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A three-year project by Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Cornell University Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management has analyzed hundreds of surveys of farmers, processors, deliverers and consumers in northern New York...

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Cornell faculty, students and alumni were named winners of the 2016 Entomological Society of America (ESA) awards. The ESA, which recognizes those “scientists, educators and students, who have distinguished themselves through their contributions...

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Jan Low, M.S. ’85, Ph.D. ’94, an agricultural economist whose pioneering work combining agriculture and nutrition has improved the health of millions in sub-Saharan Africa, has been named a 2016 World Food Prize co-laureate. The introduction of...
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State and Cornell officials announced recommendations of the New York State Pollinator Task Force at a June 24 event in Varna, New York.
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • Department of Entomology
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Physicians have been mystified by chronic fatigue syndrome, a condition where normal exertion leads to debilitating fatigue that isn’t alleviated by rest. There are no known triggers, and diagnosis requires lengthy tests administered by an...

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A team led by Cornell researchers has received a five-year, $2.2 million National Institutes of Health grant to develop an approach to better understand how pathogens that infect bees and other pollinators are spread. In New York state alone, 13...
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  • Agriculture
  • Entomology

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Cornell researchers in the Department of Food Science found exposure to light-emitting diode (LED) sources for even a few hours degrades the perceived quality of milk more so than the microbial content that naturally accumulates over time. Their...

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Marvin Pritts wants to know just what happens when the straw is taken out of strawberry growing. Pritts, professor in the Horticulture Section of the School of Integrative Plant Science, and his team of summer interns are exploring how inputs...
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Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (ACSF) has given $1.5 million from its Academic Venture Fund to a record 14 new university projects. CALS researchers are involved with 11 of those projects. “Our Academic Venture Fund (AVF)...
Farmers in Kenya purchase maize seed in a store

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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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Edward McLaughlin, a distinguished expert in the efficiency of food distribution systems, will become the interim David J. Nolan Dean of the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management starting July 1, Provost Michael Kotlikoff...
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Peter Davies, a plant hormone expert who taught generations of Cornell students plant physiology during his career, retired in January after 46 years with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. A symposium was held June 17 at Emerson Hall...
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Thor Oechsner ’87 spent years cultivating a rich layer of topsoil essential to growing lush fields of organic wheat, rye and buckwheat. But it took just a few minutes for those years of hard work to be washed away when more than 5 inches of rain...
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Probing the pathways and genetic basis that controls fruit ripening; exploring the tomato plant’s immune response of plants; enhancing rice production by delving into the plant’s genome. Those diverse research specialties teasing out the genetic...
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By tweaking just one or two genes, Cornell researchers have altered the patterns on a butterfly’s wings. It’s not just a new art form, but a major clue to understanding how the butterflies have evolved, and perhaps to how color patterns – and...

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Uncovering novel compounds from soil microbes that could be used to manage weeds. Understanding the genetics of how insects develop resistance to engineered crops that express a bacterial insecticide. These are two of four Cornell projects that...

A group of women harvest cotton from a field in India

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In the Vidarbha region of India, 3.4 million people spend most of their lives farming cotton and living in poverty. One of the problems these farmers face is traders who share the pain when prices drop but share very little of the gain with the...
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Thirteen prominent research institutions in the United States joined the Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation today in calling for a surge in federal support of food and agricultural science. “Retaking the Field,” the report...
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To keep riverfront communities intact in the face of rising waters due to climate change, landscape architecture master’s students at Cornell’s Climate-Adaptive Design (CAD) studio are sketching sturdy, flexible concepts for a city along New...
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Cornell seafaring scientists are working to strike a more sustainable balance for commercial marine fisheries facing rising demand. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, global production of capture...