Author: Rebecca Greenwald

Getting to the Root of Africa’s Agriculture Challenges: TropAg and AfSIS Partner to Improve Soil Fertility

by | 8.18.2011 at 1:41pm
Pedro Sanchez, Director of the Tropical Agriculture & the Rural Environment Program, with a group of Kenyan farmers.

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 [...]

New Gift to Support the Launch of the Carbon Management Program

by | 7.25.2011 at 4:02pm
World Trade and Communications as Crucial Links in the Development Chain

Following an initial gift last year to create a Masters Degree in Carbon Management, a generous Columbia University alumnus has renewed his support with additional funding toward the preparation and implementation of the program.