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  • Online leadership program open to officials in Africa

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    The online course “Leaders of change: Helping African policymakers develop their capacity to promote the use of knowledge in policy” is starting on March 28. The deadline to submit applications is March 2. Politics & Ideas, the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP ) and INASP will support, with full scholarships, the involvement of those…

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  • Call For Trellis Project Proposals

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    The Trellis Fund will offer 15 grants, up to $2,000 each, to local organizations for six-month projects that address horticultural challenges in the region. Organizations in Feed the Future countries — including Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Rwanda, Senegal, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia — are eligible…

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  • Q&A with Esther Akoto, MSc. Candidate: Aflatoxin Control Using Composting

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    Esther Akoto is an MSc student from Ghana mentored by Dr. Jinru Chen in the Department of Food Science & Technology at the University of Georgia, Griffin campus. She has been working on control of Aflatoxin contamination in peanuts using composting as part of the Ghana Peanut Value Chain Interventions project for the past year.…

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  • UGA agricultural economist pinpoints what makes international development projects work

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    What is the best way to help people in developing countries build food security? That’s the question at the center of University of Georgia agricultural economist Nick Magnan’s research. Read the full article about Nick on Georgia FACES. Read about Nick’s research in more detail.

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  • Q & A with Mike Deom: Peanut Varietal Development

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    C. Michael (Mike) Deom, is a Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. He is Lead Scientist on PMIL’s Peanut Varietal Development: An Integrated Global Breeding and Genomics Approach to Intensifying Peanut Production and Quality project. Mike is also a collaborator on PMIL’s Southern…

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  • Q&A with Nick Magnan: Interventions to Decrease Mycotoxin Risks in Ghana

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    Dr. Nick Magnan is the Lead Scientist on PMIL’s, “Producer and Consumer Interventions to Decrease Peanut Mycotoxin Risks” in Ghana project. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in international development. Nick’s…

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  • Visiting Scientist Conducts Research on Peanut Pathogen at UGA Griffin

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    Visiting scientist conducts research on peanut pathogen at UGA Griffin Published August 26th, 2015 in Georgia FACES Writers Sharon Dowdy and Christy Fricks Photographer Christy Fricks A native of Ghana, Maxwell Lamptey is visiting the University of Georgia in the hopes of learning new methods of fighting aflatoxin—a carcinogen produced by soil fungus that can…

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