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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." [1]
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Council of Advisors
Accessed December 2007: [2]
- 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: [3]
- 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
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References
- ↑ About, World Food Prize, accessed December 9, 2007.
- ↑ Council of Advisors, World Food Prize, accessed December 9, 2007.
- ↑ The World Food Prize Laureates, World Food Prize, accessed December 9, 2007.
