Image: Dave Hoisington (R), the Director of the Peanut Innovation Lab, and David Okello (L), the chief groundnut breeder in Uganda, inspect a field in Malawi. (Photo by Allison Floyd) On April 12, 2023, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and UGA announced a five-year extension of their collaborative research and outreach work in peanut innovation. The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Peanut research, led by African Studies Institute Affiliate Faculty member, Dave Hoisington, applies innovative science to improve peanut production and use, raise awareness on nutrition, and increase food safety in developing countries. The lab has managed two dozen research projects led by UGA scientists as well as researchers at a dozen other U.S. universities, including Virginia Tech, North Carolina State University, Penn State, Texas Tech, University of California-Santa Barbara and others. The $15 million grant from USAID will allow the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Peanut, which is headquartered in the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), to scale up the findings from previous research and get the technology into farmers’ fields. Read the UGA campus news release Type of News/Audience: Recognition
