Benefits of a CAEP Program:

• Gain new knowledge and skills in your field of agricultural interest through on-the-job training
• Improve your language and communication skills
• Participate in cultural and social activities
• Exchange ideas about agriculture and culture with your hosts
• Learn about agricultural technology, management, marketing, and finance in your host country
• Understand the connections between people in different countries and the effects that events in one country have in other countries

Who Can Participate?

To participate on a CAEP program, you must meet these requirements:

• Be between the ages of 18 and 35 when your program begins
• Have an interest in agriculture and have sufficient experience to benefit from the program.
• Have an interest in learning about another culture and sharing your home culture with people in your host community
• Have the maturity necessary to live in a foreign country, away from your family and friends. This means that you can adapt to a different lifestyle and live together with people who have different beliefs and values
• Have no personal or legal problems that will prevent you from benefiting from the exchange. You must write about any actual or potential problems on your application.
• Be able to speak and understand English well enough to learn about culture and agriculture during your program. It is not necessary to be fluent, but you must be able to understand daily conversation when you arrive.

Program Opportunities:

Agriculture
Equine
Horticulture
Turf Management
Apiary
Enology
Citrus
Western Program
Business