| Abstract |
The World Food Prize Youth Institute sponsors a seminar through which students are able to research a topic related to food security and present it for discussion at the annual conference. This year, The World Food IPhoto: CIMMYT) Prize Foundation took the institute one step farther with tne creation of an internship program. Selected intems pursue an eight-week program of study at a researcn institution employing a World Food Prize laureate. I was selected to study for the surruner at The International Maize and Wneat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) near Mexico City. Even though CIMMYT does not employ a World Food Prize laureate, Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, helped to establish this institution and continues to act as a consultant for the programs. My interest in international economics and politics led me Nobel Peace Prize laureate to the Economics Program. Under the direction of Dr. Prabhu Pingali, Economics Program Director, I have studied the effects of the "Green Revolution" and the reform of Article 27 of the Mexican Constitution on the lives of Yaqui Valley farmers. During the internship, I traveled to the Yaqui Valley in Sonora, Mexico. to experience firsthand the bving standard changes of wheat farmers. The following essay is an independent-study project that incorporates interviews and research on the topic. |
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