Agriculture

Student quinoa project selected for global summit

Cristina Ocana Gallegos, a master’s student in crop soil sciences in the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, showcased her quinoa project at the Youth Ag Summit by Bayer. On November 16 and 17, 100 young leaders were brought together for a virtual summit with the goal of empowering attendees with networking, skills […]

Four people stand in a quinoa field beside a forested hill in Ecuador.

Scientists connect health impacts from changing climate, air quality, agricultural activities through systems approach

Air pollution obscures India’s capital city of Delhi. Examining South Asia in particular, a team of researchers has proposed a new approach to understanding and mitigate health impacts from the interlinked factors of climate, air…

Air pollution in Delhi, India

Students explore modern agriculture tech with new WSU IAREC internship

PROSSER, Wash. – Six students from two Hispanic-serving institutions in Yakima Valley explored careers in agriculture research through a new summer internship program at Washington State University’s Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center (IAREC). Hispanic-serving institutions – or HSIs – are colleges and universities where Hispanic students comprise at least 25% of the student population. […]

A group of students in orange safety vests pose on a white pickup with stacks of grapes.