Full List of Videos & Transcripts
Tuesday October 29, 2025
9:00 AM- 9:15 AM | WELCOME REMARKS | Video | Transcript
- Ambassador Terry Branstad | President at World Food Prize Foundation
- Mashal Husain | Chief Operating Officer at World Food Prize Foundation
9:15 AM- 10:00 AM | ACHIEVING A HUNGER-FREE WORLD | Video | Transcript
- Hon. Akinwumi Adesina | 2017 World Food Prize Laureate and President at African Development Bank Group
- Ajay Banga | President at World Bank Group
- Roger Thurow | Journalist and Author
10:00 AM- 10:15 AM | FROM GENETICS TO THE NEXT GENERATION: WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, AND THE FOOD CULTURE? | Video | Transcript
- QU Dongyu | Director-General at United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
10:15 AM- 11:00 AM | BOLD MEASURES TO FEED AFRICA- PART 1 | Video | Transcript
- Beth Dunford | Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development at African Development Bank Group
- Cary Fowler | 2024 World Food Prize Laureate and Special Envoy for Global Food Security at U.S. Department of State
- Soon-Kwan Kim | President, International Corn Foundation and Chair- Professor at Handong Global University
- Géradine Mukeshimana | Vice-President at International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- Tara Nathan | 2024 Top Agri-food Pioneer and Executive Vice President of Community Pass and Strategic Growth at Mastercard
11:00 AM- 11:30 AM | FEED THE FUTURE: MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION AND ZAMBIA CELEBRATE $458 MILLION AG PARTNERSHIP | Video | Transcript
- Alice Albright | Chief Executive Officer at Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)
- Dina Esposito | Assistant to the Administrator for the Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security at United States for International Development (USAID)
- Hon. Reuben Mtolo Phiri | Minister of Agriculture at Zambia
1:45 PM- 2:30 PM | FOSTERING DIPLOMATIC SOLUTIONS FOR FOOD SECURITY | Video | Transcript
- Ben McLean | Chief Executive Officer at Ruan Transportation. Management Systems
- H.E. Dr. Elsie S. Kanza | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Republic of Tanzania to the USA at United Republic of Tanzania
- Hon. Hussein Bashe | Minister of Agriculture at United Republic of Tanzania
- Hon. Henry Musa Kpaka | Minister of Agriculture and Food Security at Government of Sierra Leone
- Hon. Laura Suazo | Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock at Republic of Honduras
- Ambassador Ertharin Cousin | CEO and Managing Director at Food Systems for the Future
2:30 PM- 2:40 PM | REGENERATIVE CROPPING SYSTEMS: A SOLUTION FOR THE FUTURE | Video | Transcript
- Ty Vaughn | Head of Plant Biotechnology at Bayer Crop Science
2:40 PM- 3:25 PM | STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN NUTRITION: NOW AND FOR THE NEXT GENERATION | Video | Transcript
- Catherine Bertini | 2003 World Food Prize Laureate and Board Chair at Global Crop Diversity Trust
- Lawrence Haddad | 2018 World Food Prize Laureate and Executive Director at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
- Agnes Kalibata | President at AGRA
- Shenggen Fan | Member, World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors, Professor and Dean at China Agricultural University
3:25 PM- 3:40 PM | C-SUITE CONNECT: THE IMPACT OF ADVOCACY ON BUILDING ADAPTATION, RESILIENCY AND FOOD SECURITY AT HOME AND ABROAD | Video | Transcript
- Eric Mitchell | President at Alliance to End Hunger
3:40 PM- 3:45 PM | 30 YEARS OF YOUTH EMPOWERMENT: HONORING THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW | Video | Transcript
- Calla Doh | Global Youth Institute Alum and Student at Rice University
3:45 PM- 4:15 PM | DIALOGUENEXT IN MEXICO: NURTURING FARMER RESILIENCE AND CULTIVATING GLOBAL SOLUTIONS ACROSS CONTINENTS | Video | Transcript
- Julie Borlaug | Member, World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors and President at Borlaug Consulting
- Bram Govaerts | 2014 Borlaug Field Award Recipient and Director General at CIMMYT
- Aditi Mukherji | Director at Climate Change Adaptation Mitigation Impact Action Platform, CGIAR
4:15 PM- 4:30 PM | CLOSING REMARKS | Video | Transcript
- Julie Borlaug | Member, World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors and President at Borlaug Consulting
Wednesday October 30, 2025
9:00 AM- 9:10 AM | OPENING REMARKS: CROP DIVERSITY- OUR LIFELINE FOR BETTER NUTRITION AND CLIMATE SURVIVAL | Video | Transcript
- Stefan Schmitz | Executive Director at Crop Trust
9:10 AM- 9:50 AM | LIVE WIITH THE LAUREATES: THE POWER OF BIODIVERSITY IN FEEDING THE WORLD | Video | Transcript
- Cary Fowler | 2024 World Food Prize Laureate and Special Envoy for Global Food Security at U.S. Department of State
- Geoffrey Hawtin | 2024 World Food Prize Laureate and Executive Board Member at Global Crop Diversity Trust
- Daphne Ewing- Chow | Food and Environmental Journalist
9:50 AM- 9:55 AM | SEEDS OF SECURITY: A FARMER'S JOURNEY | Video | Transcript
- Stella Thomas | Farmer, Nigeria at Global Farmer Network
9:55 AM- 10:00 AM | INTRODUCTION: JOHN RUAN III KEYNOTE ADDRESS | Video | Transcript
- Rachel Ruan McLean | Vice- Chair at World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors
10:00 AM- 10:10 AM | JOHN RUAN III KEYNOTE ADDRESS: A MODEST VISIONARY WITH A LASTING LEGACY | Video | Transcript
- Michael Gartner | Journalist, Attorney and Businessman
10:10 AM- 10:20 AM | C-SUITE CONNECT SERIES: FROM IDEAS TO ACTION - DRIVING IMPACT WITH PURPOSEFUL PARTNERSHIPS | Video | Transcript
- Jim Snee | Board Chair, President and CEO at Hormel Foods
- Elsa Murano | Member, World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors and Director at Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, Texas A&M University
10:20 AM- 10:50 AM | CULTIVATING GOLD: ADVANCING COLLABORATION AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT IN FOOD, AGRICULTURE, AND NUTRITION | Video | Transcript
- Robert J. Jones | World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors and Chancellor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Jackie Joyner- Kersee | Olympic Legend and Philanthropist, Founder and CEO at Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation
- Jim Snee | Board Chair, President and CEO at Hormel Foods
10:50 AM- 11:00 AM | FEATURING 38 WORLD FOOD PRIZE FOUNDATION TOP AGRI-FOOD PIONEERS | Video | Transcript
- Mashal Husain | Chief Operating Officer at World Food Prize Foundation
11:00 AM- 11:15 AM | C-SUITE CONNECT: AGRICULTURE'S TIME MACHINE- HOW TRACTORS ARE SHAPING THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN FARMING | Video | Transcript
- Jehiel Oliver | 2024 Top Agri-food Pioneer, Founder & CEO at Hello Tractor, Inc.
11:15 AM- 12:15 AM | CULINARY CONVERSATIONS: SERVING SOLUTIONS FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE WORLD | Video | Transcript
- Sanaa Abouorezk | Chef and Restaurateur at Sanaa's Gourmet Mediterranean
- Eitan Bernath | Chef, Author, TV Personality / High-Level Supporter, United Nations World Food Programme
- Lazarus Lynch | Chef, Psychotherapist, Social Worker and Author at Son of a Southern Chef
1:45 PM- 2:00 PM | ANNOUNCEMENT: INNOVATE FOR IMPACT CHALLENGE | Video | Transcript
- Billi Hunt | Executive Director at America's Cultivation Corridor
- Mashal Husain | Chief Operating Officer at World Food Prize Foundation
- Paul Schickler | Chair at World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisos
2:00 PM- 2:45 PM | AGTECH UNLEASHED: INNOVATING ACROSS THE AGRIBUSINESS CHAIN | Video | Transcript
- Tim Bucher | Top Agri-food Pioneer, CEO and Co-Founder at Agtonomy
- Jorge Fernández Vidal | Managing Director and Head Agriculture & Food at Liechtenstein Group
- Ingrid Fung | VP, Enterprise Ops and Strategy at GreenLight Biosciences
- Jason Wargent | Founder and Chief Science Officer at BioLumic
- Gerson Freitas Jr. | Energy and Commodities Reporter and Deputy Team Leader for the Agriculture Americas Team at Bloomberg News
2:45 PM- 3:30 PM | CASE STUDY: HOW A "NEWTYPE" INNOVATION MODEL CAN REIMAGINE AGRICULTURE FOR US ALL | Video | Transcript
- Matt Marshall | VP, Sustainable Ag & Retail Strategy at Nutrien
- Scott Raubenstine | Vice President of Agricultural Services at Perdue AgriBusiness LLC
- Jm Schweigert | President at Gro Alliance
- Han Chen | 2024 Top Agri-food Pioneer, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at ZeaKal
3:30 PM- 3:45 PM | C-SUITE CONNECT: HARNESSING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR DIGITAL EXTENSION SERVICES | Video | Transcript
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Rikin Gandhi | Co-Founder and CEO at Digital Green
3:45 PM- 4:30 PM | ADVANCING THE FIELD: SPARKING INNOVATION IN ANIMAL AGRICULTURE | Video | Transcript
- Judith de Vor | Farmer, The Netherlands at Global Farmer Network
- Appolinaire Djikeng | 2024 Top Agri-food Pioneer and Director General at International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
- Surita Sandosham | President and CEO at Heifer International
- Manuel Otero | Director General at Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)'
4:30 PM- 5:30 PM | BORLAUG FIELD AWARD CEREMONY AND RECEPTION | Video | Transcript
- Dennis Beesigamukama | 2024 Norman Borlaug Field Award Recipient and Postdoctoral Fellow at International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)
- Ronnie Coffman | Chair, Borlaug Field Award Jury and International Professor Emeritus at Cornell University
- Jeanie Borlaug Laube | Chair at Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI)
Thursday October 31, 2025
9:00 AM- 9:05 AM | 30 YEARS OF YOUTH LEADERSHIP: A JOURNEY OF IMPACT AND INNOVATION | Video | Transcript
- Addie Thompson | Global Youth Institute Alum and Assistant Professor at Michigan State University
9:05 AM- 9:50 AM | FROM INSIGHT TO ACTION: DREAM, PLAN, AND SOLVE | Video | Transcript
- Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn | President Emeritus at World Food Prize Foundation
- Hon. Tom Vilsack | U.S. Secretary of Agriculture at United States
- Hon. Andrew Young | Chairman at Andrew J. Young Foundation
9:55 AM- 10:45 PM | BOLD MEASURES TO FEED AFRICA- PART 2 | Video | Transcript
- Ambassador Terry Branstad | President at World Food Prize Foundation
- H.E. Julius Maada Bio | President at Sierra Leone
- Hon. Samia Suluhu Hassan | President at United Republic of Tanzania
- Hon. Akinwumi Adesina | 2017 World Food Prize Laureate and President at African Development Bank Group
- Hon. Isobel Coleman | Deputy Administrator for Policy and Programming at USAID
10:45 AM- 11:30 AM | REGENERATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR HEALTHY SOILS, PEOPLE, AND THE PLANET | Video | Transcript
- Violet Grgich | President at Grgich Hills Estate Winery
- Brooke Hansen | Sustainability Director, Cargill Agricultural Supply Chain North America at Cargill
- Alexey Rostapshov | Head of Digital Business & Sustainability Solutions at John Deere
- Melina Walling | Agriculture & Climate Reporter at The Associated Press
1:20 PM- 2:00 PM | LUNCH PROGRAM: PASSING DOWN GENERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE: ON THE FARM AND ACROSS THE INDUSTRY | Video | Transcript
- Tim Bardole | Farmer and Director at United Soybean Board and Iowa Soybean Association
- Alejandro Jaramillo Truijillo | CEO at Grupo Bios Animal Nutrition
- Sejiro Michael Oke-Tojinu | Aquaculture Farmer at Sej Farms
- Lindiwe Sibanda | Chairperson at CGIAR System Board
2:00 PM- 2:20 PM | 30TH ANNIVERSARY GLOBAL YOUTH INSTITUTE CELEBRATION | Video | Transcript
- Jeanie Borlaug Laube | Chair at Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI)
- Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn | President Emeritus at World Food Prize Foundation
- Jon Wogman | Director, Youth Programs and Partnerships at World Food Prize Foundation
2:20 PM- 2:25 PM | ANNOUNCEMENT: DAVID LAMBERT SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT | Video | Transcript
- Manjit Misra | Director at U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
2:25 PM- 3:00 PM | GLOBAL DISCUSSION: CULTIVATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL LEADERS | Video | Transcript
- Kennedy Bentley | Student at 1890 Next Gen Student
- Ronald A. Johnson | Interim President at Tennessee State University
- Paul Schickler | Chair at World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors
- Wendy Wintersteen | Member, World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors, President at Iowa State University
- Manjit Misra | Director at U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
3:00 PM- 3:15 PM | CLOSING REMARKS | Video | Transcript
- Paul Schickler | Chair at World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors