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Join the APLU Knowledge Center for Advancing Development through Higher Education for a webinar on USAID’s Local Solutions (part of USAID Forward), which encourages sustainability through country ownership of the development agenda. During this webinar, we’ll explore the Local Systems Framework, which provides a foundation for engaging local systems in ways that support local ownership,…
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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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USDA/ARS is hiring a Livestock Advisor to serve as an Animal Scientist responsible for strategies of implementation for the Feed of the Future Research and serve as a technical resource in international agricultural research program implementation. Application information and details are available on USAJobs.
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Reducing Global Hunger What role does the Peanut and Mycotoxin Innovation Lab play toward this important goal? Published May 1, 2015 in Peanut Grower By Jamie Rhoads, Assistant Director, and Christy Fricks, Communication Specialist, Peanut Mycotoxin Innovation Lab Many peanut producers may be familiar with the Peanut Collaborative Research Support Program, Peanut CRSP, which has…
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Biofortification is a cost-effective, innovative approach to growing staple crops that are rich in vitamins and minerals. The process builds on traditional crop breeding techniques to improve micronutrients while maintaining or exceeding existing yields and climate-smart traits. This intervention is at the crossroads of agriculture and nutrition, with varieties released in 25 countries and studies…
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The KDAD “Scaling Innovations through Video” will provide competitively awarded grants to Feed the Future Innovation Labs to document innovative and new agricultural techniques through video. The purpose of this competition is to generate “how-to” videos pertaining to a process or agricultural technique or technology. Key objectives of this competition are: Develop or expand the…
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