In accordance with a mutual desire to promote further cooperation in higher education between the United States of America and the Republic of South Africa, the Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR), Bisho, South Africa and the African Footprints of Hope Organization (AFOHO), Alice, South Africa and The Ohio State University on behalf of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) entered into a formal agreement for the purpose of educational and cultural exchange.