The Howard G. Buffett Endowed Chair on Conflict & Development of the Borlaug Institute was established in 2010 by a gift from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. The chair is held in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University by Dr. Edwin C. Price.
Borlaug Institute partners with farmers in Babil Province, Iraq.
The C&D chair aims to develop innovative research and educate world-class practitioners and theorists to help navigate the complex intersection between conflict and development that determines the fate of peoples and communities around the world. Going beyond conflict prevention and recovery, the C&D program highlights the pivotal role of socio-economic development for its potential to both inflame as well as assuage the tensions that ignite civil violence. This groundbreaking program will uncover options and opportunities for better addressing the deadly dilemmas at the interface of cultures, resources and technologies.
Vision
The Borlaug Institute C&D Program at Texas A&M will serve as the premier interdisciplinary research and training platform for scholars and practitioners engaged in activities related to conflict and development worldwide. By 2015 the C&D Program will:
- facilitate interdisciplinary and multi-sector collaboration for applied solutions by hosting scholars, fellows, and practitioners;
- support innovative basic and applied research projects, programs, and partnerships; and
- disseminate lessons learned and best practices through academic courses, programs, and trainings to prepare the next generation of problem solvers.
H.G. Buffett Foundation Chair on Conflict & Development Announces New Student Media Grants Program
The Borlaug Institute is proud to announce a new Conflict & Development Student Media Grants Program starting this summer for student photographers/videographers to use their talent to chronicle hunger and poverty. Guided by the book, Fragile: The Human Condition, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation Chair on Conflict & Development will provide travel and research grants for students to explore issues facing international agricultural development. Awardees will be named as Conflict & Development Fellows and will be selected annually based on an application process. Read More →
Policy Brief: South Sudan, Conflict and the Way Forward
The last thing South Sudan needs is war with Sudan. While skirmishes have intermittently erupted between South Sudan and the country from which it gained independence last July, the past few weeks have been the most volatile. South Sudanese forces captured then withdrew from the oil-rich border town of Heglig and the Sudanese Air Force responded with repeated bombings across their southern border. South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir stated that with the recent bombings Sudan has “declared war” on his nation while Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has vowed not to negotiate with the “poisonous insects” in the South Sudanese government. Read More →
Conflict & Development Research Review at the Borlaug Seminars with Shahriar Kibriya
Join us this Friday, May 4, for the last seminar in the Conflict & Development Series this semester. Dr. Shahriar Kibriya will present a research review of the team of the H.G. Buffett Chair on Conflict & Development. Dr. Shahriar Kibriya is an agricultural economist and research scientist working with the C&D Chair and the Borlaug Institute. The seminar will be held in room 501 at the Agriculture and Life Sciences Building in West Campus at Texas A&M. For directions to the building and to share the flyer… Read More →
