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The Georgia Peanut Commission will hold their annual Research Report Day, Feb. 11, 2015, at the National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory (NESPAL), located on the University of Georgia Tifton campus in Tifton, GA. The event provides growers and industry representatives an opportunity to hear the latest reports and newest information available on peanut research…
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In its first cabinet meeting of the year, the government of Kenya has allocated 1.5 billion Kenyan Shillings to fight against the aflatoxin problem in the country. The government is looking to scale-up interventions for aflatoxin control and management in the most affected counties in Kenya. The allocated budget is expected to be spent over…
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Partnership is Good for Peanut Production in Haiti Published January 29th, 2015, Feed the Future Peanut farmers in the Peasant’s Association of Savanne Longue in Haiti had a very productive 2014 growing season. In part, this was the culmination of years of collaboration between an array of government, university, civil society, and private sector partners on…
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The 2014 American Peanut Research and Educations Society Proceedings are now available. The Proceedings is a compilation of abstracts of professional papers presented at the annual meeting of the APRES.
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On behalf of the entire research and management team, it is my pleasure to present the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Peanut Productivity and Mycotoxin Control Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2014 (FY2014). Otherwise known as the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab or PMIL, we are in our second year of…
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PMIL members Bob Kemerait, Bonnie Klostermann, and Allen Stripling attending the 29th Annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show and Conference, in Tifton Georgia on 15 January 2015, sponsored by the Georgia Peanut Commission. Photo courtesy of Bob Kemerait.
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Virginia Tech has won a new $18 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for a research program that will work to raise the standard of living of people around the world through environmentally sound agricultural practices as part of Feed the Future, the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security…
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