The World Hunger Fighters Foundation will award annual Borlaug-Adesina Fellowships to young Africans to develop new technologies, champion public policy, and develop viable businesses in the field of agriculture. The young leaders will gain experience in international agriculture research centres, including food and agribusiness companies.
During a panel discussion moderated by the president of the World Food Prize Foundation, Kenneth Quinn, former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo described the hunger fighters initiative as critical to Africa’s food security. “When I won the World Food Prize in 2017 and the Sunhak Peace Prize in 2019, I pledged the prize monies and a few matching donations totaling $1.1 million to the creation of the World Hunger Fighters Foundation. This young crop of hunger fighters and agripreneurs will pick up the baton and in turn, do great things across the world.”
The fellows are Lourena Arone Maxwell , John Agboola , Adonai Matha Sant’ Anna , Olufemi Adesina , Ifeoluwa Olatayo , Victor Mugo , Emmanuel Maduka , Marianne Enow-Tabi , Solomon Amoabeng Nimako , and Nicholas Alifa .“My rooftop farms are based in Ibadan, Oyo State, in Nigeria. We use a vertical model to plant lettuce and cucumber.
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