- Author: Mark Bell
Published on: April 3, 2019
![UC ANR vise provost Mark Bell leads a classroom discussion in Guatemala.](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/Green/blogfiles/59286small.jpg)
UC ANR vise provost Mark Bell leads a classroom discussion in Guatemala.
Two UC Agriculture and Natural Resources emeritus specialists, two UC ANR advisors and a UC ANR vice provost spent a week in March working in Guatemala to help implement a USDA-funded (UC Davis-managed) project that is rebuilding the extension system in Guatemala.
With a population of almost 17.5 million and a per capita income ranked 118th in the world, Guatemala is working to improve the livelihoods and incomes of it's rural population, which represents nearly half of the total population. The project is being implemented in Guatemala with the Universidad de San Carlos. Universidad de San Carlos is the biggest and oldest university in Guatemala and which - when established in 1676 -...
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Tags: Jairo Diaz (1), Jim Hill (1), Kate Lincoln (1), Mark Bell (2), Ramiro Lobo (1), Steve Temple (1)
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Economic Development
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