News
$24.5 Million Extension Award Received
We are pleased to announce that the Feed the Future Innovation Lab Collaborative Research on Grain Legumes, known as the Dry Grain Pulses Collaborative Research Support Program (Pulse CRSP) from 2007 to 2012 and now to be called the Legume Innovation Lab, has been awarded a $24.5 million extension for 4.5 years, through September 29, 2017.
SAWBO featured on Big Ten Network
The research work of Pulse CRSP PI Dr. Barry Pittendrigh (PI-UIUC-1) was featured on the Big Ten Network in February 2013.
Link to main video article
Legume Innovation Lab Directors Interviewed at 2012 World Food Prize
Dr. Irv Widders, director, and Dr. Cynthia Donovan, deputy director, Legume Innovation Lab, were interviewed at the 2012 World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa, in December 2012, on how grain legumes contribute to Feed the Future Strategic Initiatives. Link to Video.
Deadlines
(This column is updated regularly to reflect vital information for researchers and managers connected to PULSE CRSP projects and grants. If nothing is listed, nothing is immediately due.)
Useful Links
USAID links Pulse links CRSP links Agriculture Development links
Feed
the Future: Global Food Security Research Strategy
Women and Agriculture: Improving Global Food Security
USAID Agriculture Strategy: Linking Producers to Markets
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
(APLU)
Title XII – Famine Prevention and Freedom from Hunger (Foreign Assistance Act), p 143-154
USAID Agriculture Strategy: Linking Producers to Markets
President’s Initiative to End Hunger in Africa
USAID Complete Guide to Visa Compliance
USAID Strategic Framework for Africa
USAID and the President’s Global Development Policy
Bean Improvement Cooperative- Michigan State Universit
Eastern and Central Africa Bean Research Network (ECABRN)
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)
BASIS/Assets and Market Access CRSP
Dry Grain Pulses CRSP (Pulse) CRSP
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) CRSP
Livestock-Climate Change (LCC) CRSP
Sorghum, Millet and Other Grains (INTSORMIL)
Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (SANREM) CRSP
Agriculture Development links (top)
Announcements & Opportunities
U.S. Borlaug Summer Institute
The U.S. Borlaug Fellows in Global Food Security Program is offering a two-week learning program for graduate students interested in developing a holistic understanding of the conceptual challenges around global food security with a focus on cross-disciplinary problem solving of real-world development challenges. For more information, click here.
