Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab
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Legume Scholars Program Launched Submissions Due By December 19, 2014 By 2050 the world will need to feed two billion additional people. A challenge this serious requires the best and brightest ideas in agricultural science. Want to help feed the future? Consider applying for a Graduate Fellowship from the Legume Scholars Program. Announcing a new…
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Over 100 international scientists and stakeholders attended the 7th International Conference on Advances in Arachis though Genomics and Biotechnology (AAGB) last week, November 11-14, in Savannah, Georgia USA—including a large contingent of collaborators from the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab. The AAGB conference, first held in Guangzhou, China in 2006, brings together a diverse group…
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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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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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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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One of Africa’s most popular farming shows, the Shamba Shape-Up, featured PMIL Collaborator David Kalule Okello, speaking about seed selection in April of 2014. Fast forward to 23:01 to begin David’s portion. He was also featured in February of 2014 in Paul Ndiho’s blog: “Ugandan Groundnut Farmers Cashing In On Improved New Varieties.”
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The Peanut and Mycotoxin Innovation Lab was the recent focus of a segment on the Georgia Farm Monitor Show. The segment titled, “Innovation Lab For Peanuts Helps Producers In Developing Countries,” is an overview of the program, featuring interviews with PMIL’s Director Dave Hoisington and and Assistant Director Jamie Rhoads as well as photos by…