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PMIL’s Haiti events began early Thursday morning June 11th, with a drive to the Central Plateau to visit an Acceso Peanut Enterprise Depot, the Partners in Health (PIH) RUTF factory, and a peanut nursery and research site. The depot is situated in a remote farming village in the central plateau. Residents of the area…
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The latest issue of Southscapes, focuses on how the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is helping feed 9 billion people by 2050. Several PMIL researchers were featured in articles in the magazine including: Lead Scientist Peggy Ozias-Akins, and collaborators Joelle Kajuga and Agnes Mwangwela.
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The University of Georgia Extension Peanut Entomology Program is conducting a survey of peanut growers regarding pest problems in Georgia. The answers provided by Georgia growers will help the UGA Peanut Entomology Program improve the management of important pests like burrower bug and lesser cornstalk borer. Every peanut grower who responds can enter to win…
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Director of USAID’s President’s Malaria Initiative to speak at UGA April 14 Over the six years that Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer has led the USAID President’s Malaria Initiative, malaria deaths worldwide have fallen by nearly half. Called one of the “most quietly successful” leaders in public health today, Ziemer has aligned the efforts of aid groups…
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UGA Plant Pathologist on Peanut Stand Problems Published in Growing Georgia Friday, March 13th, 2015 Author Dr. Tim Brenneman, UGA Plant Pathologist & PMIL Collaborator It seems like we are having a harder time in recent years getting a good stand of peanuts. Here’s a good research report concerning steps we can take by Dr. Tim…
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The University of Georgia Tifton Campus will be the center for all-things peanuts for growers and industry personnel on Thursday, Jan. 15, when the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center hosts the annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show. Held at the conference center for the third consecutive year, the show is designed to inform and educate farmers…
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Jamie Rhoads, Assistant Director of the USAID funded Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab (PMIL) housed at the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, is participating in a writing workshop at the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation’s (CTA) International Forum, October 13th through 17th 2014, in Arnhem, Netherlands. He is helping…
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