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The Agrilinks 2018 Photo Challenge is accepting pictures of agriculture and food security work around the world. People who want to share pictures can submit up to 10 images. Entries will be judged on relevance to one or more Agrilinks topic areas, composition, originality and technical quality. A judging panel and social media crowd voting will…
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States and a lifelong peanut farmer, was inducted into the Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame last week. His experiences on the farm in Southwest Georgia helped shape his world view, which is shared in many of the 30 books he has authored. Though he also had a…
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The Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) program is accepting proposals from developing country researchers interested in collaborating with counterparts who are funded by selected U.S. government-supported agencies. PEER is an international awards program that brings developing country scientists and engineers together with researchers funded by U.S. federal science agencies to address global development…
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The Eleanor Crook Foundation (ECF) is accepting applications for the 2018 RISE (Research, Innovate, Scale, Establish) for Nutrition. ECF has pledged to invest $100 million in nutrition by 2030. The RISE for Nutrition annual grant funds research on cost-effective, scalable innovations designed to improve nutrition interventions in East Africa. The 2018 RFA includes a multi-stage…
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The law that sets the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security strategy and lays out the Feed the Future Innovation Labs, the Global Feed Security Act, was reauthorized late last week. Introduced by U.S. Sens. Johnny Isakson, a Republican from Georgia, and Bob Casey, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, the reauthorization extends food security programs…
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The U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Food Security (USAID’s BFS) is partnering with private sector businesses to empower smallholder farmers with tools and technologies they need to face the wide range of emerging threats and shocks. These shared-value partnerships through the Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation will leverage business growth for development…
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Government of Rwanda and the African Union, are holding a regional conference, Youth Employment in Agriculture as a Solid Solution to ending Hunger and Poverty in Africa: Engaging through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Entrepreneurship, on 20 and 21 August 2018. For more information…