Don't miss it! Webinar is tomorrow (22 Sep, 9 a.m. EST) "Should I Stay or Should I Go: Can Youth Migration Be an Asset Rather than a Liability in the Senegal Groundnut Basin?" agrilinks.org/events/should-…

📣 New Fellowship alert! 📣 Join the inaugural cohort of the The Rockefeller Foundation + AcumenAcademy Food Systems fellowship that accompanies global leaders in a year-long journey to create more inclusive food systems around the world. Learn more and apply! 👇 rockfound.link/3GbVwzs

Check out the new funding opportunities for grad student fellowships, one Cornell University to research sustainable ag and another from USAID and Habitat for Humanity for work in housing and planning. site.caes.uga.edu/ftfpeanutlab/

Native shrubs benefit groundnut, too! Great article about the work of Peanut IL collaborators Ibrahima Diedhiou of University of Thies and Richard Dick and Amanda Davey of Ohio State npr.org/sections/goats…

Congrats, Esther, on winning the Joe Sugg Award at APRES! site.caes.uga.edu/ftfpeanutlab/2…

Check out this Cultivate feature on Peanut Innovation Lab Director Dave Hoisington, as he describes what brought him to study genetics and travel around the world, as well as what brought him to UGA and CAES. cultivate.caes.uga.edu/dave-hoisingto… UGA Agricultural & Environmental Sciences

We were honored to be recognized with the Corteva Agriscience Award for Research at the recent American Peanut Research and Education Society meeting in Savannah. newswire.caes.uga.edu/story/10250/pe…

The Ghana Groundnut Working Group held another successful meeting in Tamale last week, bringing together 100 professionals from across the value chain and across the country to work on challenges and opportunities for the crop. site.caes.uga.edu/ftfpeanutlab/2…

Women multi-task and sacrifice their personal time to meet the obligations of the farm and household. Giving women more time isn't as simple as handing them a new widget, as researchers for the Peanut Innovation Lab explored in a recent paper. newswire.caes.uga.edu/story/10280/wo…

Check out this podcast in which Peanut Innovation Lab director Dave Hoisington describes how groundnut fits into global food security efforts. cultivatingcuriosity.caes.uga.edu/1984244/135511…

Big news from the Peanut Innovation Lab. We are excited to begin work in Madagascar, finding solutions to production challenges and connecting farmers to the innovations they need to succeed. newswire.caes.uga.edu/story/10303/ma…

It's exciting that the Innovation Labs were part of the 2023 Borlaug Dialogue! Connecting researchers in the U.S. and abroad to tackle food insecurity is making a difference. Feed the Future World Food Prize Foundation usaid.gov/news-informati…

In #Madagascar, the rotation of resilient crops can lead to improved soil conditions, increased farm production & food security and environmental benefits. Learn more: ow.ly/H1SS50Qvzww Feed the Future Peanut Innovation Lab USAID Madagascar

Congrats to Stephen Arthur on completing a PhD Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology ! His research with the Peanut Innovation Lab will help farmers in Ghana through improved production practices. Arthur worked with Prof. Richard Akromah at KNUST and David Jordan at North Carolina State University.

Chargé d'Affaires Amy Diaz celebrated the 1st ever Groundnut Tour in 🇲🇼 hosted by USAID Malawi, Min. of Agriculture, Pyxus International, Inc. & Ireland in Malawi. By strengthening the groundnut value chain in Malawi, we are creating jobs, increasing incomes + boosting the country's economy.

Bob Parker, the retired CEO of the National Peanut Board in the U.S., makes a strong argument for the type of investments Feed the Future innovation labs make in agricultural research. Africa is important to the U.S. grower, he argues. farmprogress.com/commentary/why…

Congrats to NARO Uganda for a successful event and getting new varieties into farmers' hands.

The Peanut Innovation Lab works with private business to solve problems in the real world. The lab and company Pyxus recently signed an MOU formalizing their mutual desire to work together to make Malawi more food secure. newswire.caes.uga.edu/story/10514/pe…

Congrats to the GGWG on a successful 2024 meeting to share research findings making the groundnut value chain in Ghana stronger. CSIR GHANA site.caes.uga.edu/ftfpeanutlab/2…

CSIR-SARI in Ghana and N.C. State have worked together for years through the Peanut Innovation Lab to learn the best production practices for peanut. A recent training passed that technology to 51 farmers, including 29 women. Feed the Future CSIR GHANA gna.org.gh/2024/11/csir-s…