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Every night, nearly 800 million people go to bed hungry. We can do better. This week the Feed the Future Innovation Labs are meeting in Washington DC USA to discuss their direct impact on food security. Read about their impact in the Feed the Future 2015 Results Summary, and get involved through the Feed the…
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What is the best way to help people in developing countries build food security? That’s the question at the center of University of Georgia agricultural economist Nick Magnan’s research. Read the full article about Nick on Georgia FACES. Read about Nick’s research in more detail.
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C. Michael (Mike) Deom, is a Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. He is Lead Scientist on PMIL’s Peanut Varietal Development: An Integrated Global Breeding and Genomics Approach to Intensifying Peanut Production and Quality project. Mike is also a collaborator on PMIL’s Southern…
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Intercropping two legumes with different growth habits is a relatively new practice in Malawi, but it could hold the key to sustainably intensifying smallholder agriculture in the country. Through research by Africa RISING on the doubled-up legume technology, farmers in the country are getting double benefits (increased land productivity and soil fertility) by adopting this…
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It is not chips or rolex that I am writing about. It is rather maize flour, your favorite ground nut paste and off-the-shelf baby foods that are increasingly conquering our food menus in Uganda. As David Okello, a researcher with the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) and Peanut and Mycotoxin Innovation Lab (PMIL), discovered along…
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The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Nutrition will presenting research from their first 5 years of work next week. These presentations are going to available live, via webinar starting 10 minutes before the opening statements at 9 AM, EST. We would like to invite you all to join in the webinar…
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Several Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab staff and collaborators participated in the annual Georgia Peanut Tour 15-17 September, 2015. The tour was based in Thomasville, GA USA and showcased the Southwest peanut producing areas of the state.
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