of Iraq, and the Abu Ghraib community.

Photo: Dr. Hamza Zubady, Dean of Agriculture (third from left),
Sam Hayes, III '90 Ag Sci, '97 Tr Dev(second from right)