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Solutions to Desert Agriculture's Pressing Problems

The Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture (YCEDA) is an innovative public-private partnership that connects top scientists to the desert agricultural industry. Together we put science to work developing solutions to the challenges of arid-land crop production. Our work focuses on high-priority issues identified by industry stakeholders, including but not limited to increasing production efficiencies through disease and water management, crop yield maximization, food safety, and technology utilization.

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A Look Back at 2018
January 4, 2019
2018 Automated Thinning and Weeding Technologies Field Demonstration
November 9, 2018
YCEDA Year 3 Impact Report
November 15, 2017

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5 Voices: What's Hot in Vegetable Technology?

February 11, 2019 Paul Brierley: Tech Is a Boost for Diverse Operations Paul Brierley, Director of the Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture, cites the challenges of finding field labor as one of the reasons that automation is taking off in leaps and bounds.

New efforts to keep consumer crops safe

January 31, 2019

Brierley says while crops are tested for contaminants now, results may not be available until the product is already on store shelves. Brierley and other researchers are working to change that. They want to eventually develop scanners that could be used on harvesters or in the field.

Lettuce Thinning Goes Automated with New Machines

January 21, 2019 As the winter lettuce production capital of the country, Yuma, AZ is a hotbed of activity in the fall, winter, and early spring.

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