The Aussie scientist whose mission is to feed the world

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Columbia University Professor Glenn Denning has won the prestigious Global Australian of the Year award for his work on improving crop yields.

in New York that focuses on development practice. It is there that each year, he teaches the next generation of brilliant and driven young people who will take on the mantle of changing the world for the better.“My students are elite. They have to be to get here, but they are the leaders of the future.”

Food security is arguably one of the world’s most wicked problems. Food production is the single largest contributor to carbon emissions – a giant 30 per cent – while half the world’s population, or about 4 billion people, is either malnourished or over-fed. Johanna Pitman, chief executive of Advance Global Australians, said Professor Denning exemplified the idea ofwho was selflessly working to improve the lot of billions of people globally.

 

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