ENID, OK - Oklahoma State University international student in animal science Cedrick Shili spoke at the Enid Rotary Club Monday April 17 saying education is the key to helping the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo improve farming efforts. He said an extension program such as the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service would be helpful in educating the farming community in his native country of the Democratic Republic of Congo where over 70% of the agricultural industry is made up of small farms of one or two acres that grow food for themselves or to sell a small amount, earning $1 or less a day. Cedric is an international student in animal science and is working on his master’s degree in swine nutrition and hopes to get his doctorate and become a faculty member in the DRC. Cedric has been in the United States for almost two years and his education is supplemented by the Ed Long Endowment.