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Norman E. Borlaug Medallion presented to former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for his international leadership and bringing attention to the issue of global food security.

College students gain experience working at the World Food Prize - including two former Borlaug-Ruan interns returned from overseas work

 The first Niigata International Food Award honors 2004 World Food Prize Laureates Dr. Monty Jones and Dr. Yuan Longping. 

Purdue University honors 2007 World Food Prize Laureate Dr. Philip E. Nelson in day-long symposium and dedication of the "Philip E. Nelson Hall of Food Science" building.

The World Food Prize partnered in organizing this inaugural event, at which Roger Beachy of USDA was joined by 2009 Laureate Gebisa Ejeta and other eminent agricultural leaders to discuss importance of agricultural science and research

As announced at the U.S. Department of State on June 16, the 2010 World Food Prize recognizes NGO leaders and grassroots efforts in fighting hunger

NGO leaders David Beckmann of Bread for the World and Jo Luck of Heifer International will share the $250,000 World Food Prize, as announced at a ceremony featuring U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah

 June 1, 2010 - World Food Prize president delivers Borlaug Memorial Lecture at wheat conference in Russia 

May 17, 2010 - 1994 Laureate Yunus delivers Duke University commencement, urges students to serve others

May 17, 2010 - 2009 Laureate Ejeta inspires Purdue grads, tells them anything is possible through hard work 

May 11, 2010 - 2010 World Food Prize Laureate to be announced June 16 at State Department

April 27, 2010 - USAID Administrator references 2009 Laureate Ejeta in testimony before Senate Foreign Relations Committee

April 15, 2010 - World Food Prize Foundation partners with Chicago Council for Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security

UPDATED April 7, 2010 - World Food Prize Foundation honors Sasakawa Family, Nippon Foundation

World Food Prize Foundation president joins tribute to Norman Borlaug in Ciudad Obregón, Mexico

March 31, 2010 - U.S. Department of State's eJournal USA: 21st-Century Agriculture focuses on World Food Prize Laureates, the legacy of Norman Borlaug

March 16, 2009 - World Food Prize receives $100,000 Legacy Grant from Prairie Meadows

March 12, 2010 - B. R. Barwale: Entrepreneur and Humanitarian

March 10, 2010 - Juice magazine profiles World Food Prize staffers: "one of the coolest, most influential jobs in Des Moines"

March 3, 2010 - 2003 Laureate Catherine Bertini to headline
International Women's Day event in Seattle

February 25, 2010 - 1999 Laureate Walter Plowright dies at age 86
 

February 25, 2010 - Iowa Senate votes unanimously to place statue of
World Food Prize Founder Norman Borlaug in US Capitol

March 4, 2010 - Ambassador Kenneth Quinn pays tribute to Borlaug, visits internship sites on trip to India

Noted businessman and philanthropist established World Food Prize Foundation in Des Moines

 

January 13, 2010 - Renowned sustainability expert Louise Fresco
joins Council of Advisors
University of Amsterdam professor and former FAO official a leader in global ag issues