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World Food Prize Essay Contest Sept. 12
June 30, 2009
Contact: Julie Borlaug, jborlaug@ag.tamu.edu, 979-324-4136
COLLEGE STATION—The World Food Prize and the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture will co-host the Texas World Food Prize Youth Institute on Sept. 12 on the Texas A&M campus in College Station. Texas high school sophomores, juniors and seniors are invited to participate by writing and presenting an essay on “National Responses to Food Insecurity.” No entry fee will be charged.
Three winners from the Texas contest will to advance to the World Food Prize Global Youth Institute, Oct. 15-17 in Des Moines, Iowa.
During their all-expenses-paid trips to the event in Iowa, the Texas winners will present papers, and meet Nobel and World Food Prize laureates and other food security experts. They will learn about food security facilities and organizations, and careers in food, agriculture and natural resources.
According to Texas coordinator Julie Borlaug, the Global Youth Institute selects about 100 high school students from the United States and other countries to participate.
“Through participating in the Youth Institute, these students will come to understand different cultures and broaden their perception of agriculture,” Borlaug said. “Our hope is that the students will come to understand the vast opportunities offered in a career in agriculture, as well as the role agriculture plays in the world’s economy and politics.”
Deadline to submit a paper for consideration is Sept. 3. For more information, including essay guidelines and entry forms, visit www.worldfoodprize.org/youth/states/texas.htm.
To learn more:
Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture
World Food Prize
About the college:
With an enrollment of almost 6,700 students in 14 academic departments, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University offers more than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees and has a faculty of nearly 400 members, including two Nobel laureates. Research programs include food sustainability and safety, human and animal health, genetics, renewable natural resources and bioenergy. Mark Hussey is Vice Chancellor and Dean.
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