Norman Borlaug Lectureship Poster Competition

Eighth Annual Norman Borlaug Lectureship Poster Competition
For Graduate and Undergraduate Students

Poster Topic:  World Food Issues

Prizes: $200, $150 and $75 for both undergraduate and graduate student competitions with funds provided by the Colleges of Agriculture, of Human Sciences and of Letters, & of Arts & Sciences.  The winners will be named after Dr. Eieta’s lecture at 8:00 pm in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union

Poster Display:  Monday, October 12, 2009 7:00-8:00 pm during Reception
Poster Set Up & Judging: Monday, October 12, 2009 6:00-8:00 pm

Students are encouraged to enter poster abstracts in the general area of world food issues.  Submit your poster title and an abstract or summary (250 word limit) to Dr. Patricia A. Murphy (pmurphy@iastate.edu) by Friday September 18, 2009, to be considered for this competition. 

Abstract should contain: hypothesis and objectives of project; methods; results, discussion of results; conclusion, relationship of poster to world food issues.

Abstract judging will consider:

1. Title
2. Content & organization including overall content, logical presentation, clarity of expression, punctuation
3. Apparent quality & importance of research to world food issues including techniques & experimental design if appropriate, if topic is current, innovative and provides better understanding
4. Presentation and explanation of materials and methods
5. Presentation and explanation of results that are scientifically sound to explain results
   
6. Conclusions including soundness, supported by results, concise, precise, adequate and appropriate

This year due to limited poster space, we may limit the number of finalists.  You will be notified by Wednesday, September 30, whether or not you are a finalist.

 

2009 Norman Borlaug Lecture
Gebisa Ejeta, 2009 World Food Prize Laureate
Revitalizing Agricultural Research for Global Food Security
8:00 PM @ Sun Room, Memorial Union

Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia is the recipient of the 2009 World Food Prize. His work to develop sorghum hybrids resistant to drought and the devastating Striga weed (witchweed) have increased the production and availability of one of the world's five principal grains and enhanced the food supply of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. He has subsequently worked to integrate his scientific breakthroughs with farmer education programs and soil and water conservation initiatives and to empower subsistence farmers and promote economic development in rural Africa. Ejeta earned his Ph.D. in plant breeding and genetics at Purdue University, where he later became a faculty member and today holds a distinguished professorship. It was during his post-graduate work at the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) office in Sudan that he developed his first hybrid sorghum. A reception and student poster display will precede the lecture from 7 to 8 p.m. in the South Ballroom, Memorial Union.