Program Profile

Description

The Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellows Program helps developing countries strengthen sustainable agricultural practices by providing short-term scientific training and collaborative research opportunities to visiting researchers, policymakers and university faculty while they work with a mentor. The program targets developing countries and places participants at land-grant universities and 1890's colleges, government agencies, international research centers and other nonprofit institutions and private companies.

The Borlaug Fellowship Program was launched in March 2004 in honor of Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, who has often been hailed as the father of the Green Revolution. In 2007, Dr. Borlaug received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award, for his lifetime contributions to improving international agriculture and global food security.

Dr. Borlaug won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his success in developing high-yielding wheat varieties and reversing severe food shortages that haunted India and Pakistan in the 1960's. Credited with saving millions of lives, his work virtually eliminated recurring famines in South Asia and helped global food production outpace population growth.

Cornell University Office of International Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has administered training programs for approximately 30 young scientists from Afghanistan, Bulgaria, India, Serbia, Montenegro and Uruguay in the fields of plant breeding, plant pathology, dairy management, biotechnology, veterinary medicine, food and library science. There are more than 30 countries eligible worldwide.

Target Countries

No target countries have been selected.

Target Regions

Asia