The World Food Prize Foundation is calling for nominations for the Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application – a new $10,000 annual award, endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation.
The award, which will be presented for the first time in October 2012, will recognize a young extension worker, research scientist, development professional or other individual who best emulates the dedication, perseverance and innovation demonstrated by Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, whose breakthroughs helped feed millions of hungry people and earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970.
The new award will go to an individual under the age of 40 who is working closely and directly in the field or at the production or processing level with farmers, animal herders, fishers or others in rural communities, in any discipline or enterprise across the entire food production, processing and distribution chain.
For more on the award and the nomination process, visit the World Food Prize website.