Alysson
Paolinelli granted by ABQ as 2019 Quality Personality Award
São Paulo, SP, Brazil, December 30th, 2020.
Durval Dourado Neto
Director, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”
University of São Paulo (ESALQ/USP)
Piracicaba (SP)
Brazil
Re: Support for the nomination of Alysson Paolinelli for the 2021 Nobel
Peace Prize
Dear Sir,
The Brazilian Academy for Quality (ABQ) wholeheartedly supports the
initiative led by ESALQ/USP to nominate Alysson Paolinelli for the 2021 Nobel
Peace Prize. Please forward this letter of support to the Norwegian Nobel
Committee.
Hunger is the most perverse form of oppression and overcoming it is an
essential condition for reducing poverty, without which there will be never be
true global peace. Alysson Paolinelli is considered to be the father of modern
Brazilian agriculture, and largely due to his contributions, Brazil (a net importer of food in
the 1970s) is now considered to be the great breadbasket of the world. ABQ
honoured Alysson Paolinelli with its 2019 Quality Personality Award (see
attached photos) for his lifelong commitment and dedication to transforming the
Brazilian "cerrado" (savannah) into a fertile and agriculturally
productive land, and for his vision in the creation of EMBRAPA, responsible for
conducting fundamental research on the development of agriculture not only in
Brazil, but throughout Latin America, Africa and on other continents.
The
Brazilian Academy for Quality (ABQ) is a non-governmental and non-profit
organization, whose participating members are people with recognized
professional competence acquired over many years - in
universities, business and other private or public
organizations – covering activities related to quality
engineering, quality management and business excellence. ABQ’s
mission is to contribute to the development of knowledge in quality, innovation
and business excellence for the overall benefit
of Brazilian organizations and society. The 50 members
of the Academy include former Ministers of State (Science and
Technology; Industry and Commerce, Labour
and Agriculture) and other important functions in public bodies,
specialists in quality and management, as well as Chairs
of international committees of ISO (International Organization for
Standardization), and Presidents of large public
and private companies. It also includes renowned
consultants in the quality arena, some with an international
reputation. More details can be obtained on the following
website: Acadêmicos da ABQ.
Yours faithfully,
Eduardo Vieira da Costa Guaragna
President – ABQ
Alysson Paolinelli
with some ABQ’ members in 2019.
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