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A worker dries coffee at Kasenda coffee estate in the Rwenzori region of Uganda.

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Cornell, World Coffee Research launch Coffee Improvement Program

Cornell University and World Coffee Research, backed by funding from USAID, are rolling out a new program focused on improving the resilience and productivity of coffee smallholder growers worldwide.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
A worker dries coffee at Kasenda coffee estate in the Rwenzori region of Uganda.

News

Cornell University and World Coffee Research, backed by funding from USAID, are rolling out a new program focused on improving the resilience and productivity of coffee smallholder growers worldwide.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Group tour on Costa Rican farm

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A new undergraduate minor in global development at Cornell will enhance students’ global perspective and ability to contribute to equitable solutions for the most urgent challenges facing people and the planet. Starting in fall 2024, the minor...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture
  • Applied Economics
Cowpea growing in a research field at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) in Malawi in September.

News

This renewed funding will enable the Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement to strengthen its interdisciplinary efforts to support demand-driven, socially responsive crop improvement programs in key regions around the world.

  • Nutritional Sciences
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Three women & a man sit on stage

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Over 450 dairy nutritionists, consultants and industry professionals from around the world gathered in East Syracuse, New York, last week for the 86th Annual Cornell Nutrition Conference. At the conference, participants gained insight into the...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Plant Propagation Workshop Series: January 22 - March 19, 2025
Learn basics of sexual propagation, vegetative propagation, and micropropagation via Zoom Presenter: Dr. Mark Bridgen, Professor of Horticulture, Cornell University Bridgen has taught plant propagation & micropropagation for over 30 years. Dates...
  • Horticulture
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for Ensuring Access to Technology for Women in Agriculture

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World Food Prize special side event organized by the U .S. Department of State Office of Agricultural Policy Location: Iowa Events Center Room 312, Des Moines, Iowa Time: 7 p.m. Eastern Time; 6 p.m. Central Time; 5 a.m. Bangladesh Time; 4:30 a.m...
  • global development
  • global
  • school of integrative plant science
Temple Grandin

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Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS) Seminar Speaker: Temple Grandin Time: October 8 at 1 pm ET Room needs to be created for different minds to contribute in research. Visual thinkers, for example, constitute a far greater...
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Inclusive Excellence Seminar
  • Plants