WCR Team Finds Wild Arabica Coffee in South Sudanese Forest

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This past April, a team of experts representing World Coffee Research traveled to the Boma Plateau in South Sudan on a germplasm collection expedition through the forest. The plateau sits across a valley from Ethiopia, considered the origin of the Arabica coffee species. Staff members from the USAID-funded project titled JGMUST: A Consortium for Development hosted the coffee experts. The JGMUST project is based at the John Garang Memorial University for Science and Technology in Bor, South Sudan, and is led by the Borlaug Institute. Two students, Thon Nyok Dor and Major Ayuen, as well as one faculty member, Dr. Richard, from the South Sudanese university accompanied the coffee experts on the expedition. Read More →

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Borlaug Institute Receives Program Partner of the Year Award

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SCAA 2012 Notes: Research & Extension for Sustainability in Coffee

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H.G. Buffett Foundation Chair on Conflict & Development Announces New Student Media Grants Program

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The Borlaug Institute is proud to announce a new Conflict & Development Student Media Grants Program starting this summer for student photographers/videographers to use their talent to chronicle hunger and poverty. Guided by the book, Fragile: The Human Condition, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation Chair on Conflict & Development will provide travel and research grants for students to explore issues facing international agricultural development. Awardees will be named as Conflict & Development Fellows and will be selected annually based on an application process. Read More →

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Policy Brief: South Sudan, Conflict and the Way Forward

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The last thing South Sudan needs is war with Sudan. While skirmishes have intermittently erupted between South Sudan and the country from which it gained independence last July, the past few weeks have been the most volatile. South Sudanese forces captured then withdrew from the oil-rich border town of Heglig and the Sudanese Air Force responded with repeated bombings across their southern border. South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir stated that with the recent bombings Sudan has “declared war” on his nation while Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has vowed not to negotiate with the “poisonous insects” in the South Sudanese government. Read More →

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World Coffee Research In the Press: Growing Concern, Coffee and Climate Change

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At different times throughout world history, various commodities like wheat, coal and oil have been in danger (or thought to be in danger) of running out. Is it time to add specialty coffee to the list? On the face of it, there seems to be little cause for concern. Global coffee production, while fluctuating somewhat, has risen overall since 2000, reaching 132.4 million bags in the 2011/12 growing season, according to the International Coffee Organization. This is an 8 percent increase over 2009, and 18 percent over 2000. Read More →

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Conflict & Development Research Review at the Borlaug Seminars with Shahriar Kibriya

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Ukulima Farm: Former AgriLife Extension Agent Takes on New Role in South Africa

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Article written by Paul Schattenberg for AgriLife Today. Read the article on their website here.

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We’re Hiring! Two Positions Available at the Borlaug Institute

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UPDATE: The links originally provided on this post seem to expire and lead to the main page at greatjobs.tamu.edu. Below are updated instructions to get to the postings. Visit greatjobs.tamu.edu and click on “SEARCH POSTINGS” Select “Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture” in the Hiring Unit options. Click “SEARCH” to see the two currently available positions. Are you a professional or student looking for a great job in international agriculture? The Borlaug Institute is hiring! Two job opportunities have been posted at greatjobs.tamu.edu and are open to all applicants…. Read More →

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Conflict & Development Series: Impact of Conflict on Science, Academic Journey Through Cote d’Ivoire Civil Wars.

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Join us this Friday, April 27, for another seminar in the Conflict & Development Series. Dr. Macaire Dobo will be presenting Impact of Conflict on Science: Academic Journey Through Cote d’Ivoire Civil Wars. Dr. Dobo is a rice geneticist and a member of the the team of the Howard G. Buffett Chair on Conflict & Development helping better understand the effects that conflict has on scientific capacity. Read More →

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