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The GREAT program (Gender-Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation) is accepting applications an upcoming course focused on gender-responsive plant breeding. Researchers are encouraged to apply in interdisciplinary teams of two or three, combining biophysical and social scientists. The team may focus on any crop, so long as the work involves applied crop breeding research for…
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Feed the future has put out an interesting update of the highlights of 2018, complete with stories, photos and video to tell the story of the work done this past year. There is more work to do to attain global food security. An estimated 800 million people across the world who go to bed hungry…
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In a new paper published by the American Phytopathological Society, ICRISAT’s Sam Njoroge makes a critical review of peanut production in Malawi and Zambia, along with a look ahead at the options for improving quality, quantity and marketing of peanut in the region. Peanut yield has increased over the past two decades – from 240…
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The Peanut Institute has launched a searchable research library to serve as the hub of all peanut nutrition research publications. The resource gives anyone instant access to the latest and most noteworthy research in the nutrition field. The database will allow users to search the library by topic, year of publication, journal, article title, study…
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A year-long trial involving methodical exposure to small amounts of peanut protein shows promise in alleviating the most serious peanut allergies. The results, announced Sunday at a conference of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology in Seattle, may lead to the first oral medication that could eliminate severe peanut allergies in children. After…
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The Agrilinks 2018 Photo Challenge is accepting pictures of agriculture and food security work around the world. People who want to share pictures can submit up to 10 images. Entries will be judged on relevance to one or more Agrilinks topic areas, composition, originality and technical quality. A judging panel and social media crowd voting will…
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States and a lifelong peanut farmer, was inducted into the Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame last week. His experiences on the farm in Southwest Georgia helped shape his world view, which is shared in many of the 30 books he has authored. Though he also had a…
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