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Global Nomination Process for Agricultural Innovators Opens
Des Moines, Iowa (March 8, 2016) – The World Food Prize is now accepting nominations for its
$250,000 award that recognizes the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development
by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world. Organizations and companies
engaged in all aspects of food production, including academic and research institutions, government and
non-governmental organizations, are encouraged to submit nominations online at
www.worldfoodprize.org/nominate. The deadline for all nominations is May 1, 2016.
Since its creation in 1986, the World Food Prize has honored 41 individuals who have made vital
contributions to increasing the quality, quantity, or availability of food throughout the world. Dr. M.S.
Swaminathan, the first World Food Prize laureate and a Chair of the World Food Prize Selection
Committee, said, “The World Food Prize, now regarded widely as the Nobel Prize of Food and
Agriculture, recognizes the significant contributions of those who are working to transform Dr. Norman
E. Borlaug’s vision of a hunger-free world into reality.”
More information about the laureate nomination process and the World Food Prize is available at
www.worldfoodprize.org/nominate. Inquiries and additional nomination materials may be directed to
Judith Pim, Director of Secretariat Operations at The World Food Prize, by email at
jpim@worldfoodprize.org.
ABOUT THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE: The World Food Prize is the foremost international award
recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the
quality, quantity or availability of food in the world. The Prize was founded in 1986 by Dr. Norman E.
Borlaug, recipient of the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize. Since then, the World Food Prize has honored
outstanding individuals who have made vital contributions throughout the world. Thirty-nine laureates
have been recognized from Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, China, Denmark, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Israel,
Mexico, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United Nations and the United States. The
World Food Prize annually hosts the Borlaug Dialogue international symposium and a variety of youth
education programs to help further the discussion on cutting-edge hunger and food security issues and
inspire the next generation to end hunger.
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