What is the yield gap, and how does it link to smallholder farmers and poverty? Although new tools, fertilizers, and hybrid seeds are available to increase crop yields, a gap still remains between farmer practice and potential. Smallholder farmers face […]

The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Peanut Productivity and Mycotoxin Control (Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab, PMIL) will be conducting several events in Haiti this summer. The Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab is one of 23 […]

The Sorghum Improvement Conference of North America (SICNA) 2015 will be held September 1 – September 3 at Hilton Garden Inn, Manhattan, Kansas, USA. Join researchers, producers and industry representatives to explore the greatest challenges and most promising opportunities in […]

“Strengthening Extension and Advisory Services for Lasting Impacts” Dates: June 3-5, 2015 Location: Conference Center at 20 F Street  (near Union Station) Washington, D.C., USA The Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services (MEAS) consortium and others committed to strengthening extension systems in […]

American Peanut Research and Education Society Meeting 14-16 July 2015 – Charleston, SC USA Registration Registration is now open.  Members can register on-line for the discounted rate of $200 until June 20, 2015.  Your registration include access to all general […]

BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (BIFAD) BIFAD public meeting at Montana State University April 10, 2015 8:30 am BIFAD PUBLIC MEETING Ballroom A, Strand Union Building Live Streamed via Web -Chair Brady Deaton opens meeting and reviews agenda […]

BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (BIFAD) HICD in Agricultural Innovation System BIFAD Public Session Friday, February 27, 2015 APLU Offices, 1307 New York Avenue, Washington, DC Multipurpose Room, Ground Floor Live Streamed at http://www.aplu.org/BIFAD 9:00 am BIFAD Chair […]

BIFAD and USAID AgExchange on HICD Feeding the World in 2050: How Human and Institutional Capacity Development Can Support Agricultural Innovation Systems November 18-20, 2014The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) and USAID with support from the Association […]

Join the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Adapting Livestock Systems to Climate Change to learn about the results of 13 studies the Livestock Innovation Lab has supported in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. You can find complete details about the agenda […]

USAID and the Soybean Innovation Lab are sponsoring the Tropical Soybean for Development Workshop on Tuesday, October 28 in Washington, D.C. This workshop will focus on the needs of soybean practitioners. Learn from experts about the economics of tropical soybean […]