Agricultural Challenges and Solutions: Organic Farming, Hebei Province, China
Summer Internship June 21- August 16, 2013
This internship builds on an on going collaboration between Cornell and Hebei Qimei Agricultural Science and Technology Ltd, an organic vegetable company located in Handan City, Hebei Province, China. The company – called ‘Qimei’ – is currently in a period of expansion, and questions regarding soil management to maintain and improve crop yield and quality need to be addressed urgently.
This internship will be supervised by Professors Jane Mt. Pleasant and Robin Bellinder of the Cornell Department of Horticulture.