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  • Georgia Peanut Tour attracts international visitors, PMIL collaborators

    The annual Georgia Peanut Tour, held September 16th to 18th in southeast Georgia, is a major attraction for the nation’s peanut industry, including a number of international visitors. The event not only showcases the Georgia peanut industry, but also serves to educate consumers, growers and researchers. This year, several of the attendees were affiliated with…

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  • BIFAD e-consultation on Human and Institutional Capacity Development

    Feeding the World in 2050: How Human and Institutional Capacity Development Can Support Agricultural Innovation Systems The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) and USAID with support from the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) will host an online discussion on how human and institutional capacity development can support agricultural innovation systems. 18-20…

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  • VEGA RFA for Farmer-to-Farmer Small Grants

    Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA) announces a Request for Applications, for the Farmer-to-Farmer Special Program Support Project Small Grants Program. 27 October 2014 – Concept Papers Due

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  • Harvard University Hosts Innovation and Water Scarcity Adaptation Discussion

    The Sustainability Science Program at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, recently hosted an invitation-only workshop, “Innovation with Access to Technology for Vulnerable Farmers: The Innovation System for Drought and Water Scarcity Adaptation Technologies,” on September 10-12, 2014. Dave Hoisington, Director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab on Peanut Productivity and Mycotoxin Control…

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  • PMIL speaks to U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee staff, stakeholders

    The Peanut and Mycotoxin Innovation Lab (PMIL) participated in a meeting with some of the key staffers of the United States Senate Agriculture Committee, followed by a reception, in Washington D.C. on Wednesday September 17th, 2014. The importance of the Innovation Labs and the Feed the Future Initiative was the main topic of the presentation and…

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  • USAID Rajiv Shah recognizes Innovation Lab accomplishments

    USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah acknowledged the accomplishments of the Feed the Future Innovation labs, during the keynote address of the two–day USAID Frontiers in Development Forum. The keynote address also featured speakers Imam Mohamed Magid, President of the Islamic Society of North America and Khalifa Ababacar Sall, Mayor of Dakar, Senegal. Members of several Innovation…

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  • PMIL Director Hoisington elected president of Feed the Future Innovation Lab Council

    Dave Hoisington, Director of the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab, was elected the next President of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab Council on Thursday, September 18th. The Innovation Lab Council is a consortium of Directors and Assistant Directors of the 24 USAID Feed the Future Innovation Labs.

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