#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.
By Salma Sultana posted on
03/15/2021
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Women, especially in developing countries, are key to eradicating hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. The role of women is pivotal in agricultural production and in food security. They are the primary farmers and producers in a large part of the world. They produce sixty percent to eighty percent of the food...
By Margaret Catley-Carlson posted on
03/12/2021
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When I became President of the Canadian International Development Agency in 1983, the world was much taken by Chairman Mao's "Women hold up half the sky." It seemed to portend change toward recognition, expanded potential and greater welcome for diversification of female capacities.
The prophetic elements were accurate - in many...
By Aditi Mukherji posted on
03/11/2021
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Every year, the month of March fills me with hope. As a woman of color, working on solving the world's water problems, March lets me celebrate two causes that I am absolutely passionate about: those of women and water. This March, however, is also bittersweet. It has been exactly a...
By Asma Lateef posted on
03/10/2021
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COVID-19 emerged suddenly and upended everything. As so many have noted, the pandemic has revealed significant inequities and vulnerabilities in our food systems. One direct consequence is that women all over the world have disproportionately borne the brunt of the crisis. The reasons for this injustice are rooted in the...
By Hale Ann Tufan posted on
03/09/2021
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Tell people the biggest goals for global food security, and you’re bound to get heads nodding in agreement. Eliminating hunger and making the food system equitable for all — two deceptively straightforward and non-controversial aims — garner plenty of support. But take a moment to reflect, and you find complex...
By Madhura Swaminathan posted on
03/08/2021
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In all parts of the world, women play an important role in the food system: in crop production, in animal rearing, in post-harvest agro-processing, in food marketing, and in cooking, child feeding and waste disposal. In the policy sphere and in data and research, however, they remain unseen. On this...
By Barbara Stinson posted on
03/08/2021
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Becoming President of the World Food Prize Foundation was a dream come true for me, a chance to advance the legacy of Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, inspiring critical action to end hunger around the globe. While 2020 brought many unanticipated challenges for us all, we at the Foundation also learned...
