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Led by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement (ILCI) with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development , the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement Minority Serving Institutions Fellowship Associate...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Agriculture
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“Many of the prospects laid out in the report are bleak,” said Madeline Keep ’21, an engineering master’s student and global virtual intern at the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. “But while some of the damage we have caused is...
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
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A new paper presents new information on projected increases in extreme heat stress in five of the major domesticated animal species (cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, and pigs) during the present century. Current domesticated livestock niches will...
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Animals
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Water shutoffs for non-payment are a constant threat for millions of Americans in any given year. That risk was a deadly one during the pandemic, with access to clean water for handwashing and sanitation a proven way to reduce the spread of...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Global Development Section
  • Environment

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