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From water shortages to disease: climate change challenges Puerto Rico's cacao industry

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At the first Cocoa Symposium, international specialists and Puerto Rican cocoa growers met to evaluate the future of this sector, which in just a few years has achieved worldwide recognition.

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Workshops on agriculture to face climate change

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Workshops ADAPTA will take place to help develop capacity in face of the climate change challenges.

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John A. Milner Postdoctoral Fellowship

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This fellowship is a 2-year post-doctoral position jointly offered by the USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center and the Office of Dietary Supplements, located in the DC Metropolitan area.  Please visit the following link for details.

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Agribusiness with history and innovation

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Antonio R. Gómez

 

Ganaderos Alvarado, is a local family business with a long history and productive innovative tradition. It is one of the businesses in the agriculture sector with the capacity of developing a productive process from the farm to the supermarket. 

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Oportunidad para programadores: E.A.T. School Lunch UX Challenge

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USDA has just officially launched the E.A.T. School Lunch UX Challenge!  We are currently accepting submissions through March 1, 2016. You can find our listing on the challenge website. Challengers have an opportunity to win up to $50,000 in cash prizes. Please help us spread the word!

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Puerto Rican microbiologist researches respiratory diesases in aviculture

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

Maricarmen García De la Vega is a microbiologist that studies respiratory diseases in birds at the Poultry Diagnostic Research Center at the University of Georgia. 

 

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Puerto Rican key in managing California's drought

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León

Carlos Suarez Oliva works for the USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service in California. He is key in providing a balance between the use of water resources for agriculture, conservation, and people's needs.

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Carlos Suárez trabaja en el USDA-NRCS desde 1992. (Suministrada)

Carlos Suárez trabaja en el USDA-NRCS desde 1992. (Suministrada)

 

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University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez breeded the Senepol Cattle

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Aurora Rivera Arguinzoni

The University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez was able to breed the Senepol Cattle breed.

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