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Cornell University’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management is accepting proposals for the 2019 STAARS Fellowship Program. The Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS) Fellows program is a collaboration between Cornell University and the African Development Bank (AfDB) to advance in-depth, rigorous, policy-oriented research on productivity and income growth, asset accumulation, rural…
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A new report presented at the 15th Annual Worlds of Healthy Flavors (WOHF) event shows how peanuts can be an important component of a healthy diet. Walter Willett, a Harvard professor of nutrition and epidemiology, demonstrated through the EAT-Lancet Report that peanuts can be an important component of a healthy diet. Willett’s presentation was sponsored by the…
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Experts who worked together in the Peanut Innovation Lab precursor, the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab, recently co-authored a book chapter on weed control in peanut. Weed scientists at North Carolina State University, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s Crops Research Institute and the University of Development Studies in Ghana wrote “Sustainable Weed Management…
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The 2018 Results for America report gives the US Agency for International Development (USAID) a score of 10/10 for Innovation. USAID is the only 10 for this category among 10 federal agencies included in the study. The Feed the Future Innovation Labs are highlighted in the report under Innovation. Results for America releases a scorecard each…
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The GREAT program (Gender-Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation) is accepting applications an upcoming course focused on gender-responsive plant breeding. Researchers are encouraged to apply in interdisciplinary teams of two or three, combining biophysical and social scientists. The team may focus on any crop, so long as the work involves applied crop breeding research for…
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Feed the future has put out an interesting update of the highlights of 2018, complete with stories, photos and video to tell the story of the work done this past year. There is more work to do to attain global food security. An estimated 800 million people across the world who go to bed hungry…
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In a new paper published by the American Phytopathological Society, ICRISAT’s Sam Njoroge makes a critical review of peanut production in Malawi and Zambia, along with a look ahead at the options for improving quality, quantity and marketing of peanut in the region. Peanut yield has increased over the past two decades – from 240…
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