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Twelve people gather around a solar-powered water pump at the Don Bosco Solar and Renewable Energy Center in Ghana.

Huskers tackle global irrigation challenges through immersive trip to Ghana

June 11, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Claudia Ringler (right), director of natural resources and resilience at the International Food Policy Research Institute, delivers a keynote speech at a lectern as Brandon Hunnicutt (left), a Nebraska farmer and chairman of the Nebraska Corn Board; Abbie Raikes, director of UNMC’s Center for Global Health and Development (second from left); and Jesse Bell (second from right), director of water, climate and health at the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute, sit and listen.

Experts stress importance of irrigation to nutrition, health outcomes

May 7, 2025

Agriculture & Environment