The Global Experience Program (GEP) supports APS members who want to work with scientists and extension personnel in developing countries training and outreach efforts. Donations received from APS members and funds raised from the OIP Silent Auction are instrumental in supporting the fund.
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Global Experience Program Recipients
2024: Charles Krasnow, The
Volcani Institute, for a workshop on Accurate Identification
of Vegetable Diseases and Improved Plant Health in Kazakhstan Workshop Report
2024: Soumaila Sanogo, New Mexico State University, for a workshop on Diagnosing Plant Diseases and Their
Management in Bataan, Philippines
2023: Gilbert Nchongboh Chofong, Julius Kühn-Institut, Germany and Dr. Léonard Afouda (host country coordinator from University of Parakou, Benin, West Africa) for Diagnosis for better plant disease management in Benin Republic: "Transform farmers' conversations into communication" Workshop Report|Workshop Photo
2022: Misbakhul Munir (University of Kentucky), Nicole Gauthier (University of Kentucky), and Sri Widinugraheni (Host country coordinator from Nusa Cendana University, Indonesia) for Utilization of spore trap and molecular based pathogen detection to assist in pathogen detection, disease monitoring and disease management Workshop Poster
2019: H. David Shew and Andres D. Sanabria-Velasquez (North Carolina State University) for Plant Disease Management Workshop: Stevia, in the Quest of Sweetness...Plant Diseases Appear Workshop Report | Workshop Poster
2019: Shankar K. Shakya (Oregon State University) for Population Genetics and Data Science in R For Plant Pathologists in Nepal 
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2018: Shyam Kandel (USDA-ARS, Crop Improvement and Protection Research Unit, Salinas, CA) for Detection and identification of different vegetable crop and cinnamon plant diseases in Sri Lanka (Workshop at University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, December 11-14, 2018) View 2018 Report
2017: Michael D. Jochum (Texas A&M University) for Bioprospecting Beneficial Microbes for Increasing Stress Tolerance and Disease Control (Workshop at the Estación Experimental Central de la Amazonía-Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP), Ecuador)
2016: Jaimin Patel (Tropical Research and Education Center IFAS-University of Florida) for Disease or disorder? Identify and manage the crop problems (Workshop in Côte d’Ivoire, March 1 to March 3, 2017)
2015: Sally Mallowa Workshop Report | Case Study WCRTC 2016, China | Workshop Poster WCRTC 2016, China
Case Study Poster APS 2015 | CBSD Case Study 2017
2014: Kylie Ireland (Crop Disease Diagnostics Laboratory in Lao PDR “Integrated Disease Management for Vegetables in Paksong District, Lao PDR – Train the Trainer”.
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2013: Louise-Marie C. Dandurand, University of Idaho, for plant disease identification and management strategies for smallholder farms in Haiti.
2013: Fulya Baysal-Gurel, The Ohio State University, for a plant disease diagnostic workshop in Kyrgyzstan.
2012: Angela T Alleyne, The University of the West Indies, and colleague Dr. Paul Vincelli, University of Kentucky, for "DNA based detection of plant pathogens" to be conducted in the West Indies.
2011: Charles W. Barnes, Pontifica Universidad Católica del Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador, for a short course titled, “Tropical Forest Pathology Course: Fungal Diseases in the Yasuní Rainforest."
2011: Paul Vincelli, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky in Lexington, for a workshop entitled “DNA-Based Detection of Plant pathogens" conducted in Nicaragua with participants from the Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA), Nicaraguan Agricultural University (UNA), and the Ministry of Agriculture.
2010: Richard Lee, research leader/research plant pathologist, USDA-ARS, National Clonal Germplasm Repository for Citrus & Dates, Riverside, CA, for a workshop on detection and control strategies of invasive diseases of citrus in the Caribbean Basin to be conducted at the University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
2009: Karen Garrett and Lorena Gomez, Kansas State University; Antonio Gandarillas, Fundación PROINPA; and Jorge Cusicanqui Giles, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés for their proposal “A workshop in Bolivia on statistics in plant disease epidemiology and agriculture.”
2009: Paula Agudelo, Clemson University, and Marco Arevalo, Universidad Rafael Landivar, for proposal “Plant parasitic nematode identification workshop,” conducted in Guatemala.
