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Dr. Gebisa Ejeta at the 2009 World Food Prize

Duration: 29:03 (Full Program)

Program: Intelligent Talk Television #176
Broadcast Date: Dec. 6, 2009

The 2009 World Food Prize was awarded to Dr. Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia, whose sorghum hybrids resistant to drought and the devastating Striga weed have dramatically increased the production and availability of one of the world’s five principal grains and enhanced the food supply of hundreds of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Ejeta addressed attendees of the 2009 World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Post Date: November 2, 2009

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