2008 WFP Youth Institute paper topic Agriculture in Development: Food Security in an Era of Increased Demand

The World Food Prize (WFP) is providing six Hank Beachell Fellowships for Nebraska teacher and student teams to attend the WFP Youth Institute October 16-18, 2008, in Des Moines, Iowa. Students are required to write research papers on the topic Agriculture in Development: Food Security in an Era of increased Demand. Applications are due by September 1 and papers are due September 15 to Jason Ellis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, jellis2@unl.edu. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Malaika Foundation coordinate the Hank Beachell Fellowship selection process.

The 2008 World Food Prize International Symposium will focus on the changing role of agriculture in development. Well-known experts, such as H.E. Joaquim Chissano (Former President of Mozambique), Dr. Judith Rodin (President, the Rockefeller Foundation) and R.K Pachauri (Chair, United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) have already confirmed their participation in our Symposium.

Nebraska students and teachers participate in the WFP Youth Institute as Hank Beachell Fellows. Henry "Hank" Beachell is a Nebraska native and was a 1996 World Food Prize Laureate.

Henry "Hank" Beachell
Beachell, a Waverly native and University of Nebraska graduate, was a world-renowned rice breeder. He developed IR8, a rice breed credited with improving the diets of billions of people at the International Rice Research Institute in Los Banos, Philippines. In 1987, he was awarded the Japan Prize of the Science and Technology Foundation of Japan. In 1996, Beachell was co-winner of the World Food Prize for contributions to the "Green Revolution."

Program Collaborators
The University of Nebraska collaborates closely with the Malaika Foundation in informing Nebraska educators of this opportunity to attend the World Food Prize Youth Institute. The goal of Malaika is to add an international dimension to Nebraska schools.