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Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation is pleased to announce its fourth funding round for commercializing agricultural technologies! Partnering for Innovation seeks Expressions of Interest (EOI) from private sector organizations that are introducing proven technologies into smallholder markets. To learn more and submit your online application, please join the AgTechXChange and complete your application. Applications…
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The Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab announces the publication of “The History of the Peanut CRSP 1975-2012” written by former Program Director David Cummins. The publication is Cummins’ comprehensive account of the programs’ accomplishments, goals, and of the key people involved with the Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP) over the last 35 years. The author…
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David L. Jordan, Crop Science Professor and Extension Specialist at North Carolina State University (NCSU), is the Lead Scientist for the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab's (PMIL) “Ghana Peanut Value Chain Interventions Project: Using Applied Research and Technology to Minimize Aflatoxin Contamination and Increase Production, Quality and Marketing of Peanut in Ghana.” In addition to leading…
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IBP Training Brings Crop Breeders to University of Georgia February 26, 2015 Writer: Christy Fricks, christyfricks@uga.edu Contact: Dave Hoisington, davehois@uga.edu On February 24-26th the Integrated Breeding Platform held a training workshop for the Breeding Management System (BMS) at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. The training was hosted by the Feed…
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Eating Peanut Prevents Allergy: Science AAAS News By: Jennifer Couzin-Frankel Published 23 February 2015 It may sound radical, but it works: Eating peanuts slashes the chance of a peanut allergy, at least in children at high risk of developing one, a much-anticipated study finds. The results are likely to catapult a long-standing theory—that ingesting potential…
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The Feed the Future Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab (PMIL) invites and encourages all Lead Scientists, Collaborators, Feed the Future Innovation Labs and Partnering Institutions involved in mycotoxin research, to invite their collaborating laboratories to participate in a survey, “Capability and Capacity Questionnaire of Mycotoxin Testing Facilities.” The objective of the survey is to learn…
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“Groundnut Seed Production Manual for Uganda,” authored by David Kalule Okello, Patrick Okori, Naveen Puppala, Boris Bravo-Ureta, Carl Michael Deom, Jane Ininda, Paul Anguria, Moses Biruma and Cresensia Asekenye is now available for download on the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab (PMIL) website. Groundnut (peanut) is one of the staple crops in Uganda, rich in protein,…
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