For professor Dr. Asim Biswas, the world is full of new problems requiring new solutions.
By 2030, the global population will reach 8.5 billion, driving an immense demand for food. At the same time, climate change is weakening food systems by depleting soil, a resource so precious it takes 100 years to form a single inch.
Madeleine McAuley’s “Perch Party” photo has won the Agri-Food in Focus prize supported by the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance in the 2024 University of Guelph Research in Focus photo contest.
McAuley, an Animal Biosciences PhD student in U of G’s Ontario Agricultural College, snapped the photo while assisting lab-mate and MSc student Steeley Ellis to collect data for her experiment about the development of perching behaviour.
Hallett will take over the portfolio to lead the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance and provide strategic management and support to the largest single research agreement at the University.
She received The SustainabilityX® Magazine's 2024 Global 50 Women In Sustainability Award for her efforts toward advancing sustainability and driving meaningful change.
Misra’s research focuses on biobased composites and nanocomposites from agricultural, forestry, and waste resources, aligning with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
She has published over 850 works, holds 60 patents, and developed marketable compostable products, including coffee pods and cutlery. In 2020, she was named one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women.
Biswas, an Alliance-funded researcher who aims to develop smart farming solutions, will hold a new Tier 1 Chair in Digital Agriculture.
In veterinary circles, it’s widely understood that, like in human medicine, using antimicrobial treatments to improve animal welfare will eventually contribute to antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Slowly, but surely, bacteria that cause diseases in people are acquiring more resistance to medications used to treat those infections.
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Dr. Rene Van Acker writes that universities have a unique role in charting the course for a national agri-food innovation strategy, and that collaborating with industry and Government—an approach exemplified by the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance—creates an environment conducive to cutting-edge research and development.
The Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance has appointed three new research program directors (RPDs), who join two University of Guelph faculty experts already in the role.
These experts connect multidisciplinary U of G agri-food expertise with Alliance research programming to deliver solutions for Ontario’s farmers and drive economic growth within the agri-food sector.
