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 John M. Yohe
International Sorghum/Millet Collaborative Research Support Program
(INTSORMIL CRSP)
Dr. Yohe is the Program Director of the INTSORMIL CRSP has worked on
diverse activities linked to international agricultural research and rural
development for the past 30 years. He grew up on a general purpose farm.
His first professional position after the B.S. degree was as a 4-H club
agent with University of Missouri Extension Service. He earned a Masters in
poultry nutrition (University of Missouri) and worked in the feed industry
for six years. He received his Doctorate in international plant breeding
(University of Missouri) where he analyzed the world germplasm collection
of mungbeans. As part of his Doctoral thesis, he worked at the Orrisa
University of Agricuture and Technology, located in Bhubaneswar, Orissa,
India. His first professional international assignment was with the
University of Wisconsin Northeast Natural Resource Development Project in
Northeast Brazil. From there, he worked in South Korea on a soybean
development program. In 1977 he was employed by the USAID, Technical
Assistance Bureau, Office of Agriculture as a grain legume agronomist. In
1984 he moved to the University of Nebraska to work with the Sorghum/Millet
CRSP (INTSORMIL) program. |
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