{"id":5343,"date":"2026-02-25T20:29:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/?page_id=5343"},"modified":"2026-02-25T20:30:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:30:02","slug":"impoving-agricultural-sustainability-through-ecosystem-services-at-local-and-global-scales","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/nau-green-fund\/impoving-agricultural-sustainability-through-ecosystem-services-at-local-and-global-scales\/","title":{"rendered":"Impoving Agricultural Sustainability Through Ecosystem Services at Local and Global Scales"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row bg-color-extra-light-gray\"><div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row-content\">\n<h2><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Impoving Agricultural Sustainability Through Ecosystem Services at Local and Global Scales<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Project Summary: <\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Addressing the critical challenge of feeding a growing global population without degrading the planet, this project tests sustainable agricultural methods right here on campus. Working in the NAU experimental greenhouse, the research team is investigating whether inoculating rice plants with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) can boost crop yields while simultaneously lowering greenhouse gas emissions. By measuring real-time fluxes of methane and carbon dioxide, this student-led study seeks to provide actionable data for farmers, turning rice fields into ecosystems that support both food security and climate health.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-uncropped-large wp-image-4781\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/5913_slugg_garden_volunteers_20220909-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/5913_slugg_garden_volunteers_20220909-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/5913_slugg_garden_volunteers_20220909-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/5913_slugg_garden_volunteers_20220909-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/5913_slugg_garden_volunteers_20220909-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/5913_slugg_garden_volunteers_20220909.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Project Lead:<\/h5>\n<p>Alejandro Grajal-Puche<\/p>\n<h5>Project Advisor:<\/h5>\n<p>Dr. Catherin Propper<\/p>\n<h5>Date:<\/h5>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">12\/5\/2022<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Funding Amount:<\/h5>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">$2,500<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Department:<\/h5>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Biological Sciences<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2026\/02\/Grajal-Puche-Research-Grant-Application.pdf\">Supporting Documents<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2198,"featured_media":0,"parent":279,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5343","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5343"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5355,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5343\/revisions\/5355"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}