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Bugusu to lead African post-harvest lab

Betty Bugusu has been named director of the new Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Processing and Post-Harvest Handling, a five-year, $5 million program that will conduct research to reduce post-harvest waste and increase food security in Africa. 

According to Bugusu, who is also the project director and managing director of the International Food Technology Center at Purdue University, the lab will officially launch in mid-August in Senegal. Once …