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Borlaug CAST Communication Award
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) focused on candidates who engage in promoting agriculture and agriculture-related communications. Recipients * 1986: Charles A. Black (agronomist), Charles A. Black * 1987: William E. Larson * 1989: Stanley E. Curtis * 1990: Donald E. Davis (ecologist), Donald E. Davis * 1991: Homer M. LeBaron * 1992: John Pesek (agronomist), John Pesek * 1993: Fergus M. Clydesdale * 1994: F. J. Francis * 1995: Dale E. Bauman * 1996: Luther G. Tweeten * 1997: Neil E. Harl * 1998: Per Pinstrup-Andersen * 1999: Abner W. Womack * 2000: Dennis R. Keeney * 2001: Judith S. Stern * 2002: Calvin O. Qualset * 2003: Kong Luen Heong * 2004: Marjorie A. Hoy * 2005: Norman Borlaug * 2006: Stanley R. Johnson * 2007: David H. Baker (animal nutritionist), David H. Baker * 2008: Pedro A. Sanchez * 2009: Richard Wayne Skaggs * 2010: Akin Adesina * 2011: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Council For Agricultural Science And Technology
A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or national level are not considered councils. At such levels, there may be no separate executive branch, and the council may effectively represent the entire government. A board of directors might also be denoted as a council. A committee might also be denoted as a council, though a committee is generally a subordinate body composed of members of a larger body, while a council may not be. Because many schools have a student council, the council is the form of governance with which many people are likely to have their first experience as electors or participants. A member of a council may be referred to as a councillor or councilperson, or by the gender-specific titles of councilman and councilwoman. In politics Notable examples of types of coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
