; (D) enhancing the capabilities of colleges and universities to provide cooperative extension education to promote the application of new technology developed in foreign countries to United States agriculture; and (E) enhancing the capability of United States colleges and universities, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, to provide leadership and educational programs that will assist United States natural resources and food production, processing, and distribution businesses and industries to compete internationally, including through the use of product market identification, international policies limiting or enhancing market production, the development of new or enhancement of existing markets, and production efficiencies. (2) Partnerships The Secretary may promote cooperation and coordination between eligible institutions and international partner institutions through— (A) improving extension by— (i) encouraging the exchange of research materials and results between eligible institutions and international partner institutions; (ii) facilitating the broad dissemination of agricultural research through extension; (iii) assisting with efforts to plan and initiate extension services in developing countries; and (iv) developing self-sustaining regional agricultural markets and promoting the application of new agricultural technologies and techniques; (B) improving agricultural research by— (i) in partnership with international partner institutions, encouraging research that addresses problems affecting food production and security, human nutrition, agriculture, forestry, livestock, and fisheries, including local challenges; and (ii) supporting and strengthening national agricultural research systems in developing countries; (C) supporting the participation of eligible institutions in programs of international organizations, such as the United Nations, the World Bank, regional development banks, and international agricultural research centers