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Stories Tagged "hunger"

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Interview with Dr. Philip E. Nelson, World Food Prize Laureate

posted on October 18, 2007 at 5:35 PM

Interview with Dr. Philip E. Nelson, World Food Prize Laureate What does a juice box and an ocean going tanker have in common? Find out as Todd Mundt sits down with this year’s World Food Prize Laureate, Dr. Philip Nelson.

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Norman Borlaug on The World Food Prize

posted on October 16, 2007 at 5:35 PM

Norman Borlaug on The World Food Prize Dr. Norman Borlaug, an Iowa native who grew up on a farm in Cresco, dreamt of ending world hunger. In the 1940s and 50s, he developed "high-yield" agriculture, which earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970.

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