The University of Nebraska and Creighton University have launched a massive study to monitor the former biofuel plant s effects on the environment, wildlife and humans over the next decade, a
Crops are bred to be resilient against disease, heat, drought and other detrimental conditions.
Producers must be resilient in confronting the evolving economics of ag production, unpredictable weather and the ever-changing technology of agricultural production.
But what does it mean for a landscape to be resilient?
That is the question the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s new Center for Resilience in Agricultural Working Landscapes sets out to answer, said Craig Allen, a professor in the School of Natural Resources and director of the new center, which is up and running after being formally approved last year.
In its simplest form, resilience is the measure of how much disruption a landscape can withstand before it turns into a different kind of landscape.
By Jeff Turner
Dec 16, 2020
The University of Nebraska Medical Center is part of an international consortium that has received a $100 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to anticipate and address threats posed by emerging infectious diseases.
The cooperative agreement, called strategies to Prevent Spillover (STOP Spillover) will identify emerging disease threats from animals to prevent, detect, and respond before they become public health emergencies. The work also includes initial steps to recognize outbreaks and stop their spread early.
Considering more than 70 percent of emerging infectious diseases originate from animals, STOP Spillover is a critical next step in the evolution of USAID s work to understand and address the risks posed by zoonotic diseases that can spillover - or be transmitted - from animals to humans.