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News

A new research project – led by Rebecca J. Barthelmie, professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Sara C. Pryor, professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences – is...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Development
Farmers harvest rice

Spotlight

For more than a century, farmers’ organizations have assisted agricultural producers in accessing credit, negotiating for needed inputs, and ensuring a higher price for farm goods. In the face of climate change, these organizations may also be...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
  • Plants
A woman harvests in a valley

Spotlight

In academic publishing, one measurement of a work’s importance is how many other academics have cited it. This long-standing system has the benefit of simplicity and helping to form a common knowledge base. But especially for those working to...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
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Spotlight

The rich biodiversity of the Ecuadorian cloud forests has fascinated naturalists and tourists for generations, which is why the region has also served as a laboratory for an array of conservation programs and policies. Protecting ecosystems...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
  • Plants
Two cows standing in a barn

Spotlight

Most of us have heard the statistics about how livestock are bad for the climate and the environment: within agriculture, livestock production is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions; over-grazing can harm wildlife habitats and reduce...
  • Animal Science
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
A woman stands in a food stall

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In just one generation, the food system in developing regions has transformed. Urbanization and increased incomes have led to diversifying diets, including more animal proteins as well as processed and packaged foods – all of which have...
  • Global Development Section
  • Food
  • Global Development
Harvested food on display

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When we think about how to feed an estimated 8.5 billion people by 2030, a natural first reaction is: we’ll have to grow more food. But in reality, about one-third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted — roughly 1.3...
  • Global Development Section
  • Food
  • Global Development
A young man looks out over a bustling street

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Across the developing world, the youth bulge means more mouths that need to be fed, but also more hands that need to be kept busy. According to the World Bank, in order to accommodate population growth and existing unemployment issues, countries...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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For decades, everyone from the United Nations to the New York Times quoted the same agricultural statistic: “70 percent of all the world’s food is produced by small-scale farmers.” Working in international development in places like Cambodia...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
  • Water
A man and his young daughter walk through the woods wearing cloth face masks

Field Note

This summer, we collaborated with Cornell Botanic Gardens to lead a 4-week online course for school-aged students called “Plants Have Families Too!” The material was adapted from the Botanic Gardens’ annual family botanical event, Judy’s Day...
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
Small-scale farmers harvest eggplant from their fields in Bangladesh in 2018.

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The results are synthesized in 10 new research papers – authored by 77 scientists, researchers and librarians in 23 countries – as part of Ceres2030: Sustainable Solutions to End Hunger. The project is headquartered at Cornell, with partners...
  • International Programs
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
Terry Bates looks at computer while on his tractor

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The researchers – Terry Bates, senior research associate at the Cornell Lake Erie Research and Extension Laboratory, and Justine Vanden Heuvel, professor of horticulture – are both from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Like most...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Agriculture
Man wearing mask inspects corn.

News

Georgia-based software startup AgVoice — a 2019 Grow-NY finalist — announced plans this week to establish a headquarters office in New York’s Finger Lakes region, citing unparalleled resources offered by Cornell AgriTech and the Center of...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Agriculture
  • Food
historical images of Cornell campus overlaid with a map

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Through the “ Cornell University and Indigenous Dispossession Project,” the faculty committee formed by the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program (AIISP) in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) is investigating Cornell’s...
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
  • Agriculture
  • Development
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Three New York state companies have been chosen to participate in the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) JumpStart Program, through which they will collaborate with Cornell faculty members to develop and improve their products. The...
  • Food Science
  • Food
Two hands holding two apples

Field Note

Kevin Maloney is a research specialist who works in the apple breeding program at Cornell AgriTech , part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences . Maloney has worked on the Geneva campus for 35 years, where he has been collaborating...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
Pitcher plants grow in a bog in upstate New York. Photo by Chris Kitchen

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To reflect a broadened scope of research and scholarship, the Department of Natural Resources in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (Cornell CALS) has adopted a new name: the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. The...
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Environment
  • Nature

News

  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
a microscopic image of microcleaner collecting plastic microparticles as it self-propels in water

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Engineers from Cornell and North Carolina State University have proposed a creative solution: an army of swimming, self-propelled biomaterials called ‘microcleaners’ that scavenge and capture plastics so they can be decomposed by computationally...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Biology
  • Environment
A statue of Norman Borlaug

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A research team from the United States earned the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2020 Gene Stewardship award for their pioneering work protecting global wheat crops from vulnerabilities to fungal pathogens that threaten global food...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section