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mers to improve crop yields and incomes. He launched programs to transfer and apply technology to developing countries, train and educate scientists around the world, and communicate the benefits and risks of agricultural biotechnology.

Horsch joined the Bill & Melinda Foundation as a senior program officer in the agricultural development program in November 2006. He has served on the editorial boards of several leading plant science journals and as an advisor to the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy. In 1999, he was awarded the 1998 National Medal of Technology by President Bill Clinton for contributions to agricultural biotechnology.


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608-268-4948
American Society of Agronomy
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