Borlaug CAST Communication Award | |
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Awarded for | agriculture-related science communication |
Presented by | Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) |
Formerly called | Charles A. Black Award |
First award | 1986 |
Website | Council for Agricultural Science and Technology |
The Borlaug CAST Communication Award, formerly the Charles A. Black Award, is an annual award presented by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) to a "scientist, engineer, technologist, or other professional working in the agricultural, environmental, or food sectors for contributing to the advancement of science in the public policy arena". [1]
The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) is a non-profit whose primary purpose is to publish science-based reviews and reports on topics related to agriculture and food. [2] [3] As originally named, the award acknowledged the contributions of Charles Allen Black, founding president of CAST. [4] [5] Its current name honors Nobel Prize winner Norman Borlaug, "The Man Who Fed the World". [6] who was the author of the first of CAST's publications, in 1973. [7] [8]
As the Charles A. Black Award: [9]
As the Borlaug CAST Communication Award: [11]