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May 7, 2020

Borlaug Global Rust Initiative announces global wheat prize winners

Global Development Section
School of Integrative Plant Science
Agriculture

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April 30, 2020

COVID-19 impact: Miguel Gómez on food supply chains

Miguel Gómez, an expert on food markets and supply chains, says food supply chains must become more flexible so that goods can be more easily directed to either supermarkets or food service establishments, wherever the need is greatest. Current...

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

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April 29, 2020

LEAD New York honored for innovation, creativity

Community and Regional Development Institute
Global Development Section
Agriculture

A food truck with writing on the back sits idle as it waits to be unloaded

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April 27, 2020

Professor helps organize county food task force

Rachel Bezner Kerr, professor of global development in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, collaborated with three community leaders over the past few weeks to get this countywide task force up and running. The task force is divided...