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Cuisine in Mexico and Kenya have a major ingredient in common – maize – and a food preparation method used for thousands of years in the area around modern Mexico could expand dish options and add nutrients for Kenyans, while reducing aflatoxin contamination in the food. The process – called nixtamalization – involves cooking and…
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The government of the Gambia signed a loan agreement with the African Development Bank (AfDB) at the AfDB Meetings in Lusaka, Zambia, recently to fund the Agriculture Value Chains Development Project (AVCDP). The $9 million project which was approved in March and involves the production, processing, storage and marketing of rice and livestock products. It…
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Do you have an award-winning photo stored on your camera? Have you captured the story of a Feed the Future project through your lens? If you have a photo that shows work to reduce hunger poverty and malnutrition through the program, you might enter the image in the Feed the Future photo contest. Photos could…
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The Feed the Future Livestock Systems Innovation Lab is seeking grant proposals for projects in the target countries of Ethiopia, Nepal and Rwanda. The LSIL is based at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida and works in partnership with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
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Conference organizers are seeking abstracts for oral and poster presentations for the 2016 Integrated Nutrition Conference, scheduled for Nov. 14-16 in Nairobi, Kenya. Conference objectives are to identify strategies for civil society, government and academia to partner with the private sector in addressing the nutritional needs of vulnerable populations, as well as leverage private sector…
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The Second International Legume Society Conference, held by the International Legume Society and the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, will be held 12-14 October, 2016 at Tróia resort near Lisbon, Portugal. The conference will address:
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The African Union Commission is calling for proposals to receive grant funds through Research and Innovation in Africa, a program supported by the European Union. The call for proposal is for research in Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA) with particular attention on Sustainable Intensification.
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