Daniela Vergara

Emerging Crops Specialist

Cornell AgriTech
Geneva, NY

cell 812-219-0172
email Daniela

Areas of Interest
hemp, hops, new crops to NYS

Daniela is a native of Colombia, attending Universidad de los Andes Bogota and then obtaining her Ph.D. at Indiana University - Bloomington. She has extensive experience in teaching and research, mainly in genetics and breeding programs, and numerous relationships as a consultant with bioscience and agribusiness firms in the western United States.

For Harvest NY, Daniela is located on the Cornell AgriTech campus in Geneva to collaborate on work being done in hemp, hops and other crops.

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New York Urban Farms Sustainable Pest Management Fact Sheet Series

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