Field Notes
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On this year’s International Women’s Day, Feed the Future’s communications team, Agrilinks, will host “Women Without Borders: Gender and Informal Cross-Border Trade,” a live event in Washington, D.C. that you can stream online. The webinar will be March 8 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. EST. Links to register, both to participate in-person or for the…
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The organizers of the inaugural All Africa Postharvest Technologies and Innovations Challenge extended the deadline for entries to today (24 February) to give researchers and innovators more time to participate. The challenge is part of the All Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibition which being hosted from the 28 to 31 March 2017 by the University…
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Feed the Future has picked the winners of its most recent photo contest, and they are worth a look. More than 100 entries showed Feed the Future in action – from Nepal to Kenya to Guatemala – with partners in universities, nonprofits, NGOs and the U.S. Government. The images tell the story of what it…
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A new video about aflatoxin — where it comes from, how it spreads and how to discourage it — is available through AccessAgriculture. The video combines interviews with local farmers, indigenous music and engaging landscape scenes, as a narrator gives practical advice about drying and storing groundnuts. The video, which was funded through the McKnight…
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Feed the Future’s annual progress report is out and provides a thought-provoking snapshot of how the program has touched the lives of people in partner countries. While the report includes statistics worth celebrating – nearly half of partner counties had a reduction in childhood stunting over the past few years – it also details areas…
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The proceedings from the 2016 meeting of the American Peanut Research and Education Society in Clearwater, Fla., has been posted. The document is searchable, bookmarked by section; the author index, starting on page 274, makes it easy to locate information by author name. A quick summary of the meeting can be found on page 270.…
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The latest issue of “Peanut Science” is now available online. The American Peanut Research and Education Society (APRES) puts out the peer-reviewed research journal, which is dedicated to publishing the results of research, education, and extension projects and programs related to the production, storage, processing, manufacturing or marketing of peanuts. Check out the latest research…