Alcalde

Rural Agricultural Improvement and Public Affairs Project

The northern branch of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business is housed at the Sustainable Agricultural Science Center at Alcalde.

The mission of the economists at Alcalde is to accelerate extension education and sustainable agricultural research in Northern New Mexico through:

-Small Business Development

-Leadership and Organizational Development

-Value Added Agriculture

-Sustainable Agriculture

For more information about the research and projects taking place at Alcalde, please take a look at the links below.

• R. Edmund Gomez, Alcalde CES/RAIPAP Overview
  An overview of the history, region served, staff, and projects by R. Edmund Gomez, Assistant Department Head, Extension Agricultural Economics.

• Judy Finley, Agriculture and Small Business Development
  

• Joseph Garcia, Extension Agriculture Agent, Eight Northern Indian Pueblos
  

• Del Jimenez, Agri-Programs, Northern New Mexico
  

• S. Pat Melendrez, Natural Resource Agent
  

• Ursula Rosauer, Extension Natural Resource Agent & Specialist
  

• Lucia F. Sanchez, Rural & Community Economic Development Agent
  

• Michael Sanchez, Jr., Vegetable Test Plots
  

Link to Alcalde's Web site

• Rural Agricultural Improvement and Public Affairs Project (RAIPAP)