Haiti
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A regional partners meeting of Feed the Future Innovation Labs planned for early next month in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, has been postponed. Originally set for Feb. 1 and 2, the meeting was called by the Bureau for Food Security, Office of Agricultural Research and Policy, to bring together mission agriculture, food security and nutrition staff from…
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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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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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Contaminated peanut butter in the supermarket shelves Writer and Photographer Jeanty Gérard Junior Published June 12, 2015 Le Nouvelliste “There’s peanut butter (mamba) sold in supermarkets in Port-au-Prince that has a very high level of aflatoxin contamination” reveals a study by a Cell Research and reflection in the context of a research project funded by…
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PMIL’s Cap Haitien meetings began this morning with administrative updates and discussions.
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On June 12, PMIL hosted a successful workshop in Port au Prince, “Priorities for Addressing Mycotoxins in Haiti.” The workshop involved the PMIL team and a number of local stakeholders. There were several presentations on the health and economic development risks associated with mycotoxins, with an update on research findings in Haiti. Following these presentations,…
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