Purdue University recently received two grants of $1 million each from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture for five-year projects to enhance sustainable agricultural systems.
University receives grants for sustainable agriculture projects
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Purdue University agricultural economists are collaborating with Michigan State University to develop more resilient food systems for coping with multiple disasters, such as when flooding occurs during a pandemic. Heavy rain ponded in this cornfield in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, in August 2021.
Purdue University is collaborating with Clemson University to advance the use of a controlled-environment platform for cultivating salt-tolerant food crops, including tomatoes, using saline irrigation water.
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