Scientists track plant diseases riding across globe with dust

News

A multidisciplinary, Cornell-led team of scientists has been selected for a $750,000 NASA grant to combine their expertise in remote sensing, climate and earth system computer modeling, plant pathology and genomics to better understand how plant...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Plants
  • Pathology
  • Soil
Play

USDA funds study of dairy cattle’s environmental footprint

News

A new open-source computer model being developed by a Cornell-led interdisciplinary team will simulate production and quantify the environmental effects of management decisions made on dairy farms. The Ruminant Farms Systems Model project is...
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Dairy
  • Animals
  • Environment
  • Planet
  • Water
Two cows standing in a barn staring at the camera

COVID-19 exacerbates malnutrition in India, study finds

News

In the study, “ Pandemic Prices: Price Shocks from COVID-19 and Their Implications on Nutrition Security in India,” TCI analyzed the average weekly price of cereal grains, vegetables, pulses (the edible seeds of plants in the legume family, such...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Applied Economics
  • Food
  • Global Development
  • Health + Nutrition
A woman shops for produce at the Shyambazar Market in Kolkata, India, during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in the spring.

Project to investigate digital ag’s impacts on rural America

News

The project, which will focus specifically on the impact of high-bandwidth farm networking, has received a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Phoebe Sengers, associate professor of information science, is...
  • Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Field Crops
  • Food
  • Natural Resources
a close up of barley growing in a field with two men in the background

New study advances understanding of devastating wheat disease

News

The genome-wide association study leveraged data collected from sites in India, Kenya and Mexico to better understand the shared genetic basis of resistance to yellow rust, a tenacious and widespread fungal disease caused by a pathogen prevalent...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Food
  • Global Development
  • Plants
Person holding infected wheat

Zero hunger in India is possible with diverse food system

News

According to a new report from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) that published July 15, researchers have mapped opportunities for India to reduce hunger and improve overall nutrition by reorienting its agricultural...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Food Science
  • Global Development Section
  • Applied Economics
  • Environment
  • Global Development
  • Health + Nutrition
Hands holding beans

Cornell launches New York solar farm study

News

Allison Chatrchyan and David Kay , senior research and extension associates in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Department of Global Development, are studying solar leasing on farmland in New York to better understand the economic...
  • Community and Regional Development Institute
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
  • Environment
Dryden solar farm

Listeria protein provides a CRISPR ‘kill switch’

News

The protein, called AcrVIA1, can halt the CRISPR-Cas13 editing process, according to new research from Cornell, Rockefeller University and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center published in the journal Science July 3. “We’re expanding our...
  • Food Safety Laboratory and Milk Quality Improvement Program
  • Food Science
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Biology
lab equipment on a lab bench

$10B needed to avert COVID-19 hunger crisis, experts say

News

Due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, an additional $10 billion is urgently needed to prevent millions more people becoming food insecure, according to a new report by Cornell, the International Food Policy Research Institute and the...
  • Global Development Section
  • Food
  • Global Development
  • Health + Nutrition
A hand holding grain outside

Lori Leonard named chair of Global Development

News

Launched at the start of this year, Global Development draws on the expertise of more than 60 researchers engaging on issues ranging from agricultural production and gender and wealth inequality to environmental sustainability and climate change...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
Professor portrait in front of bookcase

Study Away option supports international students

News

The innovative Study Away option will allow eligible international students to live and study at a college or university in their home country or region, with access to the host institution’s campus facilities and services. Cornell students will...
  • Food Science
Two male students walking by a monument

Soil Health Center goes virtual at Empire Farm Days

News

The Zoom format will allow farmers, agriculture professionals, home gardeners and others to participate from a distance. The Empire Farm Days’ Virtual Soil Health Center, via Zoom, will provide short programs July 29-31. Participants can choose...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
  • Soil
A hand holding brown soil

USDA grant to support CALS’ indoor ag training programs

News

However, commercial CEA requires an advanced knowledge of both plant biology and complex infrastructure. And while New York state ranks fourth in the nation for CEA production value, the workforce hasn’t been able to keep pace with industry...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Food
  • Crops
  • Horticulture
Two men working in a greenhouse

Gene yields insights into the causes of neurodegeneration

News

Diseases like dementia can develop years before people present any outward symptoms. Now, new Cornell research identifies the key role of a gene that helps protect the brain from damage.
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Disease
  • Biology
  • Genetics
black and white swirls

Study finds food safety practices benefit small farmers

News

But a new Cornell study finds that when small-scale farmers are trained in food safety protocols and develop a farm food safety plan, new markets open up to them, leading to an overall gain in revenue. “Our results should be welcomed by growers...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Institute for Food Safety
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Food Science
  • Agriculture
  • Applied Economics
  • Behavior
  • Food
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Plants
  • Crops
A woman standing at the front of a room of people talking into a microphone

Scientists identify new pathogen in NY apples

News

The study, “ Identification and Characterization of Colletotrichum Species Causing Apple Bitter Rot in New York and Description of C. noveboracense sp. nov.,” was published July 6 in the journal Scientific Reports. “We were shocked by what we...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Hudson Valley Lab
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Food
  • Fruits
  • Pathology
A rotten apple hanging from a tree

Food Box Giveaways connect WNY families to fresh and nutritious produce

News

For the past month, they’ve orchestrated food box giveaways, providing free 20 lb. boxes of produce to county residents. To date, over 7,200 boxes have been given to Western New York families in need. That’s 144,000 pounds of fresh produce! The...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Agriculture
  • Food
  • Health + Nutrition
CCE staff member carries food box on their shoulder

Cornell Atkinson awards $1.1M to innovative projects

News

The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability has awarded seven Academic Venture Fund (AVF) interdisciplinary seed grants, totaling $1.1 million, for projects that engage faculty from eight Cornell colleges and 16 academic departments. In its...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
  • Entomology
  • Biodiversity
  • Environment
  • Water
  • Natural Resources
  • Global Development
  • Crops
a brown dog sniffing outside