BYU Harold B. Lee Library

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==Variant names==

Benson Institute 

==Description==

Established: [[established in::date::?]]

Abolished: [[abolished in::date::?]]

Location: [[location of::Provo, Utah]] ([[date::?]]-[[date::?]])

==Functions==

The purpose of the Ezra Taft Benson Agriculture and Food Institute was to raise the quality of life among the people of the world through improved nutrition and enlightened agricultural practices.  The institute cooperates with universities in the developing world, the institute emphasizes developmental research in village nutrition and agricultural production directed toward promoting self-reliant traditional families.  The institute had university ties with Guatemala, Ecuador, and Bolivia.    

==Assets and Administrative Structure==

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==Associated Units==

Superior unit: [[subordinate to::Brigham Young University]] ([[date::?]]-[[date::?]])

Superior unit: [[subordinate to::Brigham Young University. College of Biology and Agriculture]] ([[date::1987]]-[[date::?]])

==Associated Archival Materials==

Records and correspondence of the College of Biology and Agriculture, 1917-1986 (UA 702; Z17/6/H 1; Z17/7/E 6)

==Sources==

Brigham Young University General Catalog, 1987-1988: p. 43 (variant name: Benson Institute; Laren R. Robinson, director (1987-1988))

Brigham Young University General Catalog, 1990-1991: p. 37 (James B. Jenson, director (1990-1991))

Brigham Young University General Catalog, 1995-1996: p. 48 (N. Paul Johnston, director (1995-1996))

Brigham Young University General Catalog, 2000-2001: p. 54 (ties to Guatemala, Ecuador, and Bolivia)

Brigham Young University General Catalog, 2002-2003: p. 69 (Allen C. Christensen, director (2002-2003))


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