SAFES' Critical Issue Initiatives are the research hubs of the institute, convening expertise on agricultural, environmental, and health topics of strategic importance to the college and the Commonwealth.
SAFES establishes an infrastructure of Critical Issue Initiatives to address key challenges that impact society within the interconnected contexts of agriculture, food, watersheds, natural resources, the economy, and urban–rural interfaces. These initiatives support the establishment and endurance of areas of expertise, fortifying the University's capacity to effectively respond and provide solutions to emergent issues such as disruption, resilience, regeneration, biodiversity, optimizing ecosystems services, and innovative stakeholder engagement.
Advancing knowledge and practice on economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable agricultural systems in urbanized landscapes.
Developing sustainable bioeconomy solutions to generate carbon negative biochemicals, biomaterials, bioenergy, and food products.
Understanding the complex nature and consequences of water contaminants and providing critical data to empower effective and time-critical solutions.
Improving our ability to predict and respond to weather and water extremes to mitigate impacts on agriculture, ecosystems, and society.
Addressing interconnected problems surrounding food choice, food waste, human health, and the environmental impacts of these systems.
Translating Critical Zone research into actionable management practices.
Working to advance our scientific understanding of vector-borne disease transmission and ultimately reduce its burden.
Working to understand the complex factors underpinning biodiversity declines and creating tools to improve biodiversity outcomes.
Harnessing the potential for agricultural innovation to ensure resilience at the farm and landscape level.
Working to understand and improve collaborative governance effectiveness, outcomes, and impacts in order to create more equitable and sustainable systems to manage natural resources.
Transforming the impact and effectiveness of responses to "hot spots" and "hot moments" of water contamination.
Developing strategies to tackle antimicrobial resistance, protect human and animal health, and promote farm profitability in livestock systems
Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Science
Address
111 Ferguson BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802-2600
- Email safes@psu.edu
Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Science
Address
111 Ferguson BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802-2600
- Email safes@psu.edu
