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February 5, 2024

Pandemic linked to 14% increase in underweight children in India

Malnutrition of Indian children rose dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition.

Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Global Development
Health + Nutrition

Cornell professor Johannes Lehmann, center, examines the biochar kiln at Spruce Haven Farm with officials from NYSERDA and Arcadis

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January 16, 2024

NY’s first dairy farm biochar kiln advances green agriculture

An alumnus-owned farm in Union Springs will become New York’s first commercial dairy to run cow manure through a kiln to make eco-friendly biochar – thanks to Cornell agricultural expertise.

School of Integrative Plant Science
Global Development Section
Soil and Crop Sciences Section

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January 9, 2024

NIH-funded initiative to study health disparities among rural youth in NY

The project, "School-Based Health Centers - An approach to address health disparities among rural youth” is led by Sharon Tennyson , professor of public policy and economics; Mildred Warner , professor of city and regional planning and global...

Global Development Section
Global Development

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January 8, 2024

RANA Prize awardee explores generational renewal in Indonesian agriculture

Made Adityanandana, a Ph.D. student in development studies whose research examines agrarian transformation and food security, earned the 2024 Ronny Adhikarya Niche Award (RANA) Prize, the Department of Global Development announced today. The...

Global Development Section
Global Development

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September 22, 2020

Sage Grasso-Monroe: A journey to alleviate malnutrition through agriculture

Hometown: Queensbury, New York College attended and major: University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Bachelor of Science in Public Health Peace Corps dates: January 2018 - March 2020 What are the big challenges you want to tackle in the world? The...

Global Development Section
Agriculture
Global Development

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September 9, 2020

New York rural schools respond as classrooms reopen

Government at both the state and federal levels recognized early in the pandemic that our schools were the primary and often only delivery system in place to support not only the education of children, but the health and welfare of the entire...

Global Development Section
Global Development

Field Note

August 26, 2020

Tess Pendergrast: Welcome to Global Development

Get to know Tess Academic focus: I am a sociologist who studies social inequality. Specifically, I research the disproportionate environmental and health-related burdens low-income and nonwhite groups in the United States face. I’ve also been...