Announcements

Alex McCalla, Chairman, CIMMYT Board of Trustees was recognized as a distinguished scholar of the Western Agricultural Economics Association during their Annual Meeting, July 1, 2004, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

G. Edward Schuh, of CIP's Board of Trustees and Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota was honored by the Brazilian Society of Agricultural Economics and named "Legendary Member of the Society" in recognition of lifetime contributions to the profession. He was the first person to receive this honor at a ceremony held in Cuiaba city, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Events

African Celebrations, International Year of Rice 2004, hosted by Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Accra, Ghana, September 28, 2004 (www.fara-africa.org)

2004 World Food Prize Foundation International Symposium, "Rice, Biofortification and Enhanced Nutrition," October 14-15, 2004, Des Moines, Iowa (www.worldfoodprize.org)