Fig. 1 Mean winter cropped area from 2000–2001 to 2015–2016. Cropped area is shown (A) across India, (B) in a highly cropped region in Punjab, and (C) in a medium-intensity cropped region in Bihar. Pixels that were never cropped are highlighted in white, pixels that were 100% cropped across all 16 years are highlighted in dark […]
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The Effects of COVID-19 on Michigan Local Food Councils and Their Communities Download and read the full report published here. Authors: Lesli Hoey, Alex Judelsohn, Keerthana Vidyasagar, Lilly Fink Shapiro, and Liz Gensler. February 2021 Around the world, food insecurity has increased rapidly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, while food systems workers, businesses,
St Paul, October 5—A recent high-profile paper published in the journal Nature links zoonotic viruses, such as Ebola, HIV, and the SARS virus that causes COVID-19, with the fragmentation and destruction of forests. The authors show that with declining biodiversity, the remaining animals are more prolific disease hosts. Published: OCTOBER 5, 2020 Authors: Alex Liebman, Ivette
Dr. Perfecto Co-authors ‘Whose Agriculture Drives Disease?’ Read More »
Date: January 26, 2021 Authored by Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, Lim Li Ching and Ivette Perfecto and approved by the IAASTD+10 Advisory Group. Eleven years ago, the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) provided a powerful evidence-based call to shift from dominant, resource-extractive and input-intensive approaches to agriculture (referred to as “business
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This past November, SFSI affiliate and Lecturer for the University Courses Division, Margot Finn, gave a keynote for the conference Food Futures in the Anthropocene: Place-based, Just, Convivial hosted by the University of Tasmania. You can now access this talk on YouTube here. See the abstract of the talk below. Abstract for Dr. Finn’s Talk
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Carrots are picked near Arvin, Calif., Aug. 20, 2020. (Brian L. Frank/The New York Times) Date: December 23, 2020 The impacts of the COVID-19 virus have deepened disparities, worsened health outcomes, and sacrificed the safety of the farmworkers that grow our food in the US. Policies that have been put in place are not often
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Placing warning labels on beverage dispensers might be enough to help college students cut back on sugary drinks, according to a new study. The study by the University of Michigan School of Public Health and University of California, Davis, found that labels helped reduce consumption by nearly 15%. “Warning labels may be effective tools for
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In the wake of the pandemic, SFSI affiliates and faculty in the School of Public Health, Julia Wolfson and Cindy Leung, quickly implemented studies to understand how the pandemic was (and still is) impacting certain segments of the population in real time. Back in May Kara Gavin (kegavin@umich.edu) wrote a piece originally published here on a
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Authors: SFSI Faculty Affiliates Ivette Perfecto and John Vandermeer along with EEB students Zachary Hajian-Forooshani and Alexa White Published July 2020 in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment ANN ARBOR— The most recent publication by the Perfectomeer lab of Ivette Perfecto and John Vandermeer details the affect of lizards and ants on the biological control of the coffee leaf miner in
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Author: Lauren Love, Public Affairs Originally published: July 16, 2020 Published here: July 23, 2020 As part of the university’s continued commitment to promote diversity, equity and inclusion, four University of Michigan professors have been named recipients of the University Diversity and Social Transformation Professorship. Established in 2019, the UDSTP recognizes senior faculty who have
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