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The second African Symposium on Mycotoxicology will be held in Mombasa, Kenya on 24-27 June 2018. The African Society of Mycotoxicology hosted the first symposium in Zambia in 2015, and will host this event under the auspices of the International Society on Mycotoxicology (ISM). Themes of the conference include: Occurrence and importance of mycotoxins in…
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PMIL partner Meds & Food for Kids is taking on an interesting project with the University of Haiti to plant model gardens that incorporate poultry into production. Sponsored by EU-affiliated Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), the Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine of the University of Haiti (FAMV-UEH) is establishing five community…
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A well-made video about aflatoxin — where it comes from, how it increases and how to discourage it — has been translated into eight African languages and made available for download in several formats depending on the technology needs of the viewer. The McKnight Foundation funded the video, which was filmed in South America and…
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Mark Green, a former Republican Congressman from Wisconsin and ambassador to Tanzania has been confirmed as administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Green was endorsed by lawmakers from both parties and many nonprofit aid groups. USAID administers more than $20 billion in foreign assistance each year, including assistance in health, education, environment,…
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Alice Mutiti Mweetwa, a collaborating scientist with the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab, has won the 2017 Young African Researchers Award for her contributions to agriculture and food sciences. Mweetwa is a senior lecturer and the assistant director of the Directorate of Research and Graduate Studies at the University of Zambia. She was nominated by…
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Meds & Food for Kids is offering a fellowship to work with the team in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, to improve nutrition and food security by making therapeutic food and improving agricultural practices. The job, which begins this fall, requires a 12-month commitment. Duties include the development and implementation of agriculture research and extension programs aimed…
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Feed the Future’s Gender, Climate Change and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN) is looking for up to four students (advanced MA or PhD level) who are interested in working on the intersection of climate, gender and nutrition using Feed-the-Future datasets. Through the GCAN Student Challenge, these students will explore how climate, gender and nutrition intersect to…