2024 Norman Borlaug Lecture: So Our Children Can Eat: Conserving and Protecting Crop Biodiversity
- Office of the President
- Nutritional Sciences Council
- Seed Science Center
- 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.
A reception and student poster display will precede the lecture from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the Sun Room/South Ballroom, Memorial Union. Posters will address world issues and are submitted by undergraduate and graduate students. This lecture was recorded and can be viewed on the Available Recordings page.