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The Norman E.
Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology
Fellows Program helps developing countries strengthen
sustainable agricultural practices by providing short-term
scientific training and collaborative research opportunities
to visiting researchers, policymakers and university faculty
while they work with a mentor. The program targets
developing countries and places participants at land-grant
universities and 1890's colleges, government agencies,
international research centers and other nonprofit
institutions and private companies.
The Borlaug
Fellowship Program was launched in March 2004 in honor of
Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, who has often been hailed as the
father of the Green Revolution. In 2007, Dr. Borlaug
received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest
civilian award, for his lifetime contributions to improving
international agriculture and global food security.
Dr. Borlaug won the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his success in developing
high-yielding wheat varieties and reversing severe food
shortages that haunted India and Pakistan in the 1960's.
Credited with saving millions of lives, his work virtually
eliminated recurring famines in South Asia and helped global
food production outpace population growth.
Although open to participants worldwide,
the program focuses on African,
South Central American, Central European, and Asian nations. The program is
administered by USDA's
Foreign Agricultural Service
in cooperation with the
U.S. Agency for International Development,
the
U.S. Department of State, and the
U.S. Trade and Development Agency.
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