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The American Peanut Research and Education Society has started accepting abstracts to present at the 49th Annual Meeting scheduled for July 11-13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. APRES members who wish to present original papers or posters at the 2017 APRES Annual Meeting, which will be held at the Hotel Albuquerque, should submit an abstract online…
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The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is surveying people across the globe on the state of policies addressing food and nutrition security and urbanization. The results of the survey will appear in the report “2017 Global Food Policy Report,” which will be published in March and available for free as a PDF download at…
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Feed the Future and USAID is soliciting feedback from the research community about opportunities to accelerate progress in breeding programs for important crops such as peanut, common beans, cassava, and banana. Advancement may take advantage of opportunities offered by genomics tools and other cutting-edge technologies that could be applied to accelerating breeding. “Through Feed the…
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Do you have a winning photograph in your camera? Feed the Future is taking entries through this month for its annual global photo contest. Photos help tell the story of how Feed the Future is helping millions of farmers and their families build a better life through improved food security and nutrition. You can enter…
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Feed the Future’s annual progress report is out and provides a thought-provoking snapshot of how the program has touched the lives of people in partner countries. While the report includes statistics worth celebrating – nearly half of partner counties had a reduction in childhood stunting over the past few years – it also details areas…
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The Horticulture Innovation Lab at UC Davis is looking for a new program officer. The position is based at UC Davis and responsible for managing three international centers (in Honduras, Thailand, and Zambia) and one domestic demonstration center on the UC Davis campus. The deadline to apply is Jan. 13. The position is responsible for…
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The proceedings from the 2016 meeting of the American Peanut Research and Education Society in Clearwater, Fla., has been posted. The document is searchable, bookmarked by section; the author index, starting on page 274, makes it easy to locate information by author name. A quick summary of the meeting can be found on page 270.…