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13-Jan-2022

Report analyzes record-high fertilizer prices

Texas A&M AgriLife Communications
Reports and Proceedings

Farmers and economists are wringing their hands on how to get a handle on record-high fertilizer prices heading into the 2022 crop year, and a new report compiled by the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University suggests prices may not be done going up due to several factors.

13-Jan-2022

Sanford Burnham Prebys researchers awarded $3.6 million to study antibiotic resistance

Sanford Burnham Prebys
Grant and Award Announcement

Sanford Burnham Prebys professor Andrei Osterman, Ph.D., has been awarded a $3.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand current knowledge of antibiotic resistance, which will inform more precise antibiotic prescribing practices and help researchers develop drugs that are harder for bacteria to resist.

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13-Jan-2022

$10M project aims for more pest-resilient food options in Asia

Cornell University
Grant and Award Announcement

A new Cornell University-led project will accelerate the application of a proven biotechnology to enhance food and nutritional security in Bangladesh and the Philippines while protecting the health of farmers and the environment.

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13-Jan-2022

Compost is a major source of pathogenic aspergillus spores

American Society for Microbiology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Compost and compost-enriched soils contain high concentrations of A. fumigatus spores, a study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology found.

Journal: Applied and Environmental Microbiology

13-Jan-2022

New USDA grant to support climate resilience planning in Indian Country

Desert Research Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

A collaborative team of researchers led by Maureen McCarthy, Ph.D., of DRI has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) to support and strengthen the role of USDA Climate Hubs in Indian Country.

Funder: USDA

13-Jan-2022

Climate adaptation increases vulnerability of cocoa farmers, study shows

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Sean Kennedy, a professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, found that climate adaptation by cocoa farmers in Indonesia has made them more vulnerable to economic and climatic risks.

Journal: Annals of the American Association of Geographers

13-Jan-2022

Jie Xu named one of America’s greatest technology disruptors

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Newsweek magazine has named Argonne's Jie Xu as one of 50 pioneers who are transforming the world through technology. She was recognized for the potential impact of her research on printable skin-like electronics.