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IFDC, the International Fertilizer Development Center, has a training scheduled November 6-10 in Arusha, Tanzania. Policy makers and government officials, scientists, private-sector leaders (such as representatives of agro-dealer associations and regional farmers’ organizations), and others would benefit from the workshop. Sessions will cover:
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The World Food Prize announced this week that African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina has won the prestigious World Food Prize for his work to boost yields and farm incomes. Recognizing how important, yet inaccessible, inputs are to African farmers, Adesina and the ADB launched a system of agro-dealerships that has spread across the continent.…
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PMIL scientist Bob Kemerait, a plant pathologist at the University of Georgia, recently wrote a personal column for Southeast Farm Press, explaining why he does work in Haiti. Anyone who knows Bob knows how much he likes to share stories and photos. But, he does a particularly good job in this piece introducing two children…
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USAID/BFS’s Division for Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) is looking for researchers interested in an opportunity to support research through analyses on Feed the Future (FTF) and other food security data sets that have been collected over the life of the initiative. The agency is looking for recent master’s or PhD graduates from a social…
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USAID is holding a two-day online discussion – an AgExchange – on food safety beginning June 20 at 10 a.m. Eastern time. The online exchange will provide a forum where the international research community, Title XII institutions and USAID Missions can discuss key constraints and research priorities in food safety and overarching food safety needs, concerns…
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North Carolina State University has announced an opening in their Department of Crop and Soil Sciences for a peanut breeder. The 12-month, tenure-track position is for an Assistant/Associate Professor of Plant Breeding and will be 75 percent research, 25 percent teaching. Salary is commensurate with training and experience. The position comes open as Dr. Tom…
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The National Peanut Board has announced three opportunities totaling $1.3 million for production and peanut nutrition research that is funded jointly with USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Collaborating with three peanut industry funding partners, Southeastern Peanut Research Initiative (SPRI), The Peanut Foundation and The Peanut Institute (TPI), the National Peanut Board is…
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