The 2009 World Food Prize Laureate: Gebisa Ejeta

The 2009 World Food Prize was awarded to Dr. Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia, whose sorghum hybrids resistant to drought and the devastating Striga weed have dramatically increased the production and availability of one of the worlds five principal grains and enhanced the food supply of hundreds of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa.

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[TolaBiya]

Congratulation Dr. Gebisa. We love you and respect you. Many more Oromos, hopefully many other Ethiopians and others, will follow your foot step. I hope hope will return to our country, and the Aparthied and Racist Regime of Tigre Liberation Front of Meles Zenawi will be removed.

[Vjeya]

Great man..proud of you

[aibn123]

One of inspirational histories of Oromos!!!

[Tigist10]

Wuuuuuuuooo he is a very handsome man lol.

And such an inspiraton person ofcourse. Thank God that our country has Dr Gebissa.

[maxd1g1talcreat0r]

where we can buy the seeds to grow this kind of grain

[mesafint1]

Thank you for your dedicated work on this issue. I am very proud of you. You are an inspiration to not only Ethiopians but young Africans worldwide.

Mesfin

[nefsneger]

Very touching and inspiring!

[Daalloo]

It's a unique achievement. It strives for the improvement of humanity. It's an inspiring to see the success, particulary when oromos, Dr. Ejeta's ethinic group, are suffering on the hands of current Ethiopian dictators.