A Powerful Legacy

World attention was focused last week to the passing of Norman Borlaug, the American scientist known as the Father of the Green Revolution and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his efforts to end world hunger. Borlaug died at the age of 95, still passionately committed to the role science can and

World Loses Its Leading Hunger Fighter

CIMMYT joins with members of the international development community to mourn the passing of Nobel Peace Laureate and renowned wheat scientist, Norman E. Borlaug, who died Sept. 12 at the age of 95 from complications from cancer, after an exemplary life dedicated to fighting hunger in developing countries. Borlaug worked as a CIMMYT wheat breeder


Plant Breeder Hopes African Development Takes Root

For Gebisa Ejeta, it was not enough that he developed new varieties of a food staple crop that resisted droughts and a devastating weed that sucked the life out of cereal crops in his native Ethiopia. Ejeta, who was awarded the 2009 World Food Prize on Thursday, was really driven to get the seeds he

Monsanto Supports Research

“As far as we’re concerned this will be public money for public good.” – TED CROSBIE Monsanto will spend $10 million over five years through an international scholars program to educate and train new public sector scientists whose mission is to boost wheat and rice yields. The Borlaug-Beachell International Scholars Program is named after Norman