Boerma award for 2 journalists

The A.H. Boerma award 2001-01 has been granted jointly to Mr. Jim Clancy, Anchor and Sponsor for CNN International (U.S.) for his contribution in increasing public awareness on the diverse problems facing the African continent, and to Mr. Palagummi Sainath, a freelance journalist (India) for his contribution in changing the nature of the development debate on food, hunger and rural development in the Indian media.

Mr. Sainath is a freelance journalist, photographer and writer. His achievement is to look at food and agriculture not just as a matter of output but as a matter of livelihood linked to the very complicated socio-political structure.

He was the first journalist in India to fight the idea that poverty was only due to poor food production or natural calamity, thus breaking stereotypes and restoring hope for development in the region.

The award, instituted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation, in memory of the former FAO Director-General, Addeke H. Boerma, consists of a scroll describing the recipient's achievements and a cash prize of $ 10,000.

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