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Borlaug
Exchange - News and Highlights |
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Learn how the USDA Agricultural Research Service works with Virginia
Polytechnic Institute to produce Bioenergy from Barley!
(2/2/10) |
Photo Courtesy of CIMMYT |
New Borlaug Global Rust Initiative website! Learn what
agricultural professionals around the world are doing to eradicate wheat
rust! (1/26/10)
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USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah speaking with Haitian President Rene
Garcia Preval |
U.S. Agency for International Development Provides Emergency Food
Assistance to Haiti following magnitude 7.0 earthquake. Learn how you
can help recovery and relief efforts. (1/15/10) |
Sustainable Agriculture: The Key to
Health and Prosperity |
Register now for the 2010 Agricultural Outlook Forum
Feb. 18-19, 2010, Crystal Gateway Marriott
Hotel, Arlington, Va.
(1/11/10) |
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Are you a
U.S. scientist or technical expert interested in creating agricultural
linkages with the People's Republic of China? Apply now for the
Scientific Cooperative Exchange Program!
Deadline March 26, 2010!
(1/6/10) |
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Nominate an Agricultural Professional for the
World Food Prize! Nominations accepted through April 1, 2010!
(1/5/10) |
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Learn about the USDA Agricultural Research Service's Predictions on
Global Climate Change Adaptation!
Read the Nov/Dec Issue of Agricultural
Research
(12/30/09) |
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First Borlaug Fellow from Liberia, Demanie Musu Flomo, completes
Cocoa Fellowship at the University of Tennessee. Read more about
Musu's research:
Marketing
Enhancements in the Liberian Cocoa Sector!
(12/18/09) |
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USDA Funds Support Ph.D. Food Security Research for Over a Dozen
Scientists in Bangladeshi Public Universities.
Read the Article or
Visit the South Asia
Biosafety Program Online! (12/15/09) |
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Borlaug Fellow from the Philippines, Perla Florendo (second from
right) completes her research on Hydrolysis of Switchgrass for
Biofuel Production at North Carolina State University.
Learn
more about Borlaug Fellowship Programs in Asia! (12/14/09) |
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Borlaug Fellows Take Home New Knowledge (12/10/09) |
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Follow USDA Foreign
Agricultural Service on Twitter!(12/8/09) |
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Eight African Borlaug Fellows
earn certificates in Organic Crop Inspection from Washington State
University!
Learn more about the African
Organic Certification Program! (12/1/09) |
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Have you participated
in a Borlaug, Cochran, Fulbright, or other U.S. government-sponsored
exchange program? Join the State Department Alumni Network and
learn about the various resources and opportunities available to you!(11/30/09) |
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The World Food Prize has embarked on a $29.8 million capital project to
restore the century-old Des Moines, Iowa Public Library Building as the
Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Hall of Laureates. (11/6/09) |
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Norman Borlaug, Father of the Green Revolution, died September 12, 2009, at his home in Dallas, Texas.
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Tools in the Battle Against Hunger
(World Food Prize Symposium in Des
Moines, Iowa; USDA Radio News; 10/15/09
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wma,
real,
mp3)
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The Passion and Work of Norman Borlaug
(USDA Radio
News; 10/06/09
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mp3)
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Statement By Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton And Secretary
of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on Norman Borlaug
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Statement From Secretary
Of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on the Death of Dr.
Borlaug |
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Four
South Africans Selected for Agricultural Science and Technology
Fellowships
(09/16/09) |
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Dr. Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia
has been named winner of the $250,000 World Food Prize for his
monumental contributions in the production of sorghum, one of the
world's five principal cereal grains.
—Dr. Gebisa Ejeta hopes his World Food Prize
will provide a pulpit to battle the global war on hunger.
(6/11/09) |
