Field Notes
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The African Union Commission (AUC) has wrapped up a two-day workshop in Addis Ababa titled “Mitigating the Health and Nutrition Impacts of Aflatoxins in Africa through Uncommon Partnerships.” The workshop, held March 23-24, brought together stakeholders from the health and nutrition sectors, including representatives from member states, Partnership for Aflatoxin control in Africa (PACA), AMERF Health…
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The AflaSTOP: Storage and Drying for Aflatoxin Prevention project has a new monthly newsletter to keep everyone up to date on the progress of the month. AflaSTOP is a ACDI/VOCA project in Kenya, working to find storage options that impede the growth of aflatoxin and give smallholder farmers a way to dry their grain and…
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We visited with farmer Andy Robinson of 35 Farms, Williston, FL. County agent Andrew Drew of Levy county hosted us. We traveled to Andy’s farm where we discussed his practices and farming operations for growing peanuts – specfically for peanut seed production. Andy discussed his fertility operations and told the group he uses site specific…
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The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research and Peanut Productivity and Mycotoxin Control (Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab, PMIL) conducted its Annual Research Meeting on June 15-18th in Cap Haitian. “It was great to have our African partners present and for some of them to see their peanut varieties being evaluated in Haiti.…
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On June 12th, the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research and Peanut Productivity and Mycotoxin Control (Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab, PMIL) hosted a successful workshop on “Priorities for Addressing Mycotoxins in Haiti” in Port au Prince, Haiti. Over 40 participants attended, including members of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID),…
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PMIL hosted tours to several research farms, an Acesso Depot and the Meds & Food for Kids factory near Cap Haitien, Haiti on June 17.
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June 16 research reporting meeting and presentations by Meds & Food for Kids founder Pat Wolff.
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