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$1M Walmart Foundation grant to fund Tata-Cornell ag study

October 9, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Agriculture, Farming, India, Mexico

The Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Walmart Foundation to assess challenges facing small-farm aggregation models in India and Mexico.

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Datasets can lead to risk-reducing solutions in agriculture

October 8, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Agriculture, Annual Meeting, Business, Conference, Convention, Economy, Ecosystem, Environment, Farming, Research, risk, Science, Sustainable, Technology

Predictive agriculture models can inform farming decisions

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Rutgers Expert Can Discuss Fires in Amazon Rainforests

August 27, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Agriculture, Amazon, Amazon fires, Brazil, Drought, Ecology, Environment, Farming, Forests, Indigenous, New Jersey, NJ, Rainforests, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Wildfires

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IU experts available to comment on United Nations climate report

August 8, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Climate Change, Farming

Indiana University experts on sustainable agricultural and food production are available to comment on a special U.N.-commissioned report on land and climate. A summary of the report, released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, warns that the large amount of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from agricultural practices focused on meat and dairy production are a significant contributor to global warming.

Research Results

Managing the ups and downs of coffee production

June 27, 2019June 27, 2019 Author 0 Comments Breeding, Coffee, Crops, Farming, Food, Nutrition, Research, Science, soil

June 26, 2019 – Each day, more than 2 billion cups of coffee are consumed worldwide. Developing countries produce about