Events
Project Report (NSF Award #: 1739823) Now Posted Online
Kevin Jackson, Xin Zhang Our final project report for our NSF Award (#1739823), titled ‘Sustainable Agriculture in the Nexus of Food, Energy, Water and Nutrient on National and Global Scales,’ has been posted online for the broader public1. This report Read More …

Sustainable Agriculture Matrix (SAM) Consortium hosted a workshop to discuss stakeholder inputs from eight countries
The Sustainable Agriculture Matrix (SAM) Consortium, a transdisciplinary & transnational partnership funded by the Belmont Forum, held their Second Consortium Meeting. This meeting was a two-day event where partner organizations from around the world came together to share the results Read More …
Dr. Xin Zhang, PI of the Sustainable Agricultural Matrix Presented at the FAO Roundtable “Measuring Progress towards Sustainable Agriculture”
FAO in North America reported in its blog on June 21, 2019: http://www.fao.org/north-america/news/detail/en/c/1199670/ “Xin Zhang, Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), presented the Sustainable Agricultural Matrix (SAM). The matrix aims to help track Read More …
SAM Workshop Second Meeting June 18-20, 2019
The second meeting of SESYNC pursuit project “Understanding dynamic environmental and socioeconomic interactions in food systems to support decision-making towards a sustainable and resilient agriculture” is held successfully on June 18-20, 2019 at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), Annapolis, Read More …
SAM Workshop First Meeting August 21-23, 2018
The first meeting of SESYNC pursuit project “Understanding dynamic environmental and socioeconomic interactions in food systems to support decision-making towards a sustainable and resilient agriculture” is held successfully on August 21-23, 2018 at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), Annapolis, Read More …