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Laureate Announcement Ceremony June 11, 2009 • Washington, D.C.
Hon. Hillary Clinton
Hon. Tom Vilsack
Secretary of State
Secretary of Agriculture
John Ruan III World Food Prize Chairman
Amb. Kenneth M. Quinn World Food Prize President
Benjamin Franklin Room • U.S. Department of State
The World Food Prize 2009 Laureate
Dr. Gebisa Ejeta Ethiopia
Dr. Ejeta’s development of sorghum hybrids resistant to drought and the devastating Striga weed has dramatically increased the production and availability of one of the world’s five principal grains, and enhanced the food supply of hundreds of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. The $250,000 World Food Prize will be presented to Dr. Gebisa Ejeta on Thursday, October 15, at the Iowa State Capitol.
The 2009 Borlaug Dialogue Downtown Marriott • Des Moines
G
lobal leaders are increasingly viewing agricultural production and food availability as critical factors underpinning national and international security in the face of economic, political, and environmental crises. The same challenges confront experts working in international agriculture and rural development, such as our 2009 Laureate pictured here, as poverty and malnutrition continue to rise. The 2009 Borlaug Dialogue will gather experts and decision-makers from around the world to engage in a range of conversations on topics including: • The intelligence outlook for international food security
• Threats to agricultural yields and food availability
• Rural development to promote peace and reconciliation
• The critical role of gender in food security and stability
• Poverty and hunger in areas of severe crisis
• Global institutions required for a food-secure world
Monday, October 12
7 pm
Borlaug Lecture: Gebisa Ejeta
Tuesday, October 13
All Day
Iowa Hunger Summit
Memorial Union, Iowa State University
Keynote speaker Vicki Escarra
Wednesday, October 14 1 pm - 4:30 pm Borlaug Dialogue Day I Evening
President’s Welcoming Reception
Vicki Escarra President & CEO, Feeding America
Featuring the World Health Organization’s “Art 4 Health” exhibit
Thursday, October 15
8 am - 4:30 pm Borlaug Dialogue Day II 7 pm
The 2009 World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony The Iowa State Capitol
Friday, October 16
7:30 am - 4 pm Borlaug Dialogue Day III
Saturday, October 17
8 am - 3 pm
The World Food Prize Global Youth Institute Pioneer Hi-Bred International Carver Center
WWW.WORLDFO
Food, Agriculture & National Security in a Globalized World
Joaquim Chissano
Former President, Mozambique
Bill Gates Co-Chair, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Ellen Kullman
CEO, DuPont
Indra Nooyi Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo
Patricia Woertz Chairman, President & CEO, Archer Daniels Midland Company
Chelston Brathwaite
William Dar
Louise Fresco
Geeta Rao Gupta
Mahabub Hossain
Director General, IICA
Director General, ICRISAT
Professor, University of Amsterdam
President, ICRW
Executive Director, BRAC
Gene Kahn VP, Global Sustainability Officer, General Mills
Jami Miscik
Namanga Ngongi
Joachim von Braun
Weibin Yan
President, Kissinger Associates
President, AGRA
Director General, IFPRI
CEO, Longping High-Tech Agriculture
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* Full schedule of events and speaker information available online
FOUNDATION John Ruan, Chairman Emeritus John Ruan III, Chairman Amb. Kenneth M. Quinn, President
COUNCIL OF ADVISORS H.E. Corazon C. Aquino Hon. George Bush Hon. Jimmy Carter H.E. Joaquim Chissano Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Margaret Catley-Carlson Chair, World Economic Forum Advisory Council on Water Dr. Zhangliang Chen Vice-Governor, Guangxi Province, China A.S. Clausi Past President, Institute of Food Technologists Dr. W. Ronnie Coffman Director, International Programs, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Cornell University Sir Gordon Conway Professor of Intl. Development, Imperial College Michael G. Gartner Pulitzer Prize Winner Dr. Gregory L. Geoffroy President, Iowa State University
On behalf of Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, I invite you to join us in Des Moines October 14 – 16 for the presentation of the $250,000 World Food Prize to Dr. Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia for his monumental achievement in sorghum breeding, and to participate in the 2009 Borlaug Dialogue. Our international symposium will gather global leaders and experts from diverse areas of expertise to engage in “conversations” about the crucial role food and agriculture play in connecting national and international security – and how meeting national and regional food-security needs can be done in a way that contributes to global stability. This is a particularly auspicious year to visit Iowa as we commemorate significant milestones in Iowa’s role in promoting peace through food: • 95 years ago, in 1914, both Dr. Borlaug and World Food Prize Chairman Emeritus John Ruan were born in small towns in Iowa; • 80 years ago, in 1929, the relationship between George Washington Carver and Mahatma Gandhi that led to a lifelong friendship and the exchange of nutritional information got its start; • 50 years ago, in September 1959, Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev visited the Garst farm in Iowa to share agriculture knowledge in the midst of the Cold War; and
Hon. M. Peter McPherson President, APLU
• 30 years ago, on October 4, 1979, Pope John Paul II made his historic visit to Iowa in which he declared farmers “stewards” of the Earth that have “the potential to … rid the world of famine.”
Cynthia H. Milligan Dean Emeritus, College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska
It is in this context that we host our 2009 events, which we hope will be seen as “the most significant observance of World Food Day anywhere around the globe.” Please join us.
H.E. Roberto Rodrigues Former Minister of Agriculture, Brazil
Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn, President
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