Our department addresses the challenge of developing environmentally sustainable agricultural systems to produce food for a world population that is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050. We provide expertise to mitigate the impact of climate change and to develop the potential of sustainable biofuel crops. Our work on nutrient and carbon fluxes in ecosystems helps increase nutrient use efficiency, improve soil health and solve greenhouse-gas issues. We have three major program areas: Crop Science, Soil Science, and Environmental Information Systems. We promote productive and sustainable land use practices on regional, national, and international scales. Our main thematic areas focus on food production systems, sustainable agroecosystem management, and linkages between agriculture and environmental change. To learn more about the department's research themes, click here.
Thea Whitman, CSS graduate student, researches the terrestrial carbon cycle with a focus on black carbon and climate change. Read more.
- Field Day at Musgrave Research Farm - July 18, 2012, details.
- "What's Cropping Up?" A newsletter for New York Field Crops & Soils
- CSS Seminars
"What has been learned after a decade of research on the Swallow-worts (Vincetoxicum spp.)?," Antonio DiTommaso, Associate Professor, Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
12:20 - 1:10 pm
135 Emerson Hall
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Weed Science - Institutes and Laboratories
Cornell Nutrient Analysis Laboratory (CNAL)
Cornell Waste Management Institute (CWMI)
Institute for Resource Information Sciences (IRIS)
Emerson and Bradfield Halls
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Harold Mathijs Van Es
Professor
Harold van Es is Professor of Soil and Water Management, and until recently served as Chair of the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences. He co-leads the Cornell Soil Health Program and directs the Computational Agriculture Initiative. He is a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America and... Read Harold Mathijs Van Es's full profile