#BorlaugBlog
For 30 years, the World Food Prize has worked to build on the legacy of Dr. Norman Borlaug, the man who saved a billion lives, by recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world. Our Laureates, our close partners, and our staff work tirelessly to alleviate hunger through innovative approaches, and we hope to share their expertise, research, and personal stories on The Borlaug Blog.
In the Borlaug Blog, we will occasionally post a blog featuring stories, research, and expert opinion from our Laureates, partners, and staff. It is our hope that this blog series will create a conversation between farmers, NGOs, CEOs and people across the globe.
Putting Youth At The Heart Of Aquatic Food System Transformations
By Indika Arulingam posted on
07/06/2021
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Young people today step into the world at a critical crossroads for our food systems. At present, the production, processing, distribution, consumption and disposal of our food does not work for people or our planet.
Three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet, causing one in three to suffer from malnutrition....
Accelerating Aquatic Food Systems Transformation From Inside The Kitchen
By Paul Newnham, Chef Sammy Monsour, Chef Megha Kohli posted on
06/29/2021
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Paul Newnham
Currently, we are sadly off track to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), an ambitious set of targets to tackle 17 of the world’s greatest issues. The health of both people and planet is of major concern and intersects with all 17 UN SDGs. Actors and advocates...
Diving in on aquatic foods: IFAD investments create rural opportunities in the blue economy
By Richard Abila posted on
06/22/2021
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In March 2020, as the world was just waking up to the reality of a global pandemic, I was on the island of Zanzibar, Tanzania, working with a team of experts on a new IFAD funded project focused on seaweed farming.
Seaweed farming is one of the most important sources of...
Aquatic Resources – Food Security
By Modadugu Gupta posted on
06/15/2021
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This year, we are celebrating World Oceans Day with the theme “The Oceans: Life and Livelihoods” at a time when the world is ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, negatively impacting the lives and livelihoods of millions of people around the world, especially in developing countries where the majority of the...
Transforming Life and Livelihoods with Aquatic Foods
By Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted posted on
06/08/2021
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Diverse foods from our oceans and inland waters directly sustain the life and livelihoods of at least 800 million people, half of whom are women. For 3.3 billion of us, these foods are an essential source of micronutrients and essential fatty acids to our diets.
From the coastal fisheries of the...
Building A Pipeline Of Diverse Talent And Innovation To End Global Hunger
By Wendy Wintersteen posted on
03/25/2021
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The COVID-19 crisis has compounded and amplified many urgent societal challenges – not the least of which is the critical need to address hunger, poverty, and malnutrition. In February, 24 World Food Prize Laureates released a powerful call to U.S. leadership to take three actions that will move us toward...
Mind and Bridge the Gap….
By Purvi Mehta posted on
03/24/2021
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Women’s continued role in agriculture is well-marked, well-realised and often underestimated. Close to 48 percent of overall agricultural work in developing countries is done by women. In some sectors, like livestock, this can reach up to 80-90 percent. For example, in India--the world’s largest livestock producer--over 70 percent of livestock...
Building Back Safer: Aligning Food Security and Food Safety
By Bonnie McClafferty and Caroline Smith DeWaal posted on
03/23/2021
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In late February, twenty-four World Food Prize Laureates penned a letter asking the Biden Administration for help. These internationally recognized and exceptional Laureates are known to have—with stacks of proof—advanced the quantity, quality, availability of, or access to food through creative interventions within the food system. They also have collectively...
Día Internacional De La Mujer 2021
By Elsa Murano posted on
03/22/2021
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In May of 2016, I visited a project that the Borlaug Institute was implementing in Guatemala, focused on training coffee farmers in good agricultural practices to help increase their yield while overcoming leaf rust disease and other challenges. The farmer cooperative we worked with was led by a group of...
Strengthen The Hands That Work The Land
By Usha Barwale Zehr posted on
03/18/2021
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My mother personified the role women play in addressing hunger and food security. During the 1960s, a time of severe food shortage in India, she prepared roti and dal for a few visitors each day who would come to our home for lunch; it was the only meal they would...