Borlaug Poster Competition Winners Picked

Congratulations to the Borlaug poster competition winners!

Dr. Pat Murphy, Eric Nonnecke, Dr. Richard Hall, Jovin Hasjim, Maitri Thakur

This year, President Geoffroy hosted Sir Gordon Conway as the Borlaug Lecturer. Conway is an agricultural ecologist and was one of the first to define the concept of sustainable agriculture. In part, his work brings attention to ecological and food security issues. At ISU he spoke on “The Global Agricultural Crisis of the 21st Century.”

Before the lecture, guests were invited to attend a student poster display of work related to world food issues by ISU students. Monetary awards are given to those who place; $200 for 1st, $150 for 2nd and $75 for 3rd. Winners are as follows:

 

Borlaug Student winners 2008

Graduate

1. Jovin Hasjim - Properties and health benefits of a novel resistant starch, FSHN, FST
2. Eric Nonnecke -Nutritional Assessment of School Children in Uganda, FSHN, IGPNS
3. Maitri Thakur -Ensuring food safety through traceability system database modeling in  the United States grain supply chain, Ag Biol Eng

Undergraduate

1. 1st  Joel Weiler - Iron Bioavailability of a Wild African Berry, Nutritional Sci
2. Anna Webb &  Leah Riesselman - Plant Propagation as a Method of Providing Planting Materials:
    An Educational Approach, Horticulture
3. Emily Eggleston - Sustainable Soil Fertility for Rural Uganda Vegetable Production, Agronomy