United States of America
Mexico’s agriculture secretary calls for an integrated approach to reach the Sustainable Development Goals
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Villalobos highlights the importance of improving food systems and agriculture to fight violence and forced migration.
October is World Food Prize month at William Penn University
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: Oskaloosa Herald (30 Sep 2019)
This year’s speaker is Bram Govaerts, the global Director Innovative Business Strategies at CIMMYT.
Cornell University appoints Bram Govaerts as Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large
Capacity development
This distinction acknowledges work that has had great international impact in the sciences and other fields.
Wild wheat relative genes to aid in battle against trio of pests
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Phys.org (17 May 2019)
CIMMYT developed wheat lines to defend against pests by breeding durum wheat and Aegilops tauschii, a progenitor species of wheat.
Chicago’s tortillas are better than ever, thanks to Masienda’s heirloom corn from Oaxaca
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Chicago Tribune (22 Apr 2019)
Three million subsistence farmers producing heirloom corn in Mexico are protecting biodiversity.
To feed the world, take the science to the farmer
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Experts discuss agricultural research and food security at the 2018 Borlaug Dialogue.
Fall armyworm on the agenda at the 2018 Borlaug Dialogue
Nutrition, health and food security
Experts explained the spread of the pest and presented science-based solutions to fight it.
2018 World Food Prize recognizes action to improve child nutrition
Nutrition, health and food security
With this award, food and agriculture leaders highlight the importance of linking food production and nutrition.
Tar Spot Complex a potential big black spot on US maize economy
Nutrition, health and food security
A new study shows that nearly 12 million hectares of the maize-growing USA, approximately 33 percent of the entire maize-growing area of the country, might be vulnerable to a disease called Tar Spot Complex (TSC).
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Borlaug Dialogue delegates widen net to curb threat from fall armyworm
Nutrition, health and food security
World Food Prize laureates have joined forces with an international alliance battling the fall armyworm, an aggressive pest indigenous to the Americas with a voracious appetite, and now widespread throughout Africa.
Smallholder farmers to gain from targeted CRISPR-Cas9 crop breeding
Innovations
Gene editing technology could revolutionize the way scientists breed high-yielding drought, disease and pest resistant, high quality plant seeds, greatly reducing the time it currently takes to develop new varieties
Asian scientists join cross-continental training to restrain wheat blast disease
Capacity development
Nine South Asia wheat researchers recently visited the Americas for training on measures to control a deadly and mysterious wheat blast disease.
World Food Prize presentation updates delegates on key contributions of MasAgro
Capacity development
Transforming subsistence agriculture and unsustainable farming systems into productive and sustainable operations has been the key focus of scientist Bram Govaerts, 2014 recipient of the Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application.
