Agriculture
Watts, Michael
Submitted by cmjones on March 6, 2007 - 11:37am.Name:
Michael Watts
Research Interests:
Political economy, political ecology, Africa, South Asia, development, peasant societies, social and cultural theory, U.S. agriculture, Islam and social movements
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Geography, Professor
Sayre, Nathan
Submitted by cmjones on March 6, 2007 - 11:12am.Name:
Nathan Sayre
Research Interests:
Ranching and pastoralism, rangeland ecology and management, history of range science, endangered species, scale in ecology and geography, the state, Western environmental history, and urbanization/land use change.
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Geography, Assistant Professor
Pollan, Michael
Submitted by cmjones on March 5, 2007 - 3:38pm.Name:
Michael Pollan
Research Interests:
Obesity, Journalism, Science, Environment
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Journalism, Professor
The Past, Present, and Future of Food
Submitted by cmjones on March 5, 2007 - 3:20pm.Title:
The Past, Present, and Future of Food
The Past, Present, and Future of Food
Description:
Whole Foods Market is the largest organic and natural retailer in the world. The co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods, John Mackey will offer a multimedia presentation of the past, present, and future of food. John Mackey will then join Michael Pollan in conversation, continuing in person the exchange of views the two have been conducting since the publication of Pollan's 2006 book, "The Omnivore's Dilemma."
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Narasimhan, T. N.
Submitted by cmjones on March 5, 2007 - 3:02pm.Name:
T. N. Narasimhan
Research Interests:
Professor Narasimhan is a hydrogeologist. Hydrogeology is concerned with geological processes that are influenced by water. Over the past three decades, Narasimhan and his students have addressed research issues and published papers on a wide variety of hydrogeological topics including, aquifer hydraulics, groundwater contamination, nuclear waste disposal, geothermal energy, irrigated agriculture, marine hydrogeology, petroleum reservoir engineering, triggered earthquakes, numerical modeling, and so on.
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ESPM, Professor
Mills, Nicholas
Submitted by cmjones on March 5, 2007 - 2:47pm.Name:
Nicholas Mills
Research Interests:
The focus of Nicholas Mills' research group is the biological control of insect pests and the ecology of insect parasitism and predation.
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ESPM, Professor
Kubo, Isao
Submitted by cmjones on March 5, 2007 - 2:28pm.Name:
Isao Kubo
Research Interests:
Isao Kubo's group has been searching for ecologically sound pest control agents based on natural products (including biopolymers such as enzymes) that fundamentally regulate nature.
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ESPM, Professor
Altieri, Miguel
Submitted by cmjones on March 2, 2007 - 1:03pm.Name:
Miguel Altieri
Research Interests:
Miguel Altieri's research group uses the concepts of agroecology to obtain a deep understanding of the nature of agroecosystems and the principles by which they function. Throughout their research and writings they have aided in the emergence of agroecology as the discipline that provides the basic ecological principles for how to study, design, and manage sustainable agroecosystems that are both productive and natural resource conserving, and that are also culturally-sensitive, socially-just and economically viable.
Department Name:
ESPM, Professor
De Janvry, Alain
Submitted by cmjones on February 28, 2007 - 2:37pm.Name:
Alain de Janvry
Research Interests:
Poverty analysis, rural development, quantitative analysis of development policies, impact analysis of social programs, technological innovations in agriculture, and management of common property resources.
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Alain de Janvry is an economist working on international economic development, with expertise principally in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle-East, and the Indian subcontinent. Fields of work include poverty analysis, rural development, quantitative analysis of development policies, impact analysis of social programs, technological innovations in agriculture, and the management of common property resources. He has worked with many international development agencies, including FAO, IFAD, the World Bank, UNDP, ILO, the CGIAR, and the Inter-American Development Bank as well as foundations such as Ford, Rockefeller and Kellogg. His main objective in teaching, research, and work with development agencies is the promotion of human welfare, including understanding the determinants of poverty and analyzing successful approach to improve well-being and promote sustainability in resource use.
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Agricultural and Resource Economics, Professor
Center for Sustainable Resource Development
Submitted by cmjones on February 23, 2007 - 2:22pm.Name of Research Center:
Center for Sustainable Resource Development
Description:
The Center for Sustainable Resource Development is located in the College of Natural Resources and brings together UC Berkeley's leading environmental and social scientists with other experts and stakeholders from industry, government, and environmental organizations to address complex resource-use issues such as global climate change, sustainable agriculture, water reliability, and population, poverty and the environment.
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