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  • Peanut Foundation taking research pitches

    The Peanut Research Foundation is accepting research proposals for the next round of projects dubbed the Peanut Genome Initiative – Phase II.  This new phase will capitalize on previous accomplishments and use genomic and breeding tools to address real issues facing the U.S. peanut industry. Disease resistance (initially focusing on leafspot), aflatoxin, drought tolerance and…

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  • New scholarship launched for Malawian grad students

    A new scholarship fund will more than 20 Malawian graduate students to continue their studies in the U.S. or South Africa. The Agricultural Transformation Initiative (ATI) has awarded a grant to the Institute of International Education, Inc. (IIE) for the Fellowship and Scholarship Fund (FSF), a new initiative is designed to strengthen capacity in research…

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  • Webinar explores nutritition importance of first 1000 days

    USAID Advancing Nutrition is hosting a webinar on Sept. 11 on the importance of nutrition from conception through the first two years of a child’s life. The first 1,000 days is a period of unique development, representing both risk and opportunity. It is during this time that a foundation is laid in a child’s brain,…

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  • Bertiolis honored by peanut research colleages

    David and Soraya Bertioli, who are leading Peanut Innovation Lab projects that build on their groundbreaking work to map the peanut genome, were honored Thursday night at the closing of the 51st Annual American Peanut Research and Education Society conference. The two scientists took home the American Peanut Council Research Award, while David Bertioli also…

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  • Malawi food scientist completes peanut research, PhD at UGA

    Aggrey Gama has successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation at University of Georgia under the Legume Scholars Program and returned to his home in Malawi. Gama was the first student to complete a PhD under the Legume Scholars Program, a project funded by the Innovation Labs for Peanut and Legumes, as well as ICRISAT, to facilitate…

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  • Plant breeding program in Ghana accepting PhD applicants

    The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) is taking applications for PhD in plant breeding at WACCI, University of Ghana. Successful applicants will be enrolled in January 2020 as the 13th cohort of students in the WACCI PhD Plant Breeding training programme. Prospective students must have a master’s degree in plant breeding, plant genetics, plant…

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  • Nominate an Innovation Lab scientist for BIFAD awards

    Do you want to recognize a scientist who is doing outstanding research through a Feed the Future Innovation Lab? The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) is accepting nominations for the BIFAD Award for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab. Each year, the Board recognizes a recipient in both the Senior…

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