Source: NCSU COLLEGE OF AG & LIFE SCIENCES, 9/8/21

Adrian Percy, one of the world’s top leaders in the agriculture field, is set to become the first executive director of the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative (N.C. PSI): a world-class research and innovation effort that is poised to solve some of the world’s grandest agricultural issues and advance the state’s economy. 

On November 1, Percy will begin leading the N.C. PSI, which uses interdisciplinary, team-based research to address major challenges intersecting agriculture and society, such as making the world’s dwindling farmland acreage more productive to feed a rapidly growing population – and developing new varieties, technologies, and practices that help growers adapt to droughts, pests, flooding, and other effects of climate change.

“NC State is so fortunate to have recruited Dr. Adrian Percy—one of the most recognized agricultural leaders in the world—as the inaugural Executive Director of the N.C. PSI,” said Richard Linton, dean of NC State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). “Adrian has a keen understanding of the strategies needed to promote agricultural innovation and a dedicated interest to translate this scientific information to farmers and the agricultural industry. Our college and university look forward to working with him to solidify North Carolina and NC State as the global hub for plant science innovation.”

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