In the Media

  • Partnership is Good for Peanut Production in Haiti Published January 29th, 2015, Feed the Future Peanut farmers in the Peasant’s Association of Savanne Longue in Haiti had a very productive 2014 growing season. In part, this was the culmination of years of collaboration between an array of government, university, civil society, and private sector partners on…

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  • As part of the Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program, two visiting researchers are working to ensure the safety the peanut crop in Africa with the help of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The college’s Office of Global Programs hosted the researchers, Agnes Mwangwela from Malawi…

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  • Jamie Rhoads, assistant director of the USAID-funded PMIL, which is housed in UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, was featured in Growing Indiana, an Agriculture Business publication on 24 October, 2014. The article focuses on how he helped to create a poster, brochure and guidebook that will help smallholder farmers worldwide decrease aflatoxin contamination…

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  • Dr. Rangaswamy (Muni) Muniappan, Director of the Integrated Pest Management Lab and a Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab Collaborator, has been awarded the 2014 BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence in the Researcher Category. Muniappan received the BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence today in Des Moines, Iowa. It is presented each year by the presidentially appointed…

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  • One of Africa’s most popular farming shows, the Shamba Shape-Up, featured PMIL Collaborator David Kalule Okello, speaking about seed selection in April of 2014. Fast forward to 23:01 to begin David’s portion. He was also featured in February of 2014 in Paul Ndiho’s blog: “Ugandan Groundnut Farmers Cashing In On Improved New Varieties.”

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  • The Peanut and Mycotoxin Innovation Lab was the recent focus of a segment on the Georgia Farm Monitor Show.  The segment titled, “Innovation Lab For Peanuts Helps Producers In Developing Countries,” is an overview of the program, featuring interviews with PMIL’s Director Dave Hoisington and and Assistant Director Jamie Rhoads as well as photos by…

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  • PMIL Collaborator Bob Kemerait was recently featured in a profile interview for the local Albany Herald.  Read more about his work here.

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