Cassava database becomes open access

The $25.2 million Next Generation Cassava Breeding project at Cornell has released a database that features all the breeding data on cassava for open access data sharing.

In Cambodia, Uphoff touts SRI successes

Professor Norman Uphoff discussed the System of Rice Intensification April 5 at the closing session of Cambodia's fourth annual national farmers conference in Phnom Penh.

Energy harvester rolls to market production

MicroGen's nanotechnology based energy harvester – researched and developed by the company at the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility – begins commercial scale production this summer.

Cornell research helps meet world's crop challenges

Two Cornell researchers are world experts in studies of little-known plant transport proteins that may be key to easing the ever-growing global food needs.

Hot fires don't always scorch soil, study finds

New research could help forest managers plan when and where to ignite small controlled burns to reduce dry vegetation and restore the ecosystem.

Green-minded students 'voluntour' in Peru

Eighteen Cornell students will travel to Lobitos, Peru, in June to conduct two sustainable development projects. And to surf.

Poverty leads to insight, says Oxfam VP

John Ambler, Ph.D. ’87, vice president of strategy for Oxfam America, delivered the Kaplan Family Distinguished Lecture April 24.

Students put a price on trees for Arbor Day

Cornell horticulture students are hoping to highlight why trees are worth hugging, by hanging bright green 'price tags' on trunks around the Ag Quad to show the true value of trees.

Biochar reduces nasty nitrous oxide emissions on farms

In the quest to decrease the world's greenhouse gases, Cornell scientists have discovered that biochar reduces the nemesis nitrous oxide from agricultural soil on average by about 55 percent and stanches emissions into the atmosphere.