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UF part of multi-institutional, $22M cereal crops project funded by USAID

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
November 2, 2023

The U.S. Agency for International Development announced the creation of the Feed the Future Climate Resilient Cereals Innovational Lab, or CRCIL, to improve lives around the world by making cereal crops more readily available to those most at ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Charlie Messina, Climate Resilient Cereals Innovational Lab, Feed The Future, Horticultural Sciences, Horticultural Sciences Department, Usaid

USAID with Feed the Future funding awards $4M to UF/IFAS to improve Haitian livestock production and research capacity

by Kirsten Romaguera Rabin
September 6, 2023

The University of Florida Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems within the Global Food Systems Institute will lead a five-year, $4 million project to improve the productivity and resilience of Haiti’s livestock sector, with ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Livestock, UF/IFAS
Tags: Capacity Building, Feed The Future Innovation Lab For Livestock Systems, Global Food Systems Institute, Haiti, UF/IFAS Global Food Systems Institute, Usaid

Faculty Feature: Dr. Juan Andrade Laborde, Global Nutrition

by Jessie ErwinAvatar photo
October 19, 2020

Please give a warm welcome to Dr. Juan Andrade Laborde, Associate Professor of Global Nutrition in the Food Science and Human Nutrition department at UF and an exciting addition to our Discover FSHN Series. He joined the department in August ... READ MORE

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Tags: Discover Fshn, Discover Fshn Series, Dr. Juan Andrade, Faculty Profile, Faculty-research, Global Nutrition, Nutritional-sciences-faculty-feature, Research, Soybean Innovation Lab, Usaid, What Does A Global Nutrition Scientist Do, What Does A Global Nutritionist Do

UF researchers to lead project on deforestation and expanding cities in Ghana

by Raychel Rabon
September 27, 2019

Deforestation has significantly impacted West Africa for several decades and Ghana is still experiencing pressures from an increasing population in urban areas. The challenge of identifying land cover change drivers due to the complex interactions ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources
Tags: Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Deforestation, Ghana, Land Use, NASA, Research, SERVIR, UFABE, Urbanization, Usaid

University of Florida receives part of $7 million grant to empower women farmers in Africa

by Barbara L. Edmonds
November 20, 2014

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – When Kathleen Colverson works in places like Mozambique, Tanzania and Ethiopia, she watches as women farmers rise before dawn to gather firewood and water to make breakfast for their families. They send the older children ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Africa, Extension, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, University Of Florida, Usaid

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