Feed the Future
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Leaders of government and non-profit international development agencies will spend the day Wednesday celebrating programs like Feed the Future in a daylong event that will conclude with remarks from President Obama. The Summit on Global Development will run from 9 to 4:30 and will be streamed live online here. In addition to the president, two…
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The U.S. Agency for International Development will hold a session at next week’s meeting of the American Peanut Research and Education Society meeting in Clearwater, Fla., on peanut in the international arena. “The Role and Future of USAID in Peanuts,” will be held Monday, July 11 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Water’s Edge…
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Feed the Future has scheduled a 24-hour online discussion about the future of peanut research and asks people from around the world to share their questions, thoughts and opinions about the direction research should take in coming years. The discussion will span 14-15 June and give participants a chance to learn about current research and…
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Feed the Future will host a webinar Thursday recapping the Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) project, an effort to promote smart regulations and efficient regulatory processes to support agribusiness. In a recently released report, EBA compared policies in 40 countries in six regions on the topics of seed, fertilizer, machinery, finance, transport, and markets.…
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The U.S. Senate passed the Global Food Security Act by a voice vote on Thursday, following approval of a similar bill by the House last week. The Senate version – authored by Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Bob Casey, D-Penn. – and House version – sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith, R-NJ, and others – call for…
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ACDI-VOCA, a private, international development nonprofit, is looking for a person to fill the role of Chief of Party for a five-year USAID-funded Feed the Future project in Ethopia. Based in Washington, D.C., ACDI/VOCA provides technical and management assistance in agribusiness, financial services, enterprise development, community development and food security in order to promote broad-based…
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In its third year, PMIL scientists in the U.S. and partner countries made significant progress in their work to boost peanut productivity, fight mycotoxin and make farming both profitable and sustainable peanut growers. But, perhaps the most rewarding part of the past year’s work was seeing the next generation of innovators – graduate students doing…
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