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Biofortification is a cost-effective, innovative approach to growing staple crops that are rich in vitamins and minerals. The process builds on traditional crop breeding techniques to improve micronutrients while maintaining or exceeding existing yields and climate-smart traits. This intervention is at the crossroads of agriculture and nutrition, with varieties released in 25 countries and studies…
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Follow the presentations and discussions from the Feed the Future Innovation Labs Partners Meeting in Malawi 20-23 April 2015. Throughout the conference Agrilinks will be keeping us up to date with blog posts, presentation takeaways and meeting content.
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The latest issue of Southscapes, focuses on how the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is helping feed 9 billion people by 2050. Several PMIL researchers were featured in articles in the magazine including: Lead Scientist Peggy Ozias-Akins, and collaborators Joelle Kajuga and Agnes Mwangwela.
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The USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Integrated Pest Management at Virginia Tech invites the submission of concept notes from U.S. universities, CGIAR institutions, other International Agricultural Research Institutions, and host country institutions to compete to lead the Innovative scientific research and technology transfer to develop and implement integrated pest management strategies for rice pests in…
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The University of Georgia Extension Peanut Entomology Program is conducting a survey of peanut growers regarding pest problems in Georgia. The answers provided by Georgia growers will help the UGA Peanut Entomology Program improve the management of important pests like burrower bug and lesser cornstalk borer. Every peanut grower who responds can enter to win…
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Become a part of the First International Congress on Postharvest Loss Prevention. We are now accepting abstract submissions, especially in these four areas: postharvest loss status and emerging issues, intervention strategies, measurement method and metrics, and education platform and decision support system. Please visit the Call for Abstracts page for more information and to submit…
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Feed the Future Innovation Labs Partners Meeting to discuss current research and progress. 20-23 April 2015 – Lilongwe, Malawi
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