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| Today marked the final day of the 2021 Borlaug Dialogue. Read on for Farming First's compilation of the closing sessions – where nutrition and international cooperation topped the agenda. |
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| Laureate Award Ceremony |
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| Yesterday evening, the Laureate Award Ceremony at the Iowa State Capitol honoured Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted as the 2021 World Food Prize Laureate! Dr. Thilsted is recognized for her groundbreaking work in harnessing the use of aquaculture to fulfil the nutrition needs of rural communities, specifically women and children, in Asia and Africa. |
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| Nutrition-Sensitive Food Systems |
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| What is needed to improve access to and affordability of healthier foods? This question was discussed by experts at this session, where answers ranged from strengthening community engagement to fostering greater government accountability and transparency. Speakers noted that locally sourced foods, and blue foods and aquatic food systems, play a vital role in achieving good nutrition and health, especially for women and children. |
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| International Cooperation |
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| This year's Borlaug Dialogue comes soon after the UN Food Systems Summit and numerous other dialogues which aim to build momentum and awareness in the Decade of Action. In this final session, speakers – including Dr. Agnes Kalibata, Special Envoy for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit – considered the governance systems needed to guide transformation and move towards system change and implementation. |
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| New! Watch Our Post-Event Round-Up From Day Three |
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| As the Borlaug Dialogue wraps up, we catch up with Dr. Deepa Thiagarajan, Director of Global Food Systems, Nutrition, Value Chains Programs in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at MSU, on the highlights from the final day. |
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Editor's Pick
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| Farming First's top picks of news and content from the 2021 Borlaug Dialogue. |
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Research and Innovation for a Decade of Action - CGIAR
This session highlighted the role of research and innovation in achieving sustainable and resilient food systems and introduced CGIAR's new Portfolio Prospectus. It also explored agricultural research for development and how it can help change food systems. |
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MCC, Irrigation and Our Country Pipeline
At yesterday's side event, the Millennium Challenge Corporation outlined its work, spotlighting MCC’s past investments in large-scale irrigation and linked roads infrastructure, focusing on lessons learned and what needs to be considered when planning and implementing similar projects. |
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Decarbonising the Agriculture Sector with Climate-Smart Innovation
Earlier this week, this side event explored the critical challenges and opportunities of decarbonisation of the agriculture sector as countries strive for net-zero economies. Participants discussed the intersection of food production and climate, with COP26 as the backdrop. |
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In the news
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| The World Food Prize Foundation |
| The World Food Prize Foundation Offers Tribute to 1993 Laureate He Kang |
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| He Kang was honoured as the seventh World Food Prize Laureate, and first Chinese Laureate, in 1993. |
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| The Washington Post |
| Yuan Longping, Whose Hybrid Rice Helped Feed the World, Dies at 90 |
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| Yuan Longping, a Chinese scientist, developed strains of hybrid high-yield rice that helped alleviate famine and poverty. |
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| Sydney Morning Herald |
| Scientist Boosted Global Wheat Yield with Disease-Resistant Varieties |
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| Sanjaya Rajaram, a University of Sydney alumnus recognised with the World Food Prize, was a world-renowned wheat breeder. |
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| The World Food Prize Foundation |
| The World Food Prize Foundation Offers Tribute to 2012 Laureate Dr. Daniel Hillel |
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| Dr. Hillel worked to conceive and implement a radically new mode of bringing water to crops in arid and dry land regions. |
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Farming First TV
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| Hear agricultural voices on how to advance global nutrition, encourage collaboration, and strengthen food security with our interviews below. |
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| What Do Farmers Need to Help Improve the Availability of Nutritious Food? |
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| Why Agribusiness Collaboration is the New Normal |
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| How Can We Achieve Better Global Nutrition and Food Security? |
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| Copyright © Farming First 2021, All rights reserved. |
| Photo credit: World Food Prize, Unsplash |
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