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LAS CRUCES - A new food, energy and water nexus program launched by the Center of Excellence in Sustainable Food and Agricultural Systems at New Mexico State University’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences will bring together researchers from across the NMSU campus to find solutions to problems found across the state.
The nexus will unite faculty with different expertise from four colleges –ACES, Engineering, Business and Arts and Sciences. CESFAS is a hub of transdisciplinary and collaborative research that facilitates and develops sustainable food and value-added agricultural business.
Efren Delgado, co-director of CESFAS and associate professor of food science and technology, leads the nexus program with help from Jay Lillywhite, co-director of CESFAS and professor of agribusiness management and marketing. Natalie Goldberg, a former co-director of CESFAS, started the nexus project in the summer of 2020.
By news editor and partners
• Jan 7, 2021
New Mexico State University is positioning itself as a leader in agricultural sustainability as a team of researchers embark on new projects to study groundbreaking water-saving technology.
The two studies, which align with the university’s strategic goal to advance research activity to address global challenges, are the result of new partnerships with two agrotechnology companies based in Israel, Tal-Ya Agriculture Solution and N-Drip.
Under the partnerships, researchers from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences and College of Engineering formed an interdisciplinary group to study the companies’ signature water-saving systems: Tal-Ya’s Mitra and N-Drip’s Gravity Micro Irrigation. Manoj Shukla, professor of plant and environmental sciences, is serving as the director of the two studies, which launched in March amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with support from NMSU’s Center of Exce
New Mexico State University is positioning itself as a leader in agricultural sustainability as a team of researchers embark on new projects to study groundbreaking water-saving technology. New Mexico State University researchers formed an interdisciplinary group this year to study two water-saving systems from Tal-Ya Agriculture Solution and N-Drip. The projects are based at NMSUs Leyendecker Plant Science Research Center in Doña Ana County. (NMSU photo by Josh Bachman) Tal-Ya Agriculture Solutions Mitra system is a patent-based, recyclable platform that facilitates an ideal microclimate around plants roots. (NMSU photo by Josh Bachman) The N-Drip system provides precise irrigation using only gravitational force for power and tolerates natural water without the use of pressure-based filters. (NMSU photo by Josh Bachman)