Working with rice farmers in India to save water, learning from the nomadic sheep herders on Mongolia’s endless Steppes, and travelling through the fertile Mekong Delta in southern Vietnam are the recent experiences of agricultural students at Charles Sturt University (CSU). Three student groups involving about 40 students from the School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences at CSU in Orange and Wagga Wagga spent up to two weeks in June and July on separate study tours in China, India and Vietnam. “Agriculture in 2010 is a global business,” Head of the School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences Associate Professor John Kent said. “Therefore it is very important that Charles Sturt University students have an international perspective when they graduate and pursue their careers in the rural sector.” Leading the study tour of 18 students to Vietnam was lecturer Dr Jason Condon. “It’s good for the students to be taken out of their comfort zones to experience and observe how different agriculture and life can be in other countries,” Dr Condon said. On the trip to Vietnam, final year agricultural science student Mr Dwayne Schubert said, “The trip really opened up my eyes to see how developing countries approach agriculture. They use agriculture to support their community’s survival whereas at home, we are more concerned about commodities and profit.”