This blog post is authored by Innocent Eluagu, GFSI research assistant. Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea) are an important cash crop that contributes to food security and supports livelihoods in Nigeria as well as other producing countries. Peanuts ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth
This blog is authored by Dorothy Mwachiro, GFSI project manager. The Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) project continues to make significant strides in transforming livestock farming for smallholder farmers in Tanzania. Through cutting-edge ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS
The northern belt of Europe, from Brittany through Bavaria and onwards east and north is adorned with dark green spruce forest. Spruce is a fantastic commodity – growing happy on any soil, relatively fast, unbelievably straight, used for everything ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Forest, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS Extension
Welcome to a special edition of our GFSI blog, as we are excited to feature another guest author, Onan Martinez, a graduate student from the UF/IFAS Animal Sciences Department. Onan recently had the opportunity to work on one of our projects ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Farm Management, Livestock
The Global Fellows Program is an initiative managed by the University of Florida’s (UF) International Center and partially funded by the Global Food Systems Institute (GFSI) that provides early-career faculty with a $5,000 seed grant, mentorship, ... READ MORE
Category: Academics, AGRICULTURE, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
This is a special edition by GFSI faculty and guest author: Dr. Jeanette Andrade, Assistant Professor and MS/DI Director, Food Science and Human Nutrition Department. IGNITE Project: Improving Food Systems for School Nutrition in the Andean ... READ MORE
Category: Academics, Blog Community, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS
In a country like Jordan in the Middle East, where rainfall is scarce and water resources are severely strained, the agricultural sector is facing significant threats. From reduced crop yields to soil degradation, and growing water scarcity, ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES, UF/IFAS, Water
Welcome to the new edition of the GFSI blog! In this entry, we asked the four agricultural fellows coming from Ghana, Mozambique, Kenya, and Burkina Faso to tell us about their transformative experiences taking part in The United States Department ... READ MORE
Category: Academics, AGRICULTURE, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Volunteer/Training
Welcome to our new blog post series about the topics covered at the 2024 Future of Food Forum: Resilient Food Systems: Beyond the Rhetoric, the flagship event here, at the Global Food Systems Institute. It was a day to remember, loaded with ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Disaster Preparation, NATURAL RESOURCES, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, Water
Welcome to the second entry of our GFSI Faculty Global Impact blog post series. In this edition, we highlight the work of Dr. Gerrit Hoogenboom, leader of the Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) initiative. In his words, ... READ MORE
Category: AGRICULTURE, Crops, Farm Management, UF/IFAS, Water