The African Green Revolution Moves Forward

Pedro Sanchez was awarded the World Food Prize in 2002 for his pioneering use of agroforestry to restore fertility to some of the world's poorest and most degraded soils. The MacArthur Foundation subsequently recognized his work with a Genius Award in 2003. Sanchez is Director of Tropical Agriculture at Columbia University's Earth Institute and is an international leader in the fight against hunger, having co-led the United Nation's Millennium Project's Task Force on Hunger. Prior to joining the faculty at Columbia, he was for many years director general of the Kenya-based International Center for Research in Agroforestry. A native of Cuba, Sanchez completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees in agronomy and soil science at Cornell University. The 2011 Norman Borlaug Lecture.

A reception and student poster display will precede the lecture from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Oak Room, Memorial Union. Posters will address world food issues and are submitted by undergraduate and graduate students.