Agricultural Innovation in Moments of Crisis: Notes from the Fertile Crescent - The Land Institute

Dr. Omar Tesdell, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Birzeit University in Palestine and research partner of The Land Institute, will be speaking at a lecture series hosted by Northwest Missouri State University. Dr. Tesdell’s talk titled “Agricultural Innovation in Moments of Crisis: Notes from the Fertile Crescent” will discuss his research on working to establish more climate-adapted, resilient, and proper agricultural landscapes.

This lecture is free and open to the public and takes place in the Charles Johnson Theater at the Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Building on campus. Click here for more event details and to learn about Dr. Tesdell’s current work to transform agricultural and community landscapes.

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