2019 Borlaug-Adesina Fellowship for Outstanding African Agropreneur Youths
Deadline: July 31, 2019.
The World Hunger Fighters Foundation, in partnership with the World Food Prize Foundation, USA, is establishing the BORLAUG-ADESINA FELLOWSHIP, a year-long Fellowship Program, presenting an unparalleled opportunity to outstanding African youths between the ages of 21 and 30 years old.
THE WORLD HUNGER-FIGHTERS FOUNDATION (WHFF) is a non-profit organization committed to building a better world where no person should ever go hungry. Founded and endowed by Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the vision of the World Hunger Fighters Foundation is to develop a new generation of young food and agribusiness entrepreneurs to help end global hunger and promote agriculture as a business that unleashes wealth for poor farmers.
ELIGIBILITY
1. Fellowship is open to outstanding African youths
2. Applicants must be between the ages of 21 and 30 years old.
BENEFITS
1. The Borlaug-Adesina Fellows will be selected and announced at the annual World Food Prize Dialogues in Iowa, USA.
2. The Fellows will be provided with opportunities to gain exposure and experience at any of the International Agricultural Research Centers around the world, or with a select number of global food and agribusiness companies.
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