2019 Borlaug Field Award CeremonyHale Ann Tufan
Dr. Hale Ann Tufan, Principal Investigator of the Gender-responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT) project, received the 2019 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation. She is recognized for championing the incorporation of gender-supportive activities within the global agricultural research community, working across... [ View ] |
2018 Borlaug Field Award CeremonyMatthew Rouse
Matthew Rouse, a plant pathologist at the Cereal Disease Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), received the 2018 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation. He is recognized for his essential leadership efforts to contain and reduce the... [ View ] |
2017 Borlaug Field Award CeremonyZhenling Cui
Zhenling Cui, a researcher and faculty member at the Center for Resources, Environment and Food Security at the China Agricultural University in Beijing, received the 2017 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation. He is recognized for his scientific and extension work in improving... [ View ] |
2016 Borlaug Field Award CeremonyAndrew Mude
Andrew Mude, a senior economist at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, Kenya, received the 2016 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation. Born in Kenya in 1977, Mude has spent years developing and leading a program in Kenya and Ethiopia that... [ View ] |
2015 Borlaug Field Award CeremonyEric Pohlman
Eric Pohlman, who currently serves as Rwanda Country Director and Senior Partner at the social enterprise One Acre Fund, received the 2015 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation. A U.S. citizen, Pohlman began his work in Rwanda for One-Acre Fund in 2007 by... [ View ] |
2014 Borlaug Field Award CeremonyBram Govaerts
Bram Govaerts, Associate Director of the Global Conservation Agricultural Program at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), received the 2014 Norman Borlaug Field Award for Field Research and Application, Endowned by the Rockefeller Foundation. The announcement of his selection was made by World Food Prize President Ambassador Kenneth... [ View ] |
2013 Borlaug Field Award CeremonyCharity Kawira Mutegi
Charity Kawira Mutegi, East Africa Aflasafe Coordinator for the Aflasafe Project for the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), on assignment from the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), received the 2013 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation. Charity Mutegi was recognized... [ View ] |
2012 Borlaug Field Award CeremonyAditi Mukherji
Aditi Mukherji, an Indian social scientist, received the first Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation in 2012. Mukherji was chosen to receive this award from a large number of nominees for her research on groundwater resources in agriculture which led to major policy... [ View ] |
