Friday, June 12, 2009

Sorghum Scientist Awarded Prestigious World Food Prize

Dr. Gebisa Ejeta, a sorghum scientist has been awarded the prestigious World Food Prize.

Dr. Ejeta, who is now a Distinguished Professor of Agronomy at Purdue University, was awarded the prize for his work in improving sorghum yields and introducing the first sorghum hybrid in Africa. Those hybrids ultimately improved Africans’ access to a higher yielding grain crop for food. He also conducted breakthrough research on a parasitic weed called Striga that robbed sorghum crops of their yield potential.

In a March 2008 letter recommending Dr. Ejeta for the World Food Prize, NSP Research Advisor Dr. Bruce Maunder said, “Dr. Ejeta’s enthusiasm and capacity for work are the driving force so badly needed and highly respected by those fight food security.”

Congratulations Dr. Ejeta on this tremendous accomplishment!
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