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Spotlight

September 2, 2021

Global action to save wheat

When Norman Borlaug said, “Rust never sleeps,” he was warning of the emergence of a highly virulent stem rust pathogen that threated wheat crops around the world. First identified in the wheat fields of Uganda, the fungal pathogen known as Ug99...

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School of Integrative Plant Science
Global Development

News

September 1, 2021

Perspectives in Global Development seminar series announced

Eleven development scholars and practitioners will address some of the world’s most urgent challenges — from racial and gender inequalities to climate change and resilient food security — in a new seminar series confronting perceptions about...

Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Global Development Section
Natural Resources and the Environment Section

News

August 30, 2021

Study: Causes of obesity in India depend on gender, age and where you live

New research from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) sheds light on the patterns of obesity within India, underscoring the need for policies and programs that consider the factors driving obesity rates within...

Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Global Development Section
Food

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August 23, 2021

NextGen Cassava director earns Nigeria agriculture prize

NextGen Cassava project director Chiedozie Egesi was announced as the 2021 Achiever in Agriculture Award for his work creating a platform to deliver resilient food systems in Nigeria.