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Jamie Rhoads, Assistant Director of the USAID funded Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab (PMIL) housed at the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, is participating in a writing workshop at the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation’s (CTA) International Forum, October 13th through 17th 2014, in Arnhem, Netherlands. He is helping…
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Dr. Rangaswamy (Muni) Muniappan, Director of the Integrated Pest Management Lab and a Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab Collaborator, has been awarded the 2014 BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence in the Researcher Category. Muniappan received the BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence today in Des Moines, Iowa. It is presented each year by the presidentially appointed…
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The annual Georgia Peanut Tour, held September 16th to 18th in southeast Georgia, is a major attraction for the nation’s peanut industry, including a number of international visitors. The event not only showcases the Georgia peanut industry, but also serves to educate consumers, growers and researchers. This year, several of the attendees were affiliated with…
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The Peanut and Mycotoxin Innovation Lab (PMIL) participated in a meeting with some of the key staffers of the United States Senate Agriculture Committee, followed by a reception, in Washington D.C. on Wednesday September 17th, 2014. The importance of the Innovation Labs and the Feed the Future Initiative was the main topic of the presentation and…
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USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah acknowledged the accomplishments of the Feed the Future Innovation labs, during the keynote address of the two–day USAID Frontiers in Development Forum. The keynote address also featured speakers Imam Mohamed Magid, President of the Islamic Society of North America and Khalifa Ababacar Sall, Mayor of Dakar, Senegal. Members of several Innovation…
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Dave Hoisington, Director of the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab, was elected the next President of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab Council on Thursday, September 18th. The Innovation Lab Council is a consortium of Directors and Assistant Directors of the 24 USAID Feed the Future Innovation Labs.
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The 2014 Georgia Peanut Tour opens this year with a special focus session on the USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Peanut Productivity and Mycotoxin Control (PMIL). Thursday, September 16, 2014 the tour will feature presentations from PMIL Lead Scientist Peggy Ozias-Akins, Collaborator Bob Kemerait, and Assistant Director Jamie Rhoads. The…
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