Lunch and Keynote RemarksAmbassador Kenneth Quinn, President, World Food Prize Foundation

Topic: "The Road to the Market is Paved with Technology"

Dr. Norman E. Borlaug

Nobel Peace Prize – 1970

UN-FAO

Agricola Award

Dr. Norman E. BorlaugThe man who saved more lives than any other person who has ever lived

Dr. Norman E. BorlaugMiracle Wheat in Mexico

India and Pakistan

UN-FAO70th Anniversary

Dr. Norman E. Borlaug

Creation of the World Food Prize

“Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture” 1986

$250,000 Prize

Given in Des Moines, IowaOctober of Each Year at the Iowa State Capitol

Laureates from Across the Globe

Recognizing breakthrough achievements increasing the quality, quantity and availability of food

Dr. Yuan Longping, China | Dr. Monty Jones, Sierra Leone

2004 World Food Prize Laureates

United Nations World Food Programme

Catherine Bertini2003 World Food Prize Laureate

Pioneers of Agricultural Biotechnology2013 World Food Prize Laureates

Dr. Marc Van MontaguBelgium

Robert T. FraleyUnited States

Mary- Dell ChiltonUnited States

The Borlaug Dialogue

“The premier conference in the world on global agriculture.”

- Sir Gordon Conway

1,200 people from 60 different countries

2015 Borlaug Dialogue International SymposiumOctober 14 – 16, 2015

The Borlaug Dialogue

H.E. José Graziano da Silva

H.E. Kanayo F. Nwanze

Amb. Ertharin Cousin

The Borlaug Dialogue

World Food Prize Youth Programs:

Inspiring the Next Generation

Norman E. Borlaug Hall of Laureates

Dr. Borlaug’s Vision

“Take it to the Farmer”

Science to bring the Green Revolution to Africa

Inspire the “Next Generation”

The Single Greatest ChallengeIn Human History:

How will we sustainably feed the 9 billion people on this planet by 2050?

Critical IssuesResearch

Extension

Smallholder Farmers

Climate Volatility

Infrastructure | Roads - The key to peace, stability and ending poverty

The Borlaug CentennialIran - 2014

Iran Biotechnology Conference | May 24 - 26

Dr. Marc Van Montagu2013 World Food Prize Laureate

World Food Prize

Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application

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