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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Yellow rust on wheat

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  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Dusk over a wheat field in British Columbia

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  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Researchers in a field

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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Man with harvested Bt eggplant in Bangladesh

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  • Department of Entomology
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
Person holds Bt eggplant

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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Women entrepreneurs give peace sign

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  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
Two women, one in a long sleeved stripped shirt and jeans, and the other in a traditional dress with a bright red pattern and head covering, hold up seedlings in a field.

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Feed the Future Insect-Resistant Eggplant Partnership program helps women in Bangladesh start plant nurseries and gain control over their finances.

  • Agriculture
  • Crops
A researcher and a farmer harvest Bt eggplant in Bangladesh

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  • Global Development
  • Global Development Section
Wheat field

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Scientists prepare for a training in Kenya

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  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
A wheat field.

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One of the world’s largest crop pathogen surveillance systems is set to expand its capacity to protect wheat productivity in food vulnerable areas of East Africa and South Asia.

  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
  • Pathology
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The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative announced the 2023 Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) Early Career and Mentor awardees in recognition of excellence in science and leadership for a wheat-secure future.
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Globe with colored wheat spikes

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  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Scientists in an experimental wheat field at CIMMYT in Mexico

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  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Wheat field with an orange overlay

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CIMMYT and Cornell University are offering an innovative online course to empower global scientists with the most advanced training in wheat improvement.
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
A group of students inspects an aquaponic system.

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  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Animal Science
  • Department of Entomology
Bowl of freshly harvested eggplants

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The Feed the Future Insect-Resistant Eggplant Partnership is funded by a five-year $10 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of Feed the Future, the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
A farm field with a wind turbine in the background

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As Puerto Rico continues to build back from hurricanes Irma and Maria amid intensifying climatic changes, a joint project between Cornell and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) will prepare agricultural students to develop skills...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
2021 Gene Stewardship Award Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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The rust-resistant wheat cultivar development team at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) earned the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2021 Gene Stewardship Award for their long-standing innovations and strategies to combat wheat rust in...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section