New study highlights global food production data challenges

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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
  • Animals
  • Applied Economics
  • Climate Change
  • Environment
  • Food
  • Global Development
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Plants
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Karl Czymmek named PRO-DAIRY associate director

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Karl Czymmek has been named associate director of Cornell PRO-DAIRY. Czymmek also serves as a Dairy Climate Leadership specialist for PRO-DAIRY. As associate director Czymmek will work with director Dr. Thomas Overton and PRO-DAIRY specialist...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Mercy Abutsa, MPS '24: Engaging youth in climate action in Nigeria

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In the wake of Nigeria's devastating 2022 floods, Mercy Awazi Abutsa, MPS ’24 , a dedicated advocate for climate action and rural development, found renewed purpose. Inspired by the urgent need to address climate change alongside existing...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Gender-inclusive workshop series seeks to empower, educate

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A new workshop series seeks to uncover and dismantle the sometimes-hidden biases that women and gender-expansive people experience in attaining and being successful in leadership positions. The Gender Inclusive Leadership Series, sponsored by...
  • Mann Library
  • Entomology
  • Communication
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Global Development names inaugural Schleifer Professor of Sustainability

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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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COMM Updates - 2/13/2023

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Awards A Cornell University team comprising Graduate Student Stephanie Belina won second place at the International Virtual Reality Healthcare Association’s first Healthcare Hackathon Invitational, hosted at Ringling College of Art and Design...
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Julie Suarez named CALS director of translational research programs

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Julie Suarez has been named the inaugural director of translational research programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). Suarez will remain CALS’ associate dean for land-grant affairs while she fulfills the five-year...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Institute for Food Safety
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Agriculture
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Caring for urban forests in Nairobi’s informal settlements

Field Note

Master of Landscape Architecture student Kate Chesebrough spent six weeks this summer working as an urban forestry research fellow with the Center for International Forestry and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) in Nairobi, Kenya. The fellowship...
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Climate Change
  • Environment
  • Landscape
  • Global Development
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NYS agricultural assessment cultivates climate crisis solutions

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While New York’s farmers face more extreme weather events, they are learning to adapt, says a new statewide climate impacts assessment, led and written by two Cornell researchers.

  • Soil
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Climate Change
  • Agriculture
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Horticulture Section
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
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COMM Updates - 2/7/2023

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Events Join us for COMMColloquium Friday, February 9, at 1:00 pm in 102 Mann Library Building. Postdoctoral Associate Miki Matsumuro will present “Cognitive Modeling in Human-Computer, Human-Machine, and Human-Agent Interaction.” The colloquium...
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Jeff Kang’acha ‘24: Bridging tech and agriculture for global impact

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Meet Jeff Kang’acha ‘24, a global development student with a deep-rooted commitment to making a positive impact on food systems and digital agriculture. As a fourth-generation smallholder farmer from Central Kenya, Jeff's passion lies in...
  • Global Development Section
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Global Development
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