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2015 Institutional Performance Improvement in Practice A Deep Dive into the HICD Methodology In the context of USAID’s increasing focus on local systems and other donors’ efforts to shift more resources toward local institutional capacity building, applying the science of organizational learning and behavior change is a growing imperative. This one and a half day workshop…
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Since 2006, the international peanut genomics research community has worked through the Peanut Genome Initiative (PGI) to integrate genomic and biotechnological approaches into the process for developing effective environmentally benign solutions that help reduce economic risks of peanut production. The PGI has facilitated improved collaboration between international scientists and stakeholders through a series of international…
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In most West African countries, groundnut is an important crop used in various forms. It is a basic food and cash crop. Its production, processing and trade are major sources of employment, income and foreign exchange in many West African countries. Unfortunately, since the 1960s, groundnut production and trade have been declining due to various…
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UF/IFAS Researcher Growing 1,500 Types of Peanuts as Part of the USDA’s Genetic Resources Unit <a href=”https://newswise.com/articles/uf-ifas-researcher-growing-1-500-types-of-peanuts-as-part-of-the-usda-s-genetic-resources-unit”>Published July 8, 2015</a> – Newswise, Citra, Florida and AgProfessional.com. Written by University of Florida Newsroom, Photos Courtesy of Christy Fricks, University of Georgia. Stretching out in a North Central Florida field, under the scorching summer sun, lies row…
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The Chicago Council on Global Affairs seeks a Research Assistant to support the work of Roger Thurow, Senior Fellow, Global Agriculture & Food, and develop and manage content for the Global Food for Thought news brief and blog. This role will provide key support to the Council’s global food security project, which provides new thinking on how the US can advance…
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Chronic poverty and recurrent shocks—like droughts, floods, and conflict—are driving many of the same communities into crisis year after year. In partnership with host governments, regional institutions, and other humanitarian and development partners, USAID is helping the global community pivot from being reactive in the wake of disaster to driving evidence-based investments that enable people,…
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July 9-10th, 2015 University of Florida Professor Greg MacDonald is hosting over 40 visitors from different countries including: Ghana, Israel, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, Senegal, Mozambique, and Burkina Faso, as well as representatives from the U.S. peanut research and commercial sectors; for a field tour of peanut germplasm. MacDonald has approximately 1500 different cultivars from the…