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| NORMAN E. BORLAUG |
 Norman E. Borlaug was born in Iowa 95 years ago. In 1970, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his lifetime work to feed a hungry world, a prerequisite for peace. He is credited with saving more lives than any person who has ever lived. Although a scientist with outstanding contributions, perhaps Dr. Borlaug’s greatest achievement has been his unending struggle to integrate the various streams of agricultural research into viable technologies and to bring agricultural research advances to fruition in farmers’ fields.
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| New Priorities and Directions for Sasakawa Africa Association |
Over the past 23 years, the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) and its partner,
the Global 2000 program of the Carter Center, have worked – under
the name SG 2000 – with tens of thousands of frontline
extension workers and several million farmers in 14 sub-Saharan
Africa countries. The main focus of that work was to test and
promote higher-yielding technology for maize, wheat, rice,
grain legumes, and roots and tubers. The new technologies promoted
by SG 2000 programs were developed by African national research
organizations in collaboration with the international agricultural
research centers. SG 2000’s role has been a catalytic
one, working primarily with national ministries of agriculture
to mount dynamic field demonstration programs so that farmers
can evaluate for themselves the value of these improved technologies.
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Although the SG 2000’s projects are located in various countries, their main approach of the small farmers’ problems is similar.
Before launching a new project, SG 2000 determines if there is a pool of appropriate technology that could have a significant impact for the country, if the citizens are poor, the country food insecure and if the government is committed to agricultural development.
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The challenge of SAA’s Agroprocessing Programme is to enhance and prove the economical viability of rural agroprocessing and to link agriculture to the urban market. «We believe that small-scale agroprocessing offers huge opportunities to stimulate the activity in rural areas and that this potential is still virtually untapped» comments Toshiro Mado, SAA’s agroprocessing programme leader.
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