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The World Vegetable Center based in Tainan, Taiwan is seeking a deputy director general for research. The deadline to apply is 15 July. Key responsibilities include working collaboratively with the senior management team, regional directors and others to update the center’s research strategy, while leading the development of outcome-focused operational plans, providing clarity on time…
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The Global Food Security Index, a gauge of how accessible food is around the world, found this month that most countries are becoming more food secure, even as they face long-term and new challenges to getting enough nutrition. The 2016 report, released earlier this month, found that 89 of the 113 countries in the index…
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The University of Georgia’s Department of Crop and Soil Sciences is hiring for a tenure-track, 12-month position (75% Research and 25% Extension) in crop physiology with a focus on peanut. This position will be located on the Tifton Campus of the University of Georgia. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a research program…
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The Geospatial and Farming Systems Research Consortium, funded by the Feed the Future Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab and in partnership with the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, will host a five-day hands-on workshop on data science for agricultural development 15-19 August in Arusha, Tanzania. All Feed the Future Innovation Lab partners working in Tanzania and…
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PeanutBase, a database of research and resources about the peanut genome, has launched a quarterly update to inform users about important new information on the site and give tips about how to use it. The PeanutBase collection of reports and other publications is compiled with the support of The Peanut Foundation, as part of the…
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The West African Research Association and The MasterCard Foundation is offering the Ideas Matter Fellowship Program for West African doctoral students conducting research on the continent. Doctoral students whose dissertation research focuses on women, technology or entrepreneurship and who are based in West African institutions are invited to apply. The call for applications is available…
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Sponsors including the Africa Union’s Partnership for Aflatoxin Control (PACA), Abt Associates, the Schooner Africa Fund, AGCO/GSI and GrainPro brought together leaders last week for the first Africa Strategic Grain Reserve Conference, which touched on a variety of storage challenges, including aflatoxin control. The event – which was held in Nairobi – gave a chance…
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