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USAID Advancing Nutrition is hosting a webinar on Sept. 11 on the importance of nutrition from conception through the first two years of a child’s life. The first 1,000 days is a period of unique development, representing both risk and opportunity. It is during this time that a foundation is laid in a child’s brain,…
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David and Soraya Bertioli, who are leading Peanut Innovation Lab projects that build on their groundbreaking work to map the peanut genome, were honored Thursday night at the closing of the 51st Annual American Peanut Research and Education Society conference. The two scientists took home the American Peanut Council Research Award, while David Bertioli also…
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Aggrey Gama has successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation at University of Georgia under the Legume Scholars Program and returned to his home in Malawi. Gama was the first student to complete a PhD under the Legume Scholars Program, a project funded by the Innovation Labs for Peanut and Legumes, as well as ICRISAT, to facilitate…
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The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) is taking applications for PhD in plant breeding at WACCI, University of Ghana. Successful applicants will be enrolled in January 2020 as the 13th cohort of students in the WACCI PhD Plant Breeding training programme. Prospective students must have a master’s degree in plant breeding, plant genetics, plant…
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Do you want to recognize a scientist who is doing outstanding research through a Feed the Future Innovation Lab? The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) is accepting nominations for the BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab. Each year, the Board recognizes a recipient in both the Senior…
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Can we breed a peanut plant for flavor? The people at The Peanut Foundation think so. The foundation, which initiated the Peanut Genome Initiative to map the genetic code of the peanut plant, is proposing a second phase of the work. Phase II of the initiative would use the genomic (not GMO) tools developed during…
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Elmhurst has discontinued its line of peanut drinks just two years after launching the products. The change includes Milked Peanuts-Chocolate, Chocolate Peanut Protein and Vanilla Protein Shakes. The company stopped making the original Milked Peanuts drink at the end of last year. “We made this tough decision based on manufacturing difficulties involving peanuts,” Elmhurst said…
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