The World Knowledge and Technology Access Program (WorldTAP) is a training, communication, outreach, technology transfer, and capacity strengthening program in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University. WorldTAP draws upon expertise from Michigan State University and around the world to offer short-term and long-term training programs, advisory services, and consultations in diverse areas of agricultural research and development. WorldTAP helps build institutions and human resources, provides access to information resources, and facilitates technology transfer to enhance agricultural productivity and food security globally.
WorldTAP offers expertise, training, and capacity strengthening programs in the following areas: agricultural biotechnology, intellectual property rights and technology transfer, environmental biosafety, food safety, food processing, packaging and value addition, animal agriculture, science and technology communication, water management and agroecology, integrated pest management, sustainable agriculture, and extension.
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Through WorldTAP and CANR WorldTAP programs more than 13,500 academic and non-academic stakeholders, including policy makers, regulators, scientists, academicians, media representatives, lawyers, industry representatives, non-governmental organizations, farmers and consumers organizations, students, and international agencies have benefited from over 325 educational programs offered at MSU and internationally in various countries. To date, these programs and their beneficiaries include:
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