Hobbs, Peter

Adjunct Professor
I am a crop scientist and agronomist with 30 years of experience with IRRI and CIMMYT, two CG centers working mainly on rice and wheat systems and conservation agriculture in South Asia. I am presently an adjunct Professor in CSS and also an International Professor teaching various courses on international agriculture systems, agroforestry and GMO`s.

research

research and scholarship focus

Previous research was with CG centers working with national programs in South Asia on improving the productivity of rice-wheat cropping systems. It promoted participatory and on-farm research approaches, integrated crop management, weed science, IPM, nutrient management, machinery development, zero-tillage, and all aspects of crop production in local farming systems.

international geographic focus

affiliations

faculty appointment in

member of graduate field

teaching

teaching focus

International and Tropical cropping systems, agroforestry, conervation agriculture and soil health, machinery and the use of transgenic crops in modern agriculture.

teaches

service

outreach focus

I have some links with the Cornell NYS Soil Health initiative, but most of my extension and outreach was done internationally in South Asia with CIMMYT and IRRI working to extend improved and sustainable crop management recommendations to local farmers with national scientists and extension workers.

background

educational background

  • PhD, Cornell University, 1972
  • MSc, Kansas State University, 1969
  • BSc, Reading University, 1967

professional background

  • Wheat agronomist, CIMMYT in Pakistan, 1982-1988
  • Wheat agronomy and training, CIMMYT headquarters in Mexico, 1980-1982
  • Rice systems agronomist, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Bangladesh, 1975-1980
  • CUSO (Canada) Volunteer, conducting work on cropping systems at Chiangmai University, Thailand, 1972-1974

publications

speaker at Cornell event

Keywords: agroforestry, crops and cropping systems, international agriculture, sustainable agriculture