Our Mission
The Borlaug Training Foundation (BTF) is an independent, 501(c)(3) registered non-profit corporation, established to facilitate cutting edge, agronomic education, and skills development under dynamic technological and climate-change scenarios for young scientists from low-and middle-income countries.
Our People
The Borlaug Training Foundation was established in 2014 by friends, family, and colleagues of Dr. Norman Borlaug. The founders quickly developed and approved bylaws to govern the operations of the Foundation to ensure long-term operations of the Foundation and accountability to donors and stakeholders. Board Members are limited to two, three-year terms but may remain active in service to the Foundation as an Advocate. ​
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Our Purpose
We support educational opportunities for agricultural students and scientists from low- and middle-income countries to address crop productivity and climate change mitigation. Our approach is to provide hands-on, practical training that bridges the gap between an academic agronomy education and the application of real-world tools and practices that can be implemented in their respective communities.
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Our Origins
The Borlaug Training Foundation works to continue Dr. Norman Borlaug’s vision of training agricultural scientists to be "hunger fighters". The Foundation supports the long-term, hands-on, field training that Dr. Borlaug practiced and tireless advocated for throughout his life. The facilitation of such critical capacity development activities not only enhances local agricultural productivity, but also addresses the mitigation of agriculture’s environmental impacts and climate change.
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