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Peter Goldsmith, the director of the soybean Òinnovation labÓ at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who had to shutter research that had been developing dozens of higher-yielding varieties of soybeans for West African farmers, in Champaign, Ill., Jan. 13, 2026. The U.S. Agency for International Development had been a major supporter of global agriculture research, but now many studies are being scuttled or scaled back. (Taylor Glascock/The New York Times/Fotoarena)
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