2024 Norman Borlaug Lecture
Speaker:
Dr. Geoffrey Hawtin and Dr. Cary Fowler
28 Oct 2024
5:30 PM
Great Hall, Memorial Union
Co-sponsors:
- Office of the President
- Nutritional Sciences Council
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- College of Human Sciences
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
2024 Norman Borlaug Lecture
Dr. Geoffrey Hawtin and Dr. Cary Fowler will receive the 2024 World Food Prize for their extraordinary leadership in preserving and protecting the world’s heritage of crop biodiversity and mobilizing this critical resource to defend against threats to global food security. Over the last 50 years, their combined efforts as researchers, policy advisors, thought leaders and advocates have succeeded in engaging governments, scientists, farmers and civil society towards the conservation of over 6,000 species of crops and culturally important plants.
This lecture will be recorded and ready to view on the Available Recordings page approximately 24-36 hours after the conclusion of the event.