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"She's a phenomenal scientist." Scientist rewarded with prestigious prize after helping revolutionize farming: 'A role model' ...
Winner of the World Food Prize in 1996, he was honoured for his work on “enlarging and improving the global supply of rice ...
The World Food Prize Foundation has announced, in collaboration with CIMMYT, the Borlaug Institute for South Asia and Indian ...
This year's $500,000 World Food Prize, for advances in agriculture and nutrition, goes to Mariangela Hungria, who boosted Brazil's farming revolution, turning the country into a soybean superpower.
World Food Prize recipients: Even a ‘hopelessly miserable’ crop variety is worth saving. Hawtin and Fowler, a Mississippi native, said it's important to preserve seeds from wild as well ...
The World Food Prize Foundation said Tuesday that Branstad, a former Iowa governor and the first Trump administration's chief diplomat in China, will step down Jan. 31.
Microbiologist Mariangela Hungria has won the $500,000 prize from the Iowa-based World Food Prize Foundation after her research helped her country become an agricultural powerhouse.
This photo provided by the World Food Prize Foundation shows, from left, Paul Schickler, Mashal Husain and Terry Branstad on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (Ryan Damman/World Food Prize Foundation via AP) ...
Norman Borlaug, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his work to dramatically increase crop yields and reduce the threat of starvation in many countries, founded the World Food Prize.
This photo provided by the World Food Prize Foundation shows, from left, Paul Schickler, Mashal Husain and Terry Branstad on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (Ryan Damman/World Food Prize Foundation via AP) ...
Mashal Husain will become president of The World Food Prize Foundation, replacing Terry Branstad, the former U.S. ambassador to China and Iowa governor, who will retire.
World Food Prize recipients: Even a ‘hopelessly miserable’ crop variety is worth saving. World Food Prize Laureate Geoffrey Hawtin speaks during the 2024 laureate award ceremony Thursday at ...