With a strategic location in the Indian Ocean and a tropical climate that allows for year-round cultivation of diverse crops, the island country of Sri Lanka provides valuable opportunities for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students to learn, compare, and collaborate on topics of food and agribusiness management.

Malawi’s Lower Shire Valley is changing.

Literacy rates in Sub-Saharan Africa remain low, despite increased primary school enrollment. In rural Mozambique, only 3% of children possess grade-level reading skills. Poor learning outcomes in lower grades are a barrier to further expanding school enrollment at higher grade levels.

A long trusted resource for corn belt farmers developed at the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has expanded its portfolio to provide in-person and online targeted professional development to agricultural professionals worldwide. 

Faculty from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences are teaming up with the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) on groundbreaking projects to tackle climate change and drive the future of the bioeconomy.  

The three selected projects from a competitive open call for proposals are: 

A new program initiated by the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) Study Abroad Office will expand and enhance the college’s portfolio of short-term faculty-led study abroad programs for undergraduate students. 

Four College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) faculty members have been awarded funding to establish or support an international collaboration as part of the longstanding ACES International Seed Grant Program.

In February, the USAID-funded Feed the Future Soybean Innovation Lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Two College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) affiliates who are inspiring examples of using the opportunities presented by our global campus are being honored as 2025 Illinois International Achievement recipients.