Africa RuralConnect Essay Contest
Have you entered the Africa RuralConnect Essay Contest yet? This summer, Africa Rural Connect has partnered with the World Policy Journal to give you avenue to express your opinions on broader food security policies in Africa.
Deadline is July 31, submit essays to: essaycontest@peacecorpsconnect.org
The winning essay will be published in the Fall 2010 issue of World Policy Journal, one of the top foreign policy publications in the U.S. Some of the top press,policy, and agriculture experts will be judging the essays:
Emmy Simmons- Emmy served as assistant administrator for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). She has worked in the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs in Monrovia, Liberia and taught and conducted research at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria. A former Peace Corps Volunteer who served in the Philippines from 1962-64, Emmy currently serves on the boards of two international research centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR): the International Livestock Research Institute headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture headquartered in Ibadan, Nigeria.
Roger Thurow- Roger was a foreign correspondent for twenty years with the Wall Street Journal where he reported on Europe and Africa. Currently, he is senior fellow for global agriculture and food policy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and is editor and principal contributor to the Council’s Global Food for Thought blog, part of the Global Agricultural Development Initiative. In 2003, Roger co-wrote a series of stories on famine in Africa that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting and his reporting on humanitarian and development issues was honored by the United Nations. Roger is also co-author of ENOUGH: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty.
David A. Andelman- David is editor of World Policy Journal and author of three books, most recently A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and The Price We Pay Today (John Wiley& Sons, 2007). Previously he served as the Executive Editor of Forbes.com and earlier on in his career he was a domestic and foreign correspondent for The New York Times in various posts in New York and Washington, the Southeast Asia bureau chief based in Bangkok, and the East European bureau chief based in Belgrade. David was also the Paris correspondent for CBS News.
You should send inyour submission today!
To learn more about the essay submission criteria go to the Essay Contest Update on Africa Rural Connect.
Best,
Molly Mattessich
P.S. Remember, you only have until July 31 to submit your essay to: essaycontest@peacecorpsconnect.org!
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