This month’s Rese
arch Spotlight within the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab is Dr. Boris Bravo-Ureta, a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Connecticut and a Visiting Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Talca in Chile.
He is currently leading a project with the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab (PMIL) titled “Southern Africa Pre-harvest Value Chain Analysis“. In addition, he also is involved with two additional PMIL projects: “Peanut Varietal Development“, and “Ghana Peanut Value Chain Interventions“.
“From the time I have spent on this type of work, it is clear that the peanut, or groundnuts as they are called in many of our collaborating countries, has become an integral part of the culture and cuisine,” Dr. Bravo-Ureta says.
Check out Dr. Bravo-Ureta’s description of his work and why it’s important.