• Mark Green, who directed USAID for two and a half years, is resigning and returning to private- sector work. Green, a former Republican congressman, drew bipartisan support in the Senate when he was confirmed USAID administrator  in 2017. He led USAID with a philosophy that foreign aid programs should create independent systems so that aid…

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  • World Vegetable Center has three new openings for postdoc positions in Taiwan:    Postdoctoral Scientist – Vegetable Breeding: https://avrdc.org/download/jobs/jobs-intl/2020-HQ-001-Postdoctoral-Scientist-Vegetable-Breeding.pdf     Postdoctoral Scientist – Phenotyping: https://avrdc.org/download/jobs/jobs-intl/2020-HQ-002-Postdoctoral-Scientist-Phenotyping.pdf     Postdoctoral Scientist – Plant Pathology: https://avrdc.org/download/jobs/jobs-intl/2020-HQ-003-Postdoctoral-Scientist-Plant-Pathology.pdf The deadline for applications is 15 April 2020.

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  • The American Peanut Council has postponed this year’s International Peanut Forum which was planned for April 22-24.  “We take the health and safety of our delegates, speakers, and staff seriously and have been closely following the travel advisories and other restrictions issued due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” the organization said in an announcement. “We are…

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  • University of Georgia plant pathologist and the expert behind the state’s risk management tool for peanut, PeanutRx, Bob Kemerait has been awarded funding as a Fulbright Specialist to lecture and advise through Mariano Marcos State University in the Philippines. Kemerait will work in the Philippines in the last part of March and the first part…

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  • University of Georgia professor William “Bill” Branch was named the Georgia Seed Development Professor in Peanut Breeding and Genetics. Branch, the breeder behind Georgia-06G, joined UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in 1978, and has developed more than 20 new peanut varieties to increase yield and grade, as well as strengthen resistance characteristics, better…

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  •  The American Institute of Biological Sciences is holding a webinar on Thursday, February 27 when Patrick Reilly from the U.S. State Department will discuss the Nagoya Protocol, the system of rules for sharing genetic resources.  During “Life Finds A Way: An Overview of the Nagoya Protocol from the U.S. Government,” Reilly will give a short history…

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  • Funding is available for 20 scholars from African universities or research institutes to attend this year’s International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomy Research, but the deadline to apply is fast approaching. This conference, held in Cordoba, Argentina, has the theme “Accelerating Bioeconomy Growth Through Applied Research and Policy Change.” Applicants go through the regular abstract process…

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