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MASFRIJOL: Spreading message for better health in Guatemalan highlands
Published on July 11, 2016
MASFRIJOL works to increase bean yields and consumption, as well as improve nutrition education, in the Guatemalan highlands. READ -
World leaders convene in Zambia to talk pulse improvements
Published on July 11, 2016
Leaders from around the globe gathered in Livingstone, Zambia to discuss the importance of pulse crops at the 2016 Pan-African Grain Legume and World Cowpea Conference. READ -
Light shines bright on nutrient-rich crop during 2016 Year of the Pulses
Published on July 11, 2016
As part of the UN's effort to promote sustainable food production and increased food security and nutrition around the planet, the International Year of Pulses is meant to highlight the importance of pulse crops. -
Feed the Future initiatives reinvest in agriculture
Published on July 11, 2016
The Feed the Future presidential initiative focuses on advancing global agricultural development through institutions such as MSU. -
Bean counters: Ensuring economic benefits of research
Published on July 11, 2016
The Legume Innovation Lab at MSU conducts impact assessments to determine if the program is creating higher yields, improved resistance to pests and diseases, resilience to unfavorable climatic conditions and improved nutritional content. -
The Legume Innovation Laboratory
Published on July 11, 2016
Through the Legume Innovation Lab, which is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development's Feed the Future initiative, MSU is on the cutting edge of legume research. -
Pollination progress: The Integrated Crop Pollination project on positive trajectory
Published on June 23, 2016
The Integrated Crop Pollination (ICP) project unites 50 scientists from 15 institutions to identify and explore the viability of using native and wild bee species as additional, alternative pollination strategies. -
Michigan Wheat Program becomes funding partner in MSU research at Richville
Published on June 20, 2016
The Michigan Wheat Program board announced its commitment to provide $700,000 in support over the next five years to assist Michigan State University (MSU) in purchasing additional acreage for wheat research. -
Bee vampire picks the right host to suck
Published on June 15, 2016
New insights into the reproductive secrets of the Varroa mite - a bee predator - has scientists edging closer to regulating them. MSU AgBioResearch entomologist Zachary Huang is leading the charge.