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The Borlaug CAST Communication Award, formerly the Charles A. Black Award, is an annual award presented by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) to a "scientist, engineer, technologist, or other professional working in the agricultural, environmental, or food sectors for contributing to the advancement of science in the public policy arena".
The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) is a non-profit whose primary purpose is to publish science-based reviews and reports on topics related to agriculture and food.
As originally named, the award  acknowledged the contributions of Charles Allen Black, founding president of CAST.
Its current name honors Nobel Prize winner Norman Borlaug, "The Man Who Fed the World". who was the author of the first of CAST's publications, in 1973.


== Recipients ==
As the Charles A. Black Award: 

1986: Charles Allen Black
1987: William E. Larson
1989: Stanley E. Curtis
1990: Donald E. Davis
1991: Homer McKay LeBaron
1992: John T. Pesek
1993: F. M. Clydesdale
1994: Frederick John Francis
1995: Dale E. Bauman
1996: Luther G. Tweeten
1997: Neil E. Harl
1998: Per Pinstrup-Andersen
1999: Abner W. Womack
2000: Dennis Keeney
2001: Judith S. Stern
2002: C. O. Qualset
2003: Kong Luen Heong
2004: Marjorie Hoy
2005: Norman Borlaug
2006: Stanley R. Johnson
2007: David H. Baker
2008: Pedro A. Sanchez
2009: Richard Wayne Skaggs
As the Borlaug CAST Communication Award:

2010: Akinwumi Adesina
2011: Catherine Bertini
2012: Carl K. Winter
2013: Jeffrey N. Simmons
2014: Alison Van Eenennaam
2015: C. S. Prakash
2016: Kevin Folta
2017:	Jayson Lusk
2018:	Marty Matlock
2019:	Frank Mitloehner
2020:	Alexa J. Lamm
2021:	Sarah Davidson Evanega
2022:	Martin Wiedmann
2023:	Alison R. Bentley
2024	Jack A. Bobo


== Notes ==


== External links ==
Official award page


== See also ==
Public awareness of science
Science journalism