2007 ATSE Crawford Fund Derek Tribe Award recipient

Dr Ismail CakMak
Sabanci University,
istanbul, Turkey

Dr Ismail Cakmak (Professor at Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey) was the recipient of the 2007 ATSE-Crawford Fund Derek Tribe Award in recognition of his outstanding work and leadership in identifying zinc deficiency as the underlying cause of poor wheat yields in the calcareous soils of the Central Anatolia in Turkey.

Dr Cakmak led the rapid uptake of Zn-containing NP and NPK fertilizers by farmers in the region and their development by fertilizer industries. The application of this discovery has led to impressive increases in grain yield in Central Anatolia. In some locations with extremely low plant available zinc in soils, zinc application enhanced grain yield up to 6-fold. As a result of the diagnosis of Zn deficiency as a critical constraint to wheat production in Central Anatolia, the total amount of Zn-containing NPK-fertilizers applied in Turkey rose from zero in 1995 to a record level of 350 000 tonnes per annum. In addition to improvements in cereal productivity and farmers profits, the application of Zn fertilizers has provided Zn-dense grain to people with low incomes in Turkey and is predicted to lead to improvements in their health, productivity, and mental development and in their livelihoods.

'Identification and correction of zinc deficiency in Turkey'

2005 ATSE Crawford Fund Derek Tribe Award

Professor Vo-Tong Xuan
Angian University, Angiang,
Vietnam

The recipient of the 2005 Crawford Fund Derek Tribe Award was Professor Vo-Tong Xuan, Angiang University, Angiang, Vietnam

Professor Vo-Tong Xuan visited Australia between 20 November and 26 November, 2005 to receive the Award and to visit research institutes in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria. In Canberra, he presented a seminar entitled:

'Changing the Lives of Vietnamese Farmers'

2003 ATSE Crawford Fund Derek Tribe Award

Dr Luis Salazar
Head of the Plant Protection
Department, International
Potato Center (CIP), Lima,
Peru

The recipient of the 2003 Crawford Fund Derek Tribe Award was Dr Luis Salazar, Head of the Plant Protection Department, International Potato Center (CIP), Lima, Peru.

Dr Salazar visited Australia between 23rd November and 3rd December, 2003 to receive the Award and to visit research institutes in Victoria, South Australia, ACT and Queensland. In Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra and Brisbane he presented a seminar entitled:

'Potato virus in the XXth century: Effects, dissemination and their control'

2001 ATSE Crawford Fund Derek Tribe Award

The recipient of the inaugural 2001 Crawford Fund Derek Tribe Award was Dr Sanjaya Rajaram, Director of the Wheat Program at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).

Dr Rajaram visited Australia in September 2001 to receive the Award and present a seminar entitled:

'The Human Right to Food & Livelihoods. The Role of Global Wheat Research'.

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