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September 26, 2007: Texas A&M Youth Agriculture Symposium Held in Mexico City
The Mexico Center assisted the Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture in the World Food Prize Youth Program. For the first time, Mexican high school students have been provided with the opportunity to participate in this program, which includes the opportunity to interact with Nobel and World Food Prize Laureates during a 3-day educational forum that analyzes current food, nutrition, and science issues.
On September 26th, the Mexico Center held the Texas A&M Youth Agriculture Symposium, which included the participation of students, parents, and teachers from two schools in Mexico, Williams and Green Hills. As part of the World Food Prize Youth Program, students prepared essays on the topic of "Biofuels: Promises and Implications for Food Security in Developing Countries" and presented them to a panel of judges. The panel consisted of renowned experts from this field. Thirteen students along with their advisory teachers presented an essay at the symposium. One student from Green Hills School and two students from Williams School were selected to participate in the World Food Prize Youth Institute, which was held in Iowa in mid-October.