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See how our current work and research is bringing new thinking and new solutions to some of today's biggest challenges.

Climate News

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News

Established as a dairy farm in 1957, the Osterhoudt family of Genoa, New York, now operates a crop and custom harvest operation. The farm owners, Mark Osterhoudt and his family, and their certified crop adviser and on-farm agronomist Andy Miller...
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
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News

Adding crushed volcanic rock to cropland could play a key role in removing carbon from the air. In a field study, scientists at the University of California, Davis, and Cornell University found the technology stored carbon in the soil even during an extreme drought in California. The study was published in the journal Environmental Research Communications.
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture
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News

Cornell AES administers annual federal funding that supports research to improve lives and livelihoods in New York state.

  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Climate Change
  • Ecosystems
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News

  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

Degrees & Programs

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Events

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Seminar

Perspectives in Global Development: Fall 2023 Seminar Series Abstract The world is at an interesting crossroads where one cannot deny the rapid strides it has made, some interesting parities that technologies like ICT has brought in bridging the...
  • global development
  • Climate Change
  • agriculture
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Conference

Gardeners are keen observers of what is required to grow healthy plants of all types and sizes. New strategies and solutions to the problems presented by cultivating living things are often contemplative acts. These actions will hold gardeners...
  • Gardening
  • Sustainable Landscaping
  • Climate Change
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Conference

Understanding the core principles and practices of an ecological garden will help you rebuild your garden ecosystem, with its natural feedback loops that result in greater abundance, lower pest pressure, and natural disease resistance, and...
  • Gardening
  • Sustainable Landscaping
  • Climate Change
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Seminar

Perspectives in Global Development: Spring 2023 Seminar Series Abstract Drawing on examples of their own work in Burundi, South Korea, Tanzania, Uzbekistan and Zimbabwe, Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows will showcase how to balance themes of...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
  • Climate Change