Graduate student Semagn Kolech will expand sustainable farming in Ethiopia, turning it from a place where it's hard to grow sustainable crops to a place where farming flourishes.
Adapt-N, a free Web-based tool, provides farmers with better estimates of nitrogen fertilizer needs for corn, in real time, throughout the season, saving money and the environment.
Researchers have created a method that uses algorithms, pathogen ecology and remote sensing tools to predict hot spots where foodborne pathogens may be present on farms prior to harvest. (Dec. 4, 2012)
Cornell University has been ranked a top 25 employer for its transportation practices, which encourage greener commuting and other energy-reduction efforts. (July 2, 2009)
The CALS Green energy-saving contest saved an estimated 2 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions. Of the six buildings competing, Wing Hall in Geneva, N.Y., saved the most energy.
Professor Nina Bassuk said urban trees are each worth $135 in benefit. She spoke at 92nd Street Y in NYC Dec. 7 as part of the 'Changing Earth' series, a partnership between 92Y and Cornell Plantations. (Dec. 12, 2011)
Prabhu Pingali, former World Bank economist and deputy director of agricultural development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will be spearheading a Cornell effort to help reduce poverty and malnutrition in India.
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.
The $6 million, 11,000-square-foot facility in Riley Robb Hall will be used to develop renewable energy sources from such nonfood crops as switchgrass, sorghum and willow. (June 24, 2009)