Integrating AI into environmental control systems could reduce energy consumption for indoor agriculture by 25% – potentially helping to feed a growing world population.
Mario Herrero, a professor of sustainable food systems, and Daniel Mason-D’Croz, a senior research associate focused on sustainable food systems, comment on the role of meat alternatives in the lead up to the COP28 climate conference's Food, Agriculture and Water Day.
A series of research papers and a free online data dashboard seek to boost the use of biofortification – an affordable, sustainable and climate-smart way to address global malnutrition by increasing the concentrations of essential nutrients in staple crops.
Marion Nestle, a food policy expert and public health advocate, will share her experience bridging research, policy and public engagement in a talk, “Food Politics: An Agenda for 2024.”
Adding crushed volcanic rock to cropland could play a key role in removing carbon from the air. In a field study, scientists at the University of California, Davis, and Cornell University found the technology stored carbon in the soil even during an extreme drought in California.
Cornell University and World Coffee Research, backed by funding from USAID, are rolling out a new program focused on improving the resilience and productivity of coffee smallholder growers worldwide.
Students can now choose a new minor in digital agriculture, a multidisciplinary field focused on food and agriculture production systems, but with an increasingly broader span of applications and interests.
A new project seeks to develop methodologies to assess food environments in two Kenyan cities, understand the role of informal vendors and offer guidance on how to measure the rapidly changing food environments.
