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Students explore Costa Rica's agriculture and food systems

Global development students got hands-on experience with topics from labor conditions to trade policies and the production of specialty crops such as flowers, pineapples and coffee.

  • Global Development
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
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Innovation and impact: women entrepreneurs foster Bangladesh resilience

  • Global Development
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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New study highlights global food production data challenges
The findings The study identifies stark discrepancies in food production data worldwide, notably within livestock, fisheries, and aquaculture sectors. These sectors experience pronounced data gaps, especially at national and local levels, due to...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
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Global Development names inaugural Schleifer Professor of Sustainability
Andrew Reid Bell will join the Department of Global Development at Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences as the inaugural Schleifer Family Professor of Sustainability, effective July 1, 2024. Bell's research identifies...
  • Global Development Section
  • Climate Change
  • Global Development

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Field Note

A community approach to smallholder farm success in Africa

  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
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Promoting gender equity and social inclusion in Nepal

  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
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Building Food and Community Solidarity Across North America: A Photo Series

  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
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Championing resilient food systems

  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Global Development

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