Events
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Since 2006, the international peanut genomics research community has worked through the Peanut Genome Initiative (PGI) to integrate genomic and biotechnological approaches into the process for developing effective environmentally benign solutions that help reduce economic risks of peanut production. The PGI has facilitated improved collaboration between international scientists and stakeholders through a series of international…
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Feed the Future Innovation Labs Partners Meeting to discuss current research and progress. 20-23 April 2015 – Lilongwe, Malawi
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Director of USAID’s President’s Malaria Initiative to speak at UGA April 14 Over the six years that Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer has led the USAID President’s Malaria Initiative, malaria deaths worldwide have fallen by nearly half. Called one of the “most quietly successful” leaders in public health today, Ziemer has aligned the efforts of aid groups…
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IBP Training Brings Crop Breeders to University of Georgia February 26, 2015 Writer: Christy Fricks, christyfricks@uga.edu Contact: Dave Hoisington, davehois@uga.edu On February 24-26th the Integrated Breeding Platform held a training workshop for the Breeding Management System (BMS) at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The training was hosted by the Feed…
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The Georgia Peanut Commission will be celebrating National Peanut Month in March by hosting the PB&J Day, March 3, 2015, at the State Capitol. Attendees will have an array of samples from PB&J's, Grilled PB&J's, Hardy Farms Boiled Peanuts, Fried Georgia Peanuts, peanut candy products and more.
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The Georgia Peanut Commission will hold their annual Research Report Day, Feb. 11, 2015, at the National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory (NESPAL), located on the University of Georgia Tifton campus in Tifton, GA. The event provides growers and industry representatives an opportunity to hear the latest reports and newest information available on peanut research…
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CROPS 2015, hosted by HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and the University of Georgia, will provide a discussion forum for what is the next, most difficult challenge for plant genomics: integrating and translating genomic knowledge to improve breeding and crop production. Join leading genomics researchers and plant breeders at CROPS 2015 to address genomics enabled…