Crop and Ecosystem Sciences

California’s response to climate change offers a model for the world

Problems faced by agriculture amid climate change are closely intertwined with non-ag issues. Solutions often have downsides. We have to embrace the complexity, talk to each other, innovate, use technology and be flexible to find solutions that feed us without causing harm to people and while improving and protecting the environment.

Trevor V. Suslow

  • CE Specialist Emeritus
Quality and safety of perishable horticultural commodities. Pre-harvest to postharvest research and outreach education on diverse fresh and minimally-processed horticultural foods from annual row crops to tree and vine commodities
103 MANN LAB
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Leslie M. Roche

  • Professor of Cooperative Extension
  • Faculty
  • Plant Sciences Executive Committee - At-Large Representative
  • Russell L. Rustici Endowed Specialist in Cooperative Extension in Rangeland Watershed Science
Rangeland and pasture management, ecology of grazing lands, grazing systems, drought and climate change adaptation, participatory research
1232 PES
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Daniel H. Putnam

  • Professor Emeritus of Cooperative Extension
Alfalfa and forage crop systems, cellulosic biofuels, crop ecology, new/alternative crops and cropping systems. Strong interest in irrigation, salinity, forage quality, genetics & varieties.
2240 PES
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616