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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...

Farmers in Kenya purchase maize seed in a store

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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...
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Mabaya says Africa can pioneer a new wave of seed politics
By Valeria San Juan Edward Mabaya, assistant director at the Cornell International Institute forFood Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD), is challenging conventional beliefs about the seed industry. In the course “GMO Debate: Science and...