September 20, 2020

Paul Brierley, executive director of the Yuma Cen- ter of Excellence for Desert Agriculture, shared some of the issues that the agriculture industry has faced during the health crisis.

September 17, 2020

The Yuma Center of Excellence in Desert Agriculture (YCEDA) is collaborating with a business in Israel known as NSL Comm, a company that provides Internet of Things (IoT) data communications from remote locations such as agriculture fields through Nano

August 24, 2020

Paul Brierley, the Executive Director of the Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture, tells News 11 that they will receive up to $200,000 in donations to open up a lab for the upcoming harvesting season.

August 1, 2020

The Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture (YCEDA) is a research center at the University of Arizona (UA) that links farmers, researchers, and students.

July 12, 2020

Agriculture was designated an essential business and has continued to produce the food needed by the nation. That’s good news for Yuma, which has an economy that largely relies on the agricultural industry.

May 2, 2020

KAWC's Victor Calderón spoke with Paul Brierley, executive director of the University of Arizona's Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture, about how the local ag industry contributes billions to the state and local economy and how the market fluctuations have impacted the industry.

April 17, 2020

Our Executive Director, Paul Brierley, was interviewed by Melissa Aguilar from Telemundo Arizona, to get his perspective on the impact of COVID-19 on agriculture.

April 9, 2020 YUMA, Ariz. ( KYMA, KECY) - A COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly across the United States, it's changing the daily lives of Americans including those in Yuma County.
February 15, 2020

In Yuma, farmers and growers have been trying to change their practices to better conserve water.