News and Events
Events
The
2008 Norman E.
Borlaug International Symposium,
"Confronting Crisis: Agriculture and
Global Development in the Next Fifty
Years," October 15-17, 2008, Des
Moines, Iowa.
News Releases
Senators McGovern and Dole
Named the 2008 World Food Prize Laureates
(World Food Prize Web Site, June 2008)
Dole, McGovern named 2008 World Food Prize
Laureates
"The McGovern-Dole program is a great source of
pride for USDA and a remarkable example of American generosity and
humanitarian leadership," said Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer. (06/13/08;
.pdf)
—
More on the McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program
USDA and World Cocoa Foundation Announce 2008 Global
Cocoa Borlaug Fellows Program
(World Cocoa Foundation, 05/21/08; .pdf)
USDA Selects World Cocoa
Foundation as Partner for Borlaug Cocoa
Initiative (World Cocoa Foundation,
10/24/07; .pdf)
New Agricultural Technologies May Bring Another
Green Revolution (U.S. Department of State;
09/13/07)
U.S. Food Scientist
Named 2007 World Food Prize Recipient (U.S.
Department of State, 06/18/07)
2007 World Food Prize Laureate Revolutionized
Post-Harvest Technology (World Food Prize Web Site, June 2007)
WFP Founder Norman Borlaug To Receive America's
Highest Civilian Honor
(12/6/2006; updated 07/16/07)
President Bush Presents National Medals of Science
and Technology (02/13/06)
President Announces 2004 Medal of Science Winners:
Recipients include agriculture scientist,
transplant surgeon and other distinguished researchers
(11/15/05)
Conner Welcomes New Group of Borlaug Science And
Technology Fellows To The United States
(08/29/05)
Johanns Announces First Visit of Borlaug Science and Technology
Fellows From Central America (08/05/05)
USDA Announces First Visit of Borlaug
Science and Technology Fellows
(08/30/04)
Announcing
the Norman E. Borlaug Science and Technology Fellows Program
(03/29/04;
Photo Gallery)
USDA Radio News
2008 World Food Prize Laureates Named
(USDA Radio News; 06/20/08 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
USDA Radio News
Interviews "Father of the Green Revolution" (USDA Radio News;
11/27/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
Norman Borlaug Fellowships
Increase
(USDA Radio; 10/17/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
Norman Borlaug Receives Congressional Gold Medal
(USDA Radio News;
07/17/07 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
Borlaug
Fellowship Program Starts Second Year (USDA Radio; 08/29/05 -
real,
mp3,
wave)
Articles and Highlights
Oklahoma State Hosts Three Borlaug Fellows from
Cameroon (Oklahoma State University Web
Site, November 2007)
African Women Scientists Conduct Research Under FAS’ Borlaug Fellowship
Program, reprinted from FAS News: News and Information about
the Foreign Agricultural Service, Issue 3, June 2007, page 2.
FAS Sows Seeds of Agricultural Progress: The
Borlaug Fellows Program (December 2005), FAS Worldwide
online magazine, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, DC.
Speeches and Presentations
Challenges facing Crop Scientists in the 21st
Century, speech by Dr. Norman Borlaug at the
American Society of
Agronomy Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 4, 2007.
From the Green to the Gene Revolution—Our 21st Century Challenge,
slide presentation by Dr. Norman Borlaug at the Ministerial Conference & Expo
on Agricultural Science & Technology, Sacramento, California, June 24,
2003.
Oslo, Norway, December 11, 1970.
Brochure
Borlaug Fellows Program Brochure (.pdf
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Adobe
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