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  • International collaborators attend events in USA

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    A group of International PMIL Collaborators from Africa and Haiti were joined by partners from the USA, during 2 weeks in July of 2015, to tour the USDA core germplasm collection planted at the University of Florida’s Plant Science Research and Education Unit in Citra, Florida USA. Most of the partners then traveled to Charleston, South Carolina…

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  • PMIL Collaborator Bob Kemerait honored as APRES Fellow

    PMIL Collaborator Bob Kemerait received the prestigious APRES Fellow award at the 2015 American Peanut Research and Education Society meeting in Charleston, South Carolina on July 16th.

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  • UF/IFAS researcher Greg MacDonald growing 1,500 types of peanuts as part of USDA’s Genetic Resources Unit

    UF/IFAS Researcher Growing 1,500 Types of Peanuts as Part of the USDA’s Genetic Resources Unit <a href=”https://newswise.com/articles/uf-ifas-researcher-growing-1-500-types-of-peanuts-as-part-of-the-usda-s-genetic-resources-unit”>Published July 8, 2015</a> – Newswise, Citra, Florida and AgProfessional.com. Written by University of Florida Newsroom, Photos Courtesy of Christy Fricks, University of Georgia. Stretching out in a North Central Florida field, under the scorching summer sun, lies row…

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  • Agrilinks Training: An Introduction to Resilience at USAID and Beyond

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    Chronic poverty and recurrent shocks—like droughts, floods, and conflict—are driving many of the same communities into crisis year after year. In partnership with host governments, regional institutions, and other humanitarian and development partners, USAID is helping the global community pivot from being reactive in the wake of disaster to driving evidence-based investments that enable people,…

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  • July 9 & 10 International Visitors Touring USDA Peanut Germplasm Collection

    July 9-10th, 2015 University of Florida Professor Greg MacDonald is hosting over 40 visitors from different countries including: Ghana, Israel, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, Senegal, Mozambique, and Burkina Faso, as well as representatives from the U.S. peanut research and commercial sectors; for a field tour of peanut germplasm. MacDonald has approximately 1500 different cultivars from the…

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  • PMIL Meetings continue in Cap-Haitian, Haiti

    The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research and Peanut Productivity and Mycotoxin Control (Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab, PMIL) conducted its Annual Research Meeting on June 15-18th in Cap Haitian. “It was great to have our African partners present and for some of them to see their peanut varieties being evaluated in Haiti.…

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  • Port au Prince, Haiti June 12th Priorities for Addressing Mycotoxins Workshop Roundup

    On June 12th, the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research and Peanut Productivity and Mycotoxin Control (Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab, PMIL) hosted a successful workshop on “Priorities for Addressing Mycotoxins in Haiti” in Port au Prince, Haiti. Over 40 participants attended, including members of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID),…

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