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Secondary Organizations
The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences considers all centers, facilities, institutes, teams and workgroups as secondary organizations.
Official University of Georgia Centers and Institutes
Official Centers and Institutes at the University of Georiga are ones that have been proposed and approved through the University Council and Board of Regents policies. View a complete listing of Official Centers and Institutes at UGA (pdf).
A center provides an organizational base for research and a structure for extramural funding. A center is not an autonomous structure and is not involved in independently offering credit courses or degree programs.
An institute shares a center's focus but has a more formalized structure, may be an autonomous unit, and will offer credit courses and possibly degree programs.
The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has six official UGA centers.
- Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development, Athens
- Combines the missions of research and extension to analyze the state’s economic problems and improve the profitability and operating efficiency of agribusinesses in Georgia
- Center for Food Safety, Griffin
- Partners the Department of Food Science and Technology with the food industry to provide information useful in solving problems in the food industry and to provide the consumer with high-quality foods having minimal risk to human health
- Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health, Tifton
- Addresses issues with invasive species, forest health, natural resources, and agricultural management through technology development, program implementation, training, applied research, and public awareness
- Center for Soybean Improvement, Athens
- Engages experts within the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences to develop contemporary soybean cultivars which increase profitability of soybean growers, to enhance the quality and reduce the cost of soybean products in human and animal diets, and to reduce impact to the environment from soybean production
- Food Product
Innovation and Commercialization Center, Griffin
- Partners the Department of Food Science and Technology with food companies to assist with developing new food products efficiently and economically and with high probability of success
- Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture, Griffin
- Provides intellectual leadership through research, teaching, and extension to sustain urban ecosystems, enhance economic development, and improve the quality of life in urban setting
The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has one official UGA institute.
- Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics, Athens
- Actively engages in training graduate students, development of new crop varieties, and basic research on the genetics and understanding of crop traits important to agriculture and human kind
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Centers and Facilities
- Attapulgus Research and Education Center, Attapulgus (facility)
- Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens, Savannah (facility)
- Burton 4-H Center, Tybee Island (facility)
- Center for Bioconversion Research and Education, Athens (requested UGA Center status)
- Consortium for Internet Imaging and Database Systems (service center)
- Central Georgia Research and Education Center, Eatonton (facility)
- CM Stripling Research Park, Camilla (research park)
- Fortson 4-H Center, Hampton (facility)
- Georgia Mountain Research and Education Center, Blairsville, (facility)
- Jekyll Island 4-H Center, Jekyll Island (facility)
- Northwest Georgia Research and Education Center, Calhoun (facility)
- Rock Eagle 4-H Center, Eatonton (facility)
- Southeast Georgia Research and Education Center, Midville (facility)
- Southwest Georgia Research and Education Center, Plains (facility)
- National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory, Tifton (facility)
- Structural Pest Control Training Facility, Griffin (facility)
- Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center, Lyons (farm)
- Wahsega 4-H Center, Dahlonega (facility)
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Teams and Workgroups
- Agricultural Water Use
- Animal Waste Awareness in Research and Extension
- Canola and Specialty Oilseeds Committee
- College Web Team
- Consortium for Global Agricultural Competitiveness (CGAC)
- Cotton Workgroup
- Environmental Education Team
- Environmental Resources Assessment Group (ERAG)
- Forages Workgroup
- Georgia Environmental Partnership
- Georgia Precision Agriculture Team
- Kenaf Working Group
- National/International Livestock Genetic Evaluation
- Ornamentals Working Group
- Rural Air Quality
- Small Grains Working Groups
- UGA Beef Team
- UGA Canola Team
- UGA Corn Research and Extension Workgroup
- UGA Cotton Team
- UGA Forage Team
- UGA Grains Team
- UGA Peach Team
- UGA Peanut Team
- UGA Pecan Team
- UGA Soybean Team
- UGA Tobacco Team
- UGA Turf Team
- UGA Vegetable Team