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The Soybean Innovation Lab (SIL) announces a virtual workshop focused on low-latitude soybeans. SIL researchers and collaborators will join together to discuss issues related to soybean adaptation to low-latitude environments. Discussions will focus on determinate and semi-determinate growth habits, long juvenile traits, photoperiod response of American lines in Africa, African soybean breeding experiences, and more.…
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The Georgia Peanut Commission will hold their annual Research Report Day, Feb. 11, 2015, at the National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory (NESPAL), located on the University of Georgia Tifton campus in Tifton, GA. The event provides growers and industry representatives an opportunity to hear the latest reports and newest information available on peanut research…
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Under its Feed the Future initiative, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the Borlaug Higher Education Agricultural Research and Development (BHEARD) Program. Implemented by Michigan State University (MSU), the BHEARD program honors the legacy of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug. The program will support long-term training of agricultural and food…
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In its first cabinet meeting of the year, the government of Kenya has allocated 1.5 billion Kenyan Shillings to fight against the aflatoxin problem in the country. The government is looking to scale-up interventions for aflatoxin control and management in the most affected counties in Kenya. The allocated budget is expected to be spent over…
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Partnership is Good for Peanut Production in Haiti Published January 29th, 2015, Feed the Future Peanut farmers in the Peasant’s Association of Savanne Longue in Haiti had a very productive 2014 growing season. In part, this was the culmination of years of collaboration between an array of government, university, civil society, and private sector partners on…
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The African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND) is issuing a call for papers for special edition on aflatoxins in East Africa. This proposal for a special edition on aflatoxins in East Africa aims to address the problem of aflatoxins in a region that has been severely affected in the past. The aim is to…
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CROPS 2015, hosted by HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and the University of Georgia, will provide a discussion forum for what is the next, most difficult challenge for plant genomics: integrating and translating genomic knowledge to improve breeding and crop production. Join leading genomics researchers and plant breeders at CROPS 2015 to address genomics enabled…
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