World Food Prize

The World Food Prize "is the foremost international award recognizing -- without regard to race, religion, nationality, or political beliefs -- the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world."

Sponsors

Council of Advisors
Accessed December 2007:


 * Corazon C. Aquino - The Philippines
 * Norman E. Borlaug - Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, President, Sasakawa Africa Association, Former Director, Wheat - CIMMYT, Mexico City, Mexico
 * George Herbert Walker Bush - Houston, Texas
 * Jimmy Carter - The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia
 * Elizabeth Dole - Washington, D.C.
 * Olusegun Obasanjo - Emeritus
 * Margaret Catley-Carlson - Chair, Global Water Partnership
 * Zhangliang Chen - President, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
 * A.S. Clausi - Past President, Institute of Food Technologists, Senior Vice President (Ret.) General Foods Corp, Riverside, Connecticut
 * Gordon Conway -President Emeritus, Rockefeller Foundation, London, England
 * Michael G. Gartner -Pulitzer Prize Winner, Past President, NBC News, Des Moines, Iowa
 * Gregory Geoffroy -President, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
 * Robert S. McNamara - Former President, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
 * M. Peter McPherson - Founding Co-Chair, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa, Washington, D.C.
 * Cynthia H. Milligan - Dean, College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
 * Jonathan F. Taylor - Chairman of Governors, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London; Chairman, Booker Prize, London, England

World Food Prize Laureates
Accessed December 2007:
 * 2007: Dr. Philip E. Nelson, United States
 * 2006: Edson Lobato]], Brazil; Dr. A. Colin McClung]], United States; Alysson Paolinelli, Brazil
 * 2005: Dr. Modadugu Gupta, India
 * 2004: Prof. Yuan Longping, China; Dr. Monty Jones, Sierra Leone
 * 2003: Catherine Bertini, United States
 * 2002: Dr. Pedro A. Sanchez, United States/Cuba
 * 2001: Dr. Per Pinstrup Andersen, Denmark
 * 2000: Dr. Evangelina Villegas, Mexico; Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, India
 * 1999: Dr. Walter Plowright, United Kingdom
 * 1998: B.R. Barwale, India
 * 1997: Dr. Ray F. Smith, United States; Dr. Perry Adkisson, United States
 * 1996: Dr. Henry Beachell, United States; Dr. Gurdev Khush, India
 * 1995: Dr. Hans R. Herren, Switzerland
 * 1994: Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh
 * 1993: He Kang, China
 * 1992: Dr. Edward F. Knipling, United States; Dr. Raymond Bushland, United States
 * 1991: Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw, United States
 * 1990: Dr. John Niederhauser, United States; Dr. Verghese Kurien, India
 * 1988: Dr. Robert F. Chandler, United States
 * 1987: Dr. M.S. Swaminathan

Contact

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