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The proceedings from the 2016 meeting of the American Peanut Research and Education Society in Clearwater, Fla., has been posted. The document is searchable, bookmarked by section; the author index, starting on page 274, makes it easy to locate information by author name. A quick summary of the meeting can be found on page 270.…
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The latest issue of “Peanut Science” is now available online. The American Peanut Research and Education Society (APRES) puts out the peer-reviewed research journal, which is dedicated to publishing the results of research, education, and extension projects and programs related to the production, storage, processing, manufacturing or marketing of peanuts. Check out the latest research…
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The International Fertilizer Development Center has a training program titled Promoting Agriculture Technology to Improve Productivity and Net Returns for Smallholder Farmers coming up early next year in Accra. The program, which will run 23-27 January, is $1,650 if you register by 2 January and increases to $1,800 afterward.
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The Full Belly Project, a nonprofit that builds small-scale shellers for nuts, has renewed plans to distribute 105 machines in Zambia. The Wilmington, N.C.-based group announced recently that it plans to build and deploy 105 its Universal Nut Shellers to farmers in villages surrounding Chipata to help increase the food supply and farmers’ incomes. The…
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Congratulations to two PMIL students in the University of Georgia College of Public Health Environmental Health Science program who took home top awards for their research. Amanda Seawright, a master’s student, won first place in recent awards from her college for work titled “Current Status of Aflatoxin B1 Contamination in Grains and Peanuts Grown in…
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Feed the Future recently posted several job openings in various U.S. government departments and agencies. The positions focus on implementing the new Global Food Security Strategy of 2016. The opportunities include civil service jobs with USAID, as well as positions with the U.S. Agriculture Department. For more details on job openings and the application process,…
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USAID’s Innovation for Agricultural Training and Education (innovATE) program has scheduled a two-day symposium in June to bring together educators, international development practitioners, government representatives, private sector players and USAID officers and staff to share expertise and experiences. The conversation will focus on insights about policies that help to develop or strengthen agricultural education and…