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Barath Raghavan, University of Southern California Michael Kantar, University of Hawaii (THE CONVERSATION) — Humans have physically reconfigured

Amid the excitement around the Fifa Womens World Cup 2023, the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) is thrilled to announce Fatma Samoura, FIFA secretary general, as a keynote speaker at the AWIEF2023 Conference in Kigali...

Chick peas intercropped with flax on a farm in Stanford, Mont. USDA NRCS MontanaHumans have physically reconfigured half of the world’s land to grow just eight staple crops: maize (corn), soy, wheat, rice, cassava, sorghum, sweet potato and potato. They account for the vast majority of calories that people around the world consume. As global population rises, there’s pressure to expand production even further. Many experts argue that further expanding modern industrialized agricult...

The Purdue University College of Agriculture has awarded more than $800,000 in grants to support fifteen research projects.

Brock Harpur, assistant professor of entomology, will use a Purdue AgSEED grant to conduct a study that will provide insights into the genes and gene networks that regulate reproductive variation in honey bees.