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A thank you letter to the Humphrey Fellows
Classes for the 2024 fall semester might have officially started August 26th, but for me, they started on August 12th–the day that most of this year’s Humphrey Fellows arrived in Ithaca. My experience with the Fellows has changed my life; the...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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With NGO, alums boost Rwandan smallholder farmers

Two alums are leading an effort to give Rwandan farmers the tools to grow and sell grains - with the ultimate goal of lifting communities out of poverty and improving food security across East Africa.

  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Field Crops
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Seminar series gift honors Tsujimoto brothers
The newly named seminar series — the Harry ’51 and Joshua ’49 Tsujimoto Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series — will enable all invited speakers to visit campus to speak on the world’s most urgent challenges. During their time on...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Global Development Section
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
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Humphrey Fellows offer global insights on development and the environment
Emerson Hall at Cornell CALS buzzed with anticipation as eager students and faculty gathered to gain valuable insights into the complex relationship between development and the environment. This enlightening presentation was delivered by four...
  • Global Development Section
  • Environment
  • Global Development
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Global Development welcomes MPS class of 2024
Cornell Global Development is pleased to announce its Master of Professional Studies (MPS) class of 2024. This year’s program will provide in-depth training to students who are mid-career professionals, scholars and aspiring development...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Mabaya to lead USAID intellectual property study

  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
  • Development
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow Nodira Kurbanbaeva (left) of Uzbekistan shakes hands with Ed Mabaya in a classroom.

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Students, experts collaborate on global development solutions

The Humphrey PACT Program promotes research collaboration between undergraduates and Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows, midcareer professionals specialized in agriculture, rural development and natural resource management, who spend one year at Cornell...

  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Energy
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NY high schoolers take the lead in fighting food insecurity at Cornell event
Each year, a group of innovative young researchers convene to discuss challenges and propose solutions to issues of food security and climate change. This group, however, is not made up of visiting professors or postdocs but rather the future...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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New report calls for urgent action to safeguard Africa’s food systems
A new report co-authored by Ed Mabaya calls for accelerated action to combat food insecurity throughout Africa. The 2022 Africa Agriculture Status Report (AASR22) emphasizes the urgent need for inclusive, equitable, sustainable and resilient...
  • Global Development Section
  • Applied Economics
  • Global Development
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Ed Mabaya named director of Cornell’s Humphrey Program

  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development

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Johan Swinnen to give first Global Development Distinguished Speaker talk

Global food systems expert Johan Swinnen, Ph.D. ’92, will explore the lessons learned and the steps needed to prevent a hunger catastrophe in the first talk of a new speaker series dedicated to confronting the world’s most urgent and complex challenges.

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Global Development Section
  • Climate Change
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Perspectives in Global Development seminar series announced
Eleven development scholars and practitioners will address some of the world’s most urgent challenges — from racial and gender inequalities to climate change and resilient food security — in a new seminar series confronting perceptions about...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Global Development Section
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section

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Fall 2020 Perspectives in International Development Seminar Series launches

This Perspectives in International Development Seminar Series features a broad range of researchers and development practitioners presenting the latest findings on contemporary issues relating to sustainable development throughout the world.

  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
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Global Development experts explore hunger, COVID-19 in journal Nature
As COVID-19 disrupts food systems around the world, a pivot to more agile and inclusive data collection and analysis is critical to avert widespread hunger, according to Cornell Global Development experts in a comment piece published Aug. 5 in...
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Food
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Student teams advise small businesses in Africa to help them thrive
Part of the Emerging Markets Program in the Dyson School, undergraduate and graduate students consult with small businesses as they face new marketing challenges in developing economies.

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Can Africa Feed the World?

Demographic trends, lack of infrastructure, and the legacy of colonialism are major hurdles Africa has to overcome if it is ever to become the agricultural superpower it aims to be.

Ana Canedo Guichard, second from left, and other members of a Student Multidisciplinary Applied Research Team study the operations of small and medium agro-businesses in East Africa in January 2016

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Cornell's SMART Program Wins Success Story Award
Cornell's Student Multidisciplinary Applied Research Team was recognized for its impact on poor communities by earning the L.A. Potts Success Story award on Dec. 5.

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Mabaya elected to helm African agricultural economists group

Edward Mabaya, M.S. ’98, Ph.D. ’03, has been elected president of the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE). The election on Sept. 23 was held during the association’s 5th triennial conference, conducted this year at the United...

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Seeds of change: Cornell program strives to give African farmers better access to seeds
In some villages in Africa it’s easier to get Coca-Cola than the seeds local farmers need to thrive. It was that imbalance that first prompted Edward Mabaya, associate director of the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and...
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With message of food security for African farmers, Cornell expert gets new voice
Edward Mabaya, M.S. ’98, Ph.D. ’03, grew up on a small family farm in rural Zimbabwe. Now associate director of the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture & Development (CIIFAD) and a research associate at the Charles H. Dyson...