NtP at the World Food Prize Symposium

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This year’s World Food Prize goes to Bread for the World and Heifer International. (Photo credit: Bernard Pollack. Visiting with HI grantees in Rwanda)

Next week Nourishing the Planet co-Project Directors Danielle Nierenberg and Brian Halweil are traveling to Des Moines, Iowa to attend and participate in the 2010 World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue Symposium – “Take it to the Farmer”: Reaching the World’s Smallholders – on October 13-15.

The event will celebrate the co-laureates of this year’s World Food Prize,  David Beckmann of Bread for the World and Jo Luck, President of Heifer International, an important collaborator of Nourishing the Planet.  This year represented a shift as the award was given to grassroots organizations working with farmers to alleviate hunger and poverty instead of scientists.

On Tuesday, October 14th, Worldwatch President Christopher Flavin will be speaking on a panel entitled “Conversation: Smallholder agriculture and biodiversity”.  Worldwatch will also be hosting an official side event that morning, a preview briefing of State of the World 2011 featuring Brian and Danielle, additional contributing authors, and a video presentation.

The Norman E. Borlaug International Symposium is held annually as part of the World Food Prize presentation, bringing together international experts and policy leaders to address the latest issues in food security and nutrition.

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