July 2005 WorldFish Center Scientist Wins 2005 World Food Prize: Research Brings "Blue Revolution" to Poor People Modadugu V. Gupta, a fisheries scientist from India, won the 2005 World Food Prize. Royal Accolade for CIFOR Scientist Dr, Ravi Prabhu, CIFOR scientist, received the Queen's Award for Forestry at Buckingham Palace. China-CGIAR Partnership Receives a Boost The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) hosted a seminar "Agricultural Research for Development in the 21st Century: Opportunities for Strengthening the China-CGIAR Partnership in April. Message from the Science Council Chair A message from Per Pinstrup-Andersen Quality Protein Maize in Northwestern India: Full of Protein and Potential A new, early-maturing, quality protein maize hybrid developed byt he Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) could provide small-scale farmers with bigger harvests and better nutritional quality. May 30 in National Day of the Potato in Peru The Peruvian Government declared 30 May as the National Day of the Potato. Creative Thinking Brings Hope to Thousands: CGIAR Researchers among Winners at World Bank Development Marketplace Lead in Story 01 HarvestPlus and Brazil Team Up on Biofortification In a major boost to the HarvestPlus Challenge Program, EMPBRAPA and Brazilian ministries have endorsed the development of biofortified staple crops for northeast Brazil, and technology transfer to Africa. Advancing Women's Leadership in the CGIAR CGIAR's Gender and Diversity (G&D) Program hosted its 10th Women's Leadership and Management Course at ICARDA in May. Fighting and Winning the War Against Green Plague Pigeonpea is a major legume crop in the Indian subcontinent, and an improtant source of dietary protein for over on billion people. Planting Seeds of Agrobiodiversity Conservation in Young Minds Expressions of creativity by a small group of school children from Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and West Bank and Gaza show that young children fully understand that agrobiodiversity is essential to life.. Reversing Soil Degradation in Southeast Asia through Low-Cost Clay-based Technologies Chronic poverty and poor soils are twin problems that affect poor farmers in the developing world. NERICAs gather Momentum Efforts to widen dissemination of NERICAs received a boost in May, thanks to African Development Bank funding for a new project to be implemented by the Africa Rice Initiative (ARI) CGIAR Forging Ahead with Public-Private Partnerships An innovative initiative, dubbed "Scientific and Know-How Exchange Program (SKEP)" is forging ties between the CGIAR and the private sector. Adapting to Climate Change and Generating Income with Trees: a Q&A with Louis Verchot Louis Verchot, Lead Scientist on climate change at World Agroforestry Centre shares his perspective on this challenging topic. In Memoriam Ravi Tadvalkar, January 17, 1950 - March 10, 2005