In the Media
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Today is the last day to apply for the 2017 AWARD AgTech Innovation Challenge for West and North Africa. Institutions or enterprises interested in applying may do so by submitting the online application form. Gender Agribusiness Investments for Africa (GAIA), a program launched by African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), is accepting applications…
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Nominations have opened for the 2017 Africa Food Prize, a prestigious award that recognizes outstanding individuals or institutions leading the effort to change the reality of farming in Africa from a struggle to survive to a business that thrives. The $100,000 prize celebrates Africans who are taking control of the agriculture agenda, highlighting initiatives and…
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The National Peanut Board created a short, fast-paced recipe video that illustrates several recommended ways to introduce peanuts to babies. Check out the video and related infographics. The recipes, including thinned peanut butter, powdered peanut butter in applesauce, and peanut butter pureed with strawberries, follow new early introduction guidelines for peanuts from the National Institute…
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The new newsletter is out for Peanut Base, the Peanut Genomics Initiative’s collection of online resources for the peanut research community. Peanut Base is touting: The PeanutBase 2017 survey. Feedback will help Peanut Base improve the site. New markers and the Arachis SNP chip: 15,746 SNPs from the new Arachis SNP chip (Pandey, et al.,…
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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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Do you have a winning photograph in your camera? Feed the Future is taking entries through this month for its annual global photo contest. Photos help tell the story of how Feed the Future is helping millions of farmers and their families build a better life through improved food security and nutrition. You can enter…