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2024 World Food Prize Week News Coverage

2024 World Food Prize Week

News surrounding the 2024 World Food Prize was included in articles around the world. Below is a sampling of the coverage.

Top Tier:

BNN Bloomberg: US to Expand Milk Testing for Bird Flu Detection, Agriculture Secretary Says

Devex Dish: Investment, Prizes and Election Anxiety at the Borlaug Dialogue

Devex Newswire: Food Prize Laureates urge US candidates to act on hunger

Forbes: Hunger: A Missed Opportunity In The 2024 U.S. Election Agenda

NPR: This year’ World Food Prize underscores the value of seed banks and their stewards

Politico Pro: Morning Agriculture: Hunger Policy Falling By The Wayside? 

The Associated Press: IICA Director General joins other world leaders and experts at the Borlaug Dialogue

The Des Moines Register: World Food Prize winners: Preserving seed diversity key to adapting to climate change

U.S. Department of State: Acting Assistant Secretary Holman’s Travel to Iowa

Iowa:

Business Record: World Food Prize Foundation announces Innovate for Impact Challenge

The Des Moines Register: Opinion: Address global food demands through diplomacy and action 

The Des Moines Register: See photos from the 2024 World Food Prize Laureates Award ceremony at the Iowa State Capital  

Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network: Secretary Naig talking with international visitors at Borlaug Dialogue event

Iowa Culture Beat: Press Statement of the World Food Prize Laureates Borlaug Dialogue, Des Moines, Iowa 

Iowa Industry Digest: IICA Director General joins other world leaders and experts at the Borlaug Dialogue

Iowa PBS: Market to Market: Gathering world views to work on feeding the planet

Iowa PBS: 2024 World Food Prize

Iowa Public Radio: World Food Prize awarded to scientists protecting food security with a global seed vault

Iowa State Daily: World Food Prize Laureates speak at Iowa State’s Norman Borlaug lecture

Radio Iowa: Three-day World Food Prize Symposium underway in Des Moines

WHO13 Des Moines: World Food Prize and Borlaug Dialogue kicks off Tuesday in Des Moines

Additional Coverage:

African Development Bank Group: Adesina and Banga lead the charge to end hunger in Africa at 2024 Borlaug Dialogue

African Development Bank Group: Tanzania Marks Record Agricultural Achievement as African Development Bank President Adesina Urges Investment in Africa

AgriFocus Africa: The Faces and Farmers Behind African Development Bank’s Big Agricultural Numbers

AgriMarketing: Farm Journal Foundation Forum Panel: Agricultural R&D Investments Can Help Avoid Climate Collision

Agriculture Fertilizer: Laureates say World Hunger is Overlooked in U.S. elections

AgriPulse: WFP Laureate Cary Fowler at Borlaug Dialogue

Brownfield Ag News: Sustainable ag practices and food security

Brownfield Ag News: The Importance of Seed in Global Food Systems 

Brownfield Ag News: The Mosaic Company discusses food security priorities at World Food Prize 

Business AM: AfDB, World Bank lead the charge to end hunger in Africa at 2024 Borlaug Dialogue

Business News Report: Dangote kicks off mega environmental restoration project, plants 10,000 Mangrove trees

Devdiscourse: Tanzania’s Food Self-Sufficiency Sparks New Hope for Africa’s Fight Against Hunger 

DTN: Progressive Farmer: Ignored in US Elections: Hunger Experts Warn Global Food Insecurity is Fueling Instability

EnviroNews: Borlaug Dialogue: Adesina, Banga lead the charge to end hunger in Africa

Farms: Boost for USAID food security programs

FAO: The genetic revolution can support food security, tackle the climate crisis and protect biodiversity

Food Industry Today: A Vision for a food and water secure world

High Plains Public Radio: This year’s World Food Prize underscores the value of seed banks and their stewards 

Horti Daily: Food is overlooked in U.S. elections

Independent Nigeria: Mutfwang Attends World Food Prize Foundation Award  

Kilimo News: Tanzania marks agricultural achievement as African Development Bank urges for investment in Africa

Mirage News Australia: Acting Asst. Secretary Holeman Travels to Iowa

MSN: World Food Prize winners: Preserving seed diversity key to adapting to climate change

Mondaq: Mckee Voorhees & Sease And The World Food Prize: A Legacy of Protecting the IP Behind Agriculture and Nutritional Security

Newswires: Press Statement of the World Food Prize Laureates Borlaug Dialogue, Des Moiens Iowa October 30, 2024

Progressive Farmer Online: USDA Implementing Bulk Milk Testing to Curb Spread of H5N1 in Dairy Herd

Seed Today Online: FAO Director-General Speaks at World Food Prize 2024

Seed Today Online: World Food Prize Foundation Announces $50,000 Innovate for Impact Challenge 

Sierra Leone State House: Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio Woos Investors At The 2024 Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue

Tanzania Invest: President Samia Suluhu Hassan in the U.S. to Discuss Global Food Security and Engage with Government and Private Sector Leads in Agriculture

The National Tribune: The genetic revolution can support food security, tackle the climate crisis and protect biodiversity

UCSIB: USCIB Moderates Side Event on Agriculture Sustainability and Food Security 

USAID: Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman Participates in the World Food Prize

USAID: USAID Announces More Than $57 Million to Drive Agricultural Innovation

 

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