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Gebisa Ejeta (born 1950 [1]) is an Ethiopian American plant breeder, geneticist and Professor at Purdue University. [2] In 2009, he won the World Food Prize for his major contributions in the production of sorghum .
Contour plowing, Pennsylvania, 1938 "Contour bunding", Catalonia, 2007. Contour plowing or contour farming is the farming practice of plowing and/or planting across a slope following its elevation contour lines.
From 1974 to 1982, he was with the Purdue Agronomy Department as Extension/research specialist in corn production for Indiana. [4] He joined the staff of the Potash & Phosphate Institute (PPI) in 1982 and has been involved with a number of innovative agronomic research and education programs in the Midwest region.
He brought scientists together from the fields of plant pathology, agronomy, and entomology and created an infrastructure for interagency collaboration between Purdue and the USDA. [ 1 ] Caldwell developed disease-resistant cultivars for a wide variety of plants, including small grains, corn, soybeans, tomatoes, and apples.
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. [7] The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture; [8] the first classes were held on September 16, 1874.
Agricultural engineering, also known as agricultural and biosystems engineering, is the field of study and application of engineering science and designs principles for agriculture purposes, combining the various disciplines of mechanical, civil, electrical, food science, environmental, software, and chemical engineering to improve the efficiency of farms and agribusiness enterprises [1] as ...
Melba M. Crawford is the Associate Dean of Engineering for Research and a professor of agronomy, Civil Engineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Purdue University. [1] As the Nancy Uridil and Francis Bossu Professor in Civil Engineering, her specialty is Geomatics Engineering.
Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bags (formerly known as Purdue Improved Cow-pea Storage bags) [1] are bags developed by scientists at Purdue University [2] to store grain and seeds. They use hermetic storage technology to reduce loss of post-harvest cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata ) due to bruchid infestations in West and Central Africa .