In its third year, PMIL scientists in the U.S. and partner countries made significant progress in their work to boost peanut productivity, fight mycotoxin and make farming both profitable and sustainable peanut growers.
But, perhaps the most rewarding part of the past year’s work was seeing the next generation of innovators – graduate students doing thesis research in agriculture or nutrition fields – contribute to PMIL projects.
“During the past year, we were able to make significant progress in all of the supported projects,” PMIL Director Dave Hoisington said in the recently completed annual report for PMIL, which officially is known as the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Peanut Productivity and Mycotoxin Control. “Especially gratifying was our ability to enroll a number of graduate students, hosted in a U.S. or one of our target country universities.