The Crawford Fund offers two separate awards for outstanding researchers in developing countries. The Derek Tribe award which is made biennially and the Crawford Fund Fellowship, which is awarded each year.
Prof Siti Subandiyah, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, is the recipient of 2011 Crawford Fund Derek Tribe Award in recognition of her high dedication to research and education in the field of agriculture. Prof Subandiyah has focused on reducing impacts of plant diseases on horticultural crops, particularly the impacts of huanglongbing (citrus greening) on citrus and wilt diseases of banana. ...read full story
Ms Vilayphone Sourideth, Maize Breeder at the Rice and Cash Crop Research Center (R&CCR), National Agricultural and Forestry Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Vientiane, Lao P.D.R., has been awarded the 2011 Crawford Fund Fellowship. ...read full story