by Iliyah | Mar 28, 2018 | Agricultural Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences
Dr Maureen McCarthy – Climate and Agricultural Resilience in the American Southwest: Safeguarding Ancient Traditions Against Modern Threats Sustaining the availability of clean water is one of the greatest challenges humanity will face, as climate change leads...
by Iliyah | Mar 27, 2018 | Agricultural Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences
CHG – Improved Drought Early Warning Science Helps Save Lives and Livelihoods in Africa Bringing together multidisciplinary scientists and food security analysts from UC Santa Barbara, Africa and Central America, the Climate Hazards Group develops datasets,...
by Iliyah | Feb 28, 2018 | Agricultural Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences & Biology
Dr Sangamesh (Sangu) Angadi – Circles of Hope: Circular Buffer Strip Schemes for Agriculture Dr Sangamesh Agriculture in the semi-arid US Southern Great Plains depends on irrigation water from the Ogallala Aquifer, the largest in the country. With the aquifer in...
by Iliyah | Feb 21, 2018 | Agricultural Science, Life Sciences & Biology
Dr Chad Dechow – The Dairy Cow: Beyond Mass Production As dairy farmers struggle to make ends meet, economic efficiency often forces the health and wellbeing of cattle to take a back seat. Dr Chad Dechow and his team at Pennsylvania State University have set...
by Iliyah | Feb 21, 2018 | Agricultural Science, Life Sciences & Biology
The Consortium of Food Process Validation Experts: Surrogate Bacteria for Food Safety In the wake of a terrible E. coli food poisoning outbreak, a group of food scientists decided to gear their research towards improving the safety of meat and poultry, whilst reaching...
by Iliyah | Feb 7, 2018 | Agricultural Science, Life Sciences & Biology
Cowpea – An Ancient Crop for Modern Challenges Cowpea has been cultivated as a crop for thousands of years, and is well-placed to improve the sustainability of modern agricultural systems. As part of a NIFA-funded project, Dr Louis Jackai, Dr Beatrice Dingha and Dr...
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