The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the U.S. Embassy, in collaboration with the National Food Reserve Agency of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water and Resources (NFRA) as well as Purdue University, Oklahoma State University and the University of Kentucky are conducting workshops aimed at reducing post-harvest losses for grains in Nigeria.
Several Midwestern states could be facing increased winter and spring flooding, as well as difficult growing conditions on farms, if average temperatures rise, according to a Purdue University researcher.
A mathematical model developed at Purdue University can predict complex signaling patterns that could help scientists determine how stem cells in an embryo later become specific tissues, knowledge that could be used to understand and treat developmental disorders and some diseases.