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Graduate School in Agriculture: Personal Statement of Purpose Examples, Essays, Letters
Agriculture is of fundamental importance to the mission of www.statementsofpurpose.com, to alleviate suffering and to foster sustainable progress in agriculture in the Developing World. Food is, of course, the most basic of all platforms of human progress, epecially as it related to extreme poverty. This is why we are especially pleased to help clients from places and concerned with places where famine raises its ugly head regularly. I hope to continue to have the privilege of helping the best and brightest minds to be accepted to advanced programs of study in Agriculture and Food Science, with an eye towards battling chronic famine wherever it exists, and building a tomorrow for the Developing World that is characterized by food security rather than insecurity. I also hope to contribute to the building of a world without hunger.
Helping applicants to graduate programs in the area of agriculture allows us to have the privilege of helping to improve institutions and investments in agricultural research and development, especially as concerns less-developed countries, my central focus. We are especially interested in the way in which less-developed countries need to become more self-reliant through the ongoing, sustainable development of crucial, new agricultural technologies. It is an honor for us to help those who will have an influence in the future over critically important policy decisions in the allocation of resources for agricultural research. We have now helped generations of development specialists in agriculture, applicants who have completed their programs and are now strategic decision makers and advisers in international agencies, working for national governments or staying engaged with cutting-edge agricultural research in both public and private sectors. It will be an honor for us to assit you as well in the fulfillment of your professional dreams in agriculture.
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