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  • Agrilinks Blog Carnival Featuring the Farmer-to-Farmer Program

    During July 14-18, Agrilinks will feature stories about the John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program (F2F) written by volunteers, partners, beneficiaries, and key participants on their personal experiences, the food security challenges F2F combats in the field, and the real results that are being achieved.

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  • UGA Innovation Lab participates in Clinton Foundation’s launch of Haiti peanut depot

    Tierra Muscady, Haiti – Peanut research and supply channels in Haiti were boosted recently through an initiative developed by former U.S. President Bill Clinton and philanthropist Frank Giustra, who spent June 29 touring peanut research projects in Haiti with representatives from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Read the full story…

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  • BIFAD Awards for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab

    The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) recently released a call for nominations for the BIFAD Awards for Scientific Excellence.  The purpose of the BIFAD Awards recognize individual researchers and/or a team of researchers for significant achievements originating from work performed through a United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Feed the Future…

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  • PMIL Director Hosington travels to Haiti June 27th-July 3rd

    PMIL Director Dave Hoisington and Communications Specialist Christy Fricks travel to Haiti Jun 27th-July 3rd to meet with members of the Clinton Foundation, USAID and Med & Food for Kids. For daily travelogue photos and news follow us on Twitter.

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  • Interview with Yaa Klu: Probiotic Peanut Butter

    Yaa Asantewaa Kafui Klu, is a PhD candidate in Food Science at the University of Georgia (UGA). Born and raised in Cape Coast, Ghana, she began studying at UGA in 2009 and will graduate in August 2014. Yaa has already won awards for her graduate studies and presented papers across the U.S. on her research.…

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  • Peanut Genome Sequences

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    UGA News Service reports PMIL Collaborator, Scott Jackson, announces the release of the first peanut genome sequences by the International Peanut Genome Initiative.

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  • Interview with Mark Manary: Malnutrition Interventions

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    An interview with Lead Scientist Mark Manary about how his current research with PMIL impacts the world.

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