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Inaugural Carbon Academy
The Lal Carbon Center successfully hosted its inaugural Carbon Academy Workshop on November 17, 2023, at the Priva Gathering Space located in the new Controlled Environment Agriculture Research Complex (CEARC), part of Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory.
The two week-long conference in Dubai (1-12 December 2023) was attended by 154 Heads of States and Government, and 85,000 participants from around the world.
In honor of World Soil Day on 5th December 2023, the Lal Carbon Center hosted an online celebration with colleagues from the C-FARM project and within Ohio State. Dr. Rattan Lal briefly discussed the history of World Soil Day
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is pleased to release two supplemental workbooks for the AGRIMAN AGventures comic book series, filled with lots of “ag-tivities” for children 4-7 and 8-12!
Dr. Toru Nakajima has been an Associate Professor at the Tokyo University of Agriculture (TUA) in the Department of Agricultural Engineering since 2017.
Vaírton Radmann, Associate Professor at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), joins the Lal Carbon Center as a Visiting Fellow completing a Postdoctoral degree.
I am sincerely grateful and take immense pride in being a part of the CFAES Rattan Lal Center for Carbon Management and Sequestration as a Fulbright Postdoc Research Scholar.
Md. Nayem Hasan Munna is joining the Lal Carbon Center to pursue a Ph.D. degree at the School of Environment and Natural Resources in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, specializing in Soil Science.
Chinmayee Priyadarshini is joining the Lal Carbon Center as a Ph.D graduate student in Spring of 2024. She received her B.Sc. in Agricultural and Allied Sciences in 2019 from Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India.
Variable tillage intensity effects on carbon budget and sequestration
The Lal Carbon Center launches a new project with CNH Industrial
The Lal Carbon Center is proud to announce a new project with CNH Industrial started in 2023 and led by Principal Investigator Rattan Lal, Co-PI Klaus Lorenz.
C-FARM Project: On-Farm Conservation Agriculture Practices Effects on Soil Health and Agronomic Productivity in the Midwestern USA
By Yadunath Bajgai
A review of literature on the topic entitled ‘On-Farm Conservation Agriculture Practices Effects on Soil Health and Agronomic Productivity in the Midwestern USA’ has been completed and a summary is as follows.
A modeling framework for monitoring soil carbon stocks in Latin America and the Caribbean
By Carla Gavilan
The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is home to a diverse range of countries that are particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate change, mainly due to the unique land use, land tenure systems, and the various ecosystems in the region.
Sponsored by the Herbert W. Hoover Foundation, the project completes its fourth year
By Lauren Baldarelli
Principal Investigators Dr. Rattan Lal and Heather Neikirk worked to bring the Stark Sustainable Soils Initiative into its fourth year with Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Lauren Baldarelli, who joined the team in March of 2023.
Cover crop impacts on soil carbon inferred by modeling and soil optical properties
By Gunadhish Khanal
Dr. Gunadhish Khanal joined the Kent State and Herbert W. Hoover sponsored project Cover crop impacts on soil carbon inferred by modeling and soil optical properties in September of 2023.
Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas
San Jose, Costa Rica — 3rd-4th October, 2023
Dr. Lal traveled to Costa Rica from 3rd – 4th October 2023 as IICA Ambassador for Sustainable Development Issues to attend the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas
The Voice of Africa UM6P Side Event: Food Security
Ben Guerir, Morocco - 7th October, 2023
On the 7th October 2023, Dr. Lal traveled to Morocco to attend a scientific event titled “The Voice of Africa” put on by The Mohamed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P).
Georgetown, Guyana — 19th-20th October, 2023
The Agri-Investment Forum and Expo that was hosted by the Government of Guyana, Ministry of Agriculture of Guyana, and the CARICOM Secretariat on the 19th- 20th of October.
Boston, Massachusetts, USA — 26th-27th October 2023
Harvard Medical School, with Balachundar Subramaniam, MD, held the Consciousness – Science, Spirituality and Social Impact conference
Chair in Soil Sciences, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Ben Guerir, Morocco — 23rd November 2023
The Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) put on a special soil health event hosted by the Chair of Soil Sciences in collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Stud
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — 10th December 2023
Dr. Lal traveled to Dubai in December in order to attend COP28 (The 28th Conference of the Parties), which is the formal meeting of the UNFCCC parties to work together on solutions to tackle climate change.
Ohio State Professor Rattan Lal Aims to Eliminate Hunger While Helping the Environment
The internationally renowned researcher and World Food Prize winner views soil health as a vehicle to solve food insecurity and climate change.
By Randy Edwards at Columbus Monthly
