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Alfons Weersink

Professor
Department of Food, Agricultural and Resources Economics

Department: Guelph

Specialty: agricultural economics, cropping systems, natural resource economics

CREATE-CSS is looking for a post-doc to join Dr. Claudia Wagner-Riddle‘s lab. If you are interested in using biogeochemical models and remote sensing data to scale up changes in soil carbon storage inferred from a variety of field methods, check…

17 Nov

Homecoming: Gaining Insights into Eastern and Western Academic Values

CREATE-CSS Internship Experience with Fujian Academy of Agricultural Science, China by Bangwei Zhang, PhD Candidate at Dalhousie University (supervised by Dr. David Burton) In the late spring of 2023, the plane took off from Halifax, traveled through Toronto, Hong Kong…

31 Oct

Water resilience and soil health: Undergrad research at UofM

Summer 2023 Research Experience by Grace Thomson, University of Manitoba (supervised by Dr. Martin Entz) This summer I had the opportunity to work in Dr. Entz’s Natural Systems Agriculture lab at the University of Manitoba. My project focused on assessing…

15 Jun

Unleashing Resilience: How Conservation Agriculture Transformed Tharaka Nithi

Introduction Tharaka Nithi, a county nestled in the heart of Eastern Kenya, is no stranger to the challenges a changing climate poses. For generations, its farmers have battled unpredictable rainfall, soil degradation, and food insecurity. However, amidst these difficulties, a…

Specialty: cropping systems

Specialty: cropping systems

Alfons Weersink