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Lunch and Keynote RemarksAmbassador Kenneth Quinn, President, World Food Prize Foundation
Topic: "The Road to the Market is Paved with Technology"
Dr. Norman E. Borlaug
Nobel Peace Prize – 1970
UN-FAO
Agricola Award
Dr. Norman E. BorlaugThe man who saved more lives than any other person who has ever lived
Dr. Norman E. BorlaugMiracle Wheat in Mexico
India and Pakistan
UN-FAO70th Anniversary
Dr. Norman E. Borlaug
Creation of the World Food Prize
“Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture” 1986
$250,000 Prize
Given in Des Moines, IowaOctober of Each Year at the Iowa State Capitol
Laureates from Across the Globe
Recognizing breakthrough achievements increasing the quality, quantity and availability of food
Dr. Yuan Longping, China | Dr. Monty Jones, Sierra Leone
2004 World Food Prize Laureates
United Nations World Food Programme
Catherine Bertini2003 World Food Prize Laureate
Pioneers of Agricultural Biotechnology2013 World Food Prize Laureates
Dr. Marc Van MontaguBelgium
Robert T. FraleyUnited States
Mary- Dell ChiltonUnited States
The Borlaug Dialogue
“The premier conference in the world on global agriculture.”
- Sir Gordon Conway
1,200 people from 60 different countries
2015 Borlaug Dialogue International SymposiumOctober 14 – 16, 2015
The Borlaug Dialogue
H.E. José Graziano da Silva
H.E. Kanayo F. Nwanze
Amb. Ertharin Cousin
The Borlaug Dialogue
World Food Prize Youth Programs:
Inspiring the Next Generation
Norman E. Borlaug Hall of Laureates
Dr. Borlaug’s Vision
“Take it to the Farmer”
Science to bring the Green Revolution to Africa
Inspire the “Next Generation”
The Single Greatest ChallengeIn Human History:
How will we sustainably feed the 9 billion people on this planet by 2050?
Critical IssuesResearch
Extension
Smallholder Farmers
Climate Volatility
Infrastructure | Roads - The key to peace, stability and ending poverty
The Borlaug CentennialIran - 2014
Iran Biotechnology Conference | May 24 - 26
Dr. Marc Van Montagu2013 World Food Prize Laureate
World Food Prize
Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application
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