Research Projects
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Climate Mitigation Policies and Food SecurityThis study assesses the effectiveness of global mitigation polices that are broadly aligned with the different responsibilities of developed and developing countries under the UNFCCC, and examines emission leakage effects as well as impacts on food security in developing countries. |
Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage (PICS)In partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, this five-year project will work to help farmers in West and Central Africa get the most out of their cowpea harvest by introducing them to an inexpensive, non-toxic, triple-layer bag that protects cowpeas from losses during storage. |
Purdue's Collaborative Research Support Program Portfolio (CRSPs)Collaborative Research Support Programs (CRSPs) focus the capabilities of U.S. land grant universities to carry out the international food and agricultural research mandate of the U.S. Government. Purdue researchers are actively involved in six CRSPs. |
A commentary authored by Gebisa Ejeta and Joachim von Braun. The Next Generation: Confronting the Hunger Challenges of Tomorrow October 12-14, 2011
Gebisa Ejeta moderates the African Presidential Leadership
Roundtable at the 2011 Borlaug Dialogue
Save the date: Informal Institutions and Intractable
Problems Workshop
This international workshop (April 16-17,
2012) will seek new perspectives from the latest research on “informal institutions,”
such as social and ethical norms, in shaping policy design, adoption, and implementation with a focus
on three “intractable” problems in particular that have confounded policy
makers for decades: food security, women’s rights, and climate change. For more information, foodsecurity@purdue.edu
Purdue World Food Prize Laureates
Gebisa Ejeta
The 2009 World Food Prize was awarded to Dr. Ejeta of Ethiopia, whose sorghum hybrids resistant to drought and the devastating Striga weed have dramatically increased the production and availability of one of the world's five principal grains, enhancing the food supply of hundreds of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa.
Philip E. Nelson 2007 World Food Prize was awarded to Dr. Nelson for his innovative breakthrough technologies which have revolutionized the food industry, particularly in the area of large-scale storage and transportation of fresh fruit and vegetables using bulk aseptic food processing. The aseptic bulk processing and packaging technology pioneered by Nelson can be found in almost every country in the world.
Food Security A journal for the science, sociology and economics of food production and access to food.