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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The grain quality lab at the International Center of Maize and Wheat Research (CIMMYT) is very cool!

Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Last early morning 🚲 ride at CIMMYT El Batán. Thanks @cimmyt.bsky.social team for hosting @cgiar.org Global Science Team! #agriculture #food #withsciencewecan I come away convinced that the world needs ICRISAT for #transformingdrylandagriculture

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I met Dr. Norman Borlaug @nobelprize.org Peace Prize winner in Kenya-2005. We had a great conversation about his career - and he provided guidance to me - an early-career scientist & research leader. Being here at @cimmyt.bsky.social -where Dr. Borlaug initiated the Green Revolution is a shrine!

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Beautiful Ethiopian, Sudan, Cameroon and Nigeria landscapes

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I am at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan, Nigeria. This is a home-coming - I have been: Commonwealth Scholar, McGill PhD student (plant breeding-grain legume cowpea), cropping systems scientist (in Kano), Deputy Director General (Research) & Board Trustee at IITA. @cgiar.org

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A major outcome of Dryland Congress 2026 was launch by Hon'ble Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan of "Transforming the Drylands - the ICRISAT Journey: Over Half a Century of Agricultural Science, Innovation and Global Impact". @cgiar.org #transformingdrylandagriculture

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Friends in the US - I am so sorry for the chaos unleashed on you - and on the rest of us. I don’t comment on the madness. I will say that I had the most marvelous night in 2011 at the Kennedy Center watching Earth Wind and Fire (40th Anniversary). #uspoli Tonight’s vigil was to save the Center.

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Bhundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh - one of driest agricultural regions in India 🇮🇳

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Dryland Congress 2026 www.pib.gov.in/PressRelease...

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Centuries-old Shiva Temple on ICRISAT Research Campus - night vibes

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The stunning beauty of the Ethiopian agricultural landscape.

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The stunning beauty of the Ethiopian agricultural landscape.

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

So much fun and progress here at Africa Food Systems Forum here in #Kigali Rwanda

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

What do you believe? Not my usual type of post. Sending some thoughts to my peeps in #Alberta and #Canada. Suggesting that we need to understand the motives of those who seek to divide, show intolerance and only work in their own self-interest. #albertans #canadians

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I am up at 7 am here in India watching Blue Rodeo live at the RBC Ampitheatre on YouTube. They have been a staple throughout my life - great concerts in small and big venues. I even saw Jim Cuddy do a solo set at the Power Plant on UAlberta campus.

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I am back home in central India at the international crops research institute. A test to show 12 hours of the menagerie we live in here outside #Hyderabad. Can you name the species? #India

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The menagerie of our research farm here in central India. Rolling cluster of juvenile #millipedes after the rain. Evolution: faster moving, moisture retention, stability, increased torque, balance. The cluster breaks up into individuals eventually. #insects

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

“Last weekend?” “Not much.” “Just did a little horseback riding with my friends in the Mongolian steppe.” #Mongolia

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Even more “Beautiful Mongolia” late night TV videos. #mongolia

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

More classic late night Mongolian television - it MAY be a rock video.

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Stanford Blade, PhD KSLA - Aura Farmer @drstanfordblade.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Thanks Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, German Institute of Development & Sustainability (IDOS) & @IUCN for organizing a fascinating discussion on “From Research to Reality: Developing Innovations for Reconciling Food Security and Sustainable Land Managemen in Sub-Saharan Africa”. #COP17

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