This $150,000 Project Grant awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Capacity Building Grants for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture (CFDA 10.326) program supports an education project at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) in Tifton, Georgia. The project aims to build internal capacity to teach innovative drone technology for remote sensing in ABAC's Natural Resource Management baccalaureate degree program. The grant funds curriculum development, scientific instrumentation, experiential learning, and professional development for faculty to enhance technology-enabled instruction and environmental monitoring capabilities. Key expected outputs include improved teaching capacity, evaluation of student learning outcomes, environmental benefits from more efficient monitoring, and enhanced graduate employment prospects.
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