Claude Caldwell
Professor Emeritus (Retired)

Email: claude.caldwell@dal.ca
Phone: (902) 986.1536
Mailing Address:
Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
Agricultural Campus
PO Box 550
Truro, NS, B2N 5E3
Research Topics:Faculty of Agriculture
Agricultural Campus
PO Box 550
Truro, NS, B2N 5E3
- Agroecology
- New crop development
- Crop physiology
Education
- B.Sc.(Hon.) Mount Allison University聽 -1972
- M.Sc. i) University of Toronto - 1972-73
聽 聽 聽 聽 ii) 麻豆传媒 - 1974-5聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 - Ph.D University of East Anglia (Norwich, England) - 1978
Current research projects
- development of camelina as a viable crop for Canada
- intercropping of brassicas and legumes
- application of Agroecology in rural China
Teaching
- No formal teaching; guest lectures only
Research facility/lab
- work in close collaboration with Dr. Yunfei Jiang
Adjunct status
- Adjunct Professor of the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU), PRC since 2006
- Adjunct Research Professor of the Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, PRC since 2008
International Collaborations
- Curriculum development and teacher trainer for 麻豆传媒-Bukalassa College World Bank project Uganda
- Chair of Academic Coordination Committee for the ATTSVE Ethiopia Project
- Project director for Education for Employment (EFE) 3 projects with Tanzania
- Curriculum lead for Agro-education for Extension project at Royal University of Agriculture in Cambodia
- Curriculum lead for University capacity building project with Gambia College in the Gambia
- Chair of NSAC-Island Sustainability, Livelihood & Equity project (CIDA funded
- Coordinator for 5 country curriculum project entitled 鈥淚sland Food Systems鈥.
- Member of CIDA-funded China-Viet Nam project, in partnership with St. Mary鈥檚 University
- Participated in NSAC-CASE project in Jamaica
- Co-chair the 2+2 FAFU-NSAC Academic Committee (2005-13)
- Teach Agroecology by a combination of DE and on-site to FAFU students in China. (2004-2024)
Memberships
- Member of Board of Directors for the Canadian Agrifood Policy Institute (CAPI) 2024 to present
- Member of Board of Directors for 4-H Nova Scotia 2024-present
- Member of the Editorial聽 Committee of the World Shiology Library 2023- present
- NSIA
Selected publications (Last 5 years); Lifetime refereed publications 135
- Bao-Luo Ma, Chang, Aruna Herath, CD Caldwell and DL Smith 2023. Canola productivity and carbon footprint under different cropping systems in eastern Canada. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyt 127:191-207
- Guoqi Wen, Bao-Luo Ma, Anne Vanasse, CD Caldwell and DL Smith 2022. Optimizing machine learning-based site-specific nitrogen application recommendations for canola production. Field Crops Research 288(4) 108707 DOI:10.1016/j.fcr.2022.108707
- Harini Aiyer, Bourlaye Fofana, Tandra Fraser, CD Caldwell, Andrew McKenzie-Gopsill, Aaron Mills, Adam Foster. 2022. Choice of cover crop influences soil fungal and bacterial communities in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2021-0360
- Guoqi Wen, Bao-Luo Ma, Anne Vanasse, CD Caldwell, Hugh Earl, Donald L. Smith 2021. Machine learning-based canola yield prediction for site-specific nitrogen recommendations Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 121(1) DOI: 10.1007/s10705-021-10170-5
- Caldwell, CD, Wang, SL, 2021. Introduction to Agroecology. Springer
- Zhu, W., Caldwell, C.D., Wang, S. et al.2021 A Sino-Canadian Comparative Study of Experts鈥 Perceptions towards Agroecosystem Health. Human Ecol .
- 聽Wang, SL, Caldwell, CD, Kilyanek, SL, Smukler, S 2019 Using agroecology to stimulate the greening of agriculture in China: a reflection on 15 years of teaching and curriculum development International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 17(1):1-14
- MacDonald, G. E., Lada, RR., Caldwell
- C. D., Udenigwe,C., Macdonald, M.T. 2020 Lipid and fatty acid changes linked to postharvest needle abscission in balsam fir, Abies balsamea Trees 34(1):297鈥305 DOI: 10.1007/s00468-019-01918-2
- Ma, BL, Caldwell, CD et al 2019 Uptake and nutrient balance of nitrogen, sulfur, and boron for optimal canola production in eastern Canada, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 182(2)