Departments
- Agricultural and Applied Economics
- Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication
- Animal and Dairy Science
- Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Crop and Soil Sciences
- Entomology
- Food Science and Technology
- Horticulture
- Plant Pathology
- Poultry Science
About CAES Departments
The ten disciplinary departments are responsible for developing the core instruction, research and extension programming for the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Departments are headquartered on the Athens campus but also have representation on the Griffin and Tifton campuses and other facilities located across the State of Georgia.
Secondary Organizations
The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences considers all centers, facilities, institutes, teams and workgroups as secondary organizations. View a complete listing at About CAES : Secondary Organizations.
Official Centers and Institutes at the University of Georiga are ones that have been proposed and approved through the University Council and Board of Regents policies. View a complete listing of Official Centers and Institutes at UGA (pdf).
Official University of Georgia Centers
A center provides an organizational base for research and a structure for extramural funding. A center is not an autonomous structure and is not involved in independently offering credit courses or degree programs.
The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has five official UGA centers.
- Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development, Athens
- Combines the missions of research and extension to analyze the state’s economic problems and improve the profitability and operating efficiency of agribusinesses in Georgia
- Center for Food Safety, Griffin
- Partners the Department of Food Science and Technology with the food industry to provide information useful in solving problems in the food industry and to provide the consumer with high-quality foods having minimal risk to human health
- Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health, Tifton
- Addresses issues with invasive species, forest health, natural resources, and agricultural management through technology development, program implementation, training, applied research, and public awareness
- Center for Soybean Improvement, Athens
- Engages experts within the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences to develop contemporary soybean cultivars which increase profitability of soybean growers, to enhance the quality and reduce the cost of soybean products in human and animal diets, and to reduce impact to the environment from soybean production
- Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture, Griffin
- Provides intellectual leadership through research, teaching, and extension to sustain urban ecosystems, enhance economic development, and improve the quality of life in urban setting
Official University of Georgia Institutes
An institute shares a center's focus but has a more formalized structure, may be an autonomous unit, and will offer credit courses and possibly degree programs.
The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has one official UGA institute.
- Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics, Athens
- Actively engages in training graduate students, development of new crop varieties, and basic research on the genetics and understanding of crop traits important to agriculture and human kind