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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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Polson Institute projects drive advancement in global development
Seven new grants funded by the Polson Institute for Global Development will advance Global Development’s signature strengths in wellbeing and inclusion; environmental sustainability; and food and nutritional security. The collaborations have a...
  • Polson Institute for Global Development
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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$14M grant to adapt West African rice production to climate
A Cornell program is playing a key role in a project to make rice more resilient to climate change and increase production in West Africa, thanks to a four-year, $14 million grant from the Adaptation Fund.
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Climate Change
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System of Rice Intensification recognized for climate policy impact
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) has been named as a 2020 climate policy "breakthrough" for government initiatives in Vietnam to increase agricultural production there while reducing methane emissions from rice paddies. SRI was...
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development

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Climate-smart production boosts West African rice self-sufficiency

The System for Rice Intensification has significant potential to close the rice production gap in West Africa, according to Cornell researchers.

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Cornell student tells COP23 delegates: ‘Face up to reality’
Cornell CALS students urged world leaders to deliver on promises to address climate change during the COP23 in Bonn, Germany.

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Agro-ecological farming gets intense results

How can a farmer increase yields while decreasing negative environmental impacts? For many, the answer has been the system of rice intensification (SRI), an interrelated set of farming principles that rely on fewer seeds, less water and a...