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Esther Akoto is an MSc student from Ghana mentored by Dr. Jinru Chen in the Department of Food Science & Technology at the University of Georgia, Griffin campus. She has been working on control of Aflatoxin contamination in peanuts using composting as part of the Ghana Peanut Value Chain Interventions project for the past year.…
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Dr. Jia-Sheng Wang is a UGA Athletic Association Professor in Public Health, and Department Head at the University of Georgia in the Department of Environmental Health Science. He is currently leading the Mycotoxin Detection in Dried Blood project supported by the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab, which support urgent needs in nutritional and intervention studies…
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Every night, nearly 800 million people go to bed hungry. We can do better. This week the Feed the Future Innovation Labs are meeting in Washington DC USA to discuss their direct impact on food security. Read about their impact in the Feed the Future 2015 Results Summary, and get involved through the Feed the…
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What is the best way to help people in developing countries build food security? That’s the question at the center of University of Georgia agricultural economist Nick Magnan’s research. Read the full article about Nick on Georgia FACES. Read about Nick’s research in more detail.
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C. Michael (Mike) Deom, is a Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. He is Lead Scientist on PMIL’s Peanut Varietal Development: An Integrated Global Breeding and Genomics Approach to Intensifying Peanut Production and Quality project. Mike is also a collaborator on PMIL’s Southern…
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Intercropping two legumes with different growth habits is a relatively new practice in Malawi, but it could hold the key to sustainably intensifying smallholder agriculture in the country. Through research by Africa RISING on the doubled-up legume technology, farmers in the country are getting double benefits (increased land productivity and soil fertility) by adopting this…
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Several Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab staff and collaborators participated in the annual Georgia Peanut Tour 15-17 September, 2015. The tour was based in Thomasville, GA USA and showcased the Southwest peanut producing areas of the state.
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