Tropical Agriculture
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Getting to the Root of Africa’s Agriculture Challenges: TropAg and AfSIS Partner to Improve Soil Fertility
Agrium Incorporated and The Mosaic Company have partnered with the Earth Institute’s Tropical Agriculture and Rural Environment Program (TropAg) to improve soil measurement and fertility throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. The program will link the Millennium Villages Project to the African Soil and Information Systems Project (AfSIS) with the aim of assessing nutrient depletion in soil and…
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences Inducts Millennium Villages Director Pedro Sanchez Among 228th Class
CAMBRIDGE, MA – Pedro Sanchez, Senior Research Scholar at the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction; Co-Chair of the Hunger Task Force, Millennium Project; and Director of Tropical Agriculture at The Earth Institute at Columbia University, will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at a ceremony here on Saturday, October 11.…
By studying thousands of buildings and analyzing their electricity use, Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson has been able to uncover ways to significantly cut energy consumption and emissions. Watch the Video: “Engineering a Cooler Future Through Smarter Buildings“
