Borlaug Institute Blog

The Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture and Development prides itself in carrying on the legacy of Dr. Norman Borlaug. Here on this blog we discuss how we and others continue to help the world by developing Agriculture. 

Blog Post #1

Author: Dr. Elsa Murano

Día Internacional de la Mujer 2021

In May of 2016, I visited a project that the Borlaug Institute was implementing in Guatemala, focused on training coffee farmers in good agricultural practices to help increase their yield while overcoming leaf rust disease and other challenges. The farmer cooperative we worked with was led by a group of men, mostly in their 30s, ….