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OIRED has fine-tuned a comprehensive participatory
approach to project implementation and
adapted it to sites around the world. This
approach has promoted the local sense of
ownership necessary for change to occur.
OIRED currently manages eight projects worth
$46 million in 27 countries around the
world. Current projects include the
following subject areas: natural resource
management, integrated pest management,
information technology, biotechnology, pilot
watershed activities, capacity-building in
education, and micro-enterprise development.
Projects are not limited to these areas,
however. Wherever Virginia Tech has
expertise and international funding is
available, OIRED may pursue a project. |
