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{{Short description|International award in human development}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = World Food Prize
| image = World Food Prize logo (2020).svg
| awarded_for = "a specific, exceptionally significant, individual achievement that advances human development with a demonstrable increase in the quantity, quality, availability of, or access to food"<ref name=":nomcriteria" />
| presenter = World Food Prize Foundation
| host = [[Terry Branstad]], President of WFP<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/about_the_foundation/ambassador_terry_branstad/|title=Ambassador Terry Branstad - The World Food Prize - Improving the Quality, Quantity and Availability of Food in the World|first=Global Reach Internet Productions, LLC-Ames, IA-|last=globalreach.com|website=www.worldfoodprize.org}}</ref>
| location = [[Des Moines, Iowa]], US
| year = 1987
| website = {{URL|worldfoodprize.org}}
| lastawarded = 2023
| reward = A diploma, a commemorative sculpture and a monetary award of US${{hair space}}500,000
| sponsor = [[General Foods]], [[John Ruan (businessman)|John Ruan]] and family, followed by numerous others
| alt = Logo of World Food Prize. Green background with white text in capitals. On the left is the commemorative sculpture designed by Saul Bass.
}}

The '''World Food Prize''' is an international award recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity, or availability of food in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|others=Budget Unit Brief FY 2017. Legislative Services Agency.|title=The World Food Prize|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/FT/14412.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427120040/https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/FT/14412.pdf|archive-date=27 April 2018|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=Iowa Legislature}}</ref> Conceived by [[Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate [[Norman Borlaug]] and established in 1986 through the support of [[General Foods]], the prize is envisioned and promoted as the [[List of prizes known as the Nobel or the highest honors of a field|Nobel or the highest honors]] in the field of food and agriculture.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Quinn|first=Kenneth M.|date=11 September 2012|title=A Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2012/09/11/nobel-prize-food-and-agriculture|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204121203/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2012/09/11/nobel-prize-food-and-agriculture|archive-date=4 December 2021|access-date=4 December 2021|website=obamawhitehouse.archives.gov|publisher=[[The White House]]}}</ref>{{sfnp|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006|pp=138, 140}} It is now administered by the World Food Prize Foundation with support from numerous sponsors.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> Since 1987, the prize has been awarded annually to recognize contributions in any field involved in the world food supply, such as animal science, aquaculture, soil science, water conservation, nutrition, health, plant science, seed science, plant pathology, crop protection, food technology, food safety, policy, research, infrastructure, emergency relief, and poverty alleviation and hunger.<ref name=":nomcriteria">{{Cite web|title=World Food Prize Nomination Criteria|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/nominations/the_world_food_prize/the_world_food_prize_nomination/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204121206/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/nominations/the_world_food_prize/the_world_food_prize_nomination/|archive-date=4 December 2021|access-date=4 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref>

Laureates are honored and officially awarded their prize in [[Des Moines]], Iowa, in an award ceremony held at [[Iowa State Capitol]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Laureate Award Ceremony|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/events/laureate_award_ceremony/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205062027/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/events/laureate_award_ceremony/|archive-date=5 December 2021|access-date=5 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize}}</ref> Laureates are presented with a diploma, a commemorative sculpture designed by [[Saul Bass]] and a monetary award of $500,000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About the Foundation|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/about_the_foundation/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130130608/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/about_the_foundation/|archive-date=30 November 2021|access-date=5 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Quinn|first=Kenneth M.|date=19 October 2018|title=Laureate Luncheon Keynote Address. Introduction.|url=http://www.worldfoodprize.org/documents/filelibrary/2018_bd_transcripts/2018WFP23_Laureate_Luncheon_Keynote_51328BF5B34C7.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210122309/http://www.worldfoodprize.org/documents/filelibrary/2018_bd_transcripts/2018WFP23_Laureate_Luncheon_Keynote_51328BF5B34C7.pdf|archive-date=10 December 2021|access-date=10 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation|page=2}}</ref> [[File:Capitol building, Des Moines, Iowa.jpg|thumb|The [[Iowa State Capitol]], where the laureates are honored and officially awarded their prize|alt=A photography of the entire building. The building is of stone with columns, cornices and capitals. Refer to caption and link for more.]]The Foundation also has the aim of "inspiring exceptional achievement in assuring adequate food and nutrition for all".{{sfnp|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006|p=136}} A number of associated events and honors include the World Food Prize Symposium or the [[Borlaug Dialogue]], the Iowa Hunger Summit and youth programs such as the Borlaug-Ruan International Internships.{{sfnp|Quinn, "M. S. Swaminathan-Scientist, Hunger Fighter, World Food Prize Laureate"|2015|p=423}}{{sfnp|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006|p=138}}

==History==
[[Norman Borlaug]] (1914–2009) was awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1970 for contributions that resulted in the extensive increase in global food production.{{sfnp|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006|p=132}} Chairperson of the [[Nobel Committee]] [[Aase Lionæs]] gave the rationale that the committee had linked providing much needed food to the world as a path for peace.{{sfnp|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006|p=132}} Further, the increase in food production has given policy planners across the world more years in figuring out how to feed the growing population.{{sfnp|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006|p=132}} 12 years later, Borlaug approached the [[Nobel Foundation]] to include a prize for food and agriculture. However, the Foundation was bound by [[Alfred Nobel]]'s will which did not allow for the creation of such a new prize.{{sfnp|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006|p=136}} Borlaug continued his search for a sponsor elsewhere.{{sfnp|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006|p=136}}

In 1986, [[General Foods Corporation]], under Vice President A. S. Clausi's leadership, agreed to establish the prize and be the founding sponsor.{{sfnp|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006|p=137}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Clausi|first=A.S.|date=1 October 2009|title=Letters|url=https://www.ift.org/news-and-publications/food-technology-magazine/issues/2009/october/departments/letters|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205090106/https://www.ift.org/news-and-publications/food-technology-magazine/issues/2009/october/departments/letters|archive-date=5 December 2021|access-date=5 December 2021|website=[[Institute of Food Technologists]]|quote=Although the idea of an Agriculture Prize was Norman's, the Food Prize was established by General Foods Corporation under{{spaces|hair}}...}}</ref> The amount they agreed to, US${{hair space}}200,000, was equivalent to the value of the [[Nobel Prize]]s at the time.{{sfnp|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006|p=137}}<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Polsky|first1=Barry|last2=Curtin|first2=Tracy|title=Biography: Dr Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/documents/filelibrary/1987_swaminathan/Biography__Dr_CF0F0421ADC17.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130125150/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/documents/filelibrary/1987_swaminathan/Biography__Dr_CF0F0421ADC17.pdf|archive-date=30 November 2021|access-date=10 December 2021|website=The World Food Prize Foundation|publisher=General Foods World Food Prize}}</ref> In 1990, the sponsorship was taken over by businessman and philanthropist [[John Ruan (businessman)|John Ruan]] and his family. The Ruan family established the World Food Prize Foundation backed by an endowment of ${{hair space}}10 million. In 2000, [[Kenneth M. Quinn]] was made the president.{{sfnp|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006|pp=137-138}} Borlaug, Ruan, and Quinn were all from the [[U.S. state|US state]] of [[Iowa]].{{sfnp|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006|pp=137-138}} Barbara Stinson succeeded Quinn as the second president in 2019.<ref name=":newPres">{{Cite web|last=Jeremiah|date=13 November 2019|title=World Food Prize Foundation Names Barbara Stinson President|url=https://leadership.ng/world-food-prize-foundation-names-barbara-stinson-president-2/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204121204/https://leadership.ng/world-food-prize-foundation-names-barbara-stinson-president-2/|archive-date=4 December 2021|access-date=4 December 2021|website=[[Leadership (newspaper)|Leadership]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=13 November 2019|title=Stinson to succeed Quinn as World Food Prize Foundation president|url=https://www.ift.org/news-and-publications/news/2019/november/13/stinson-to-succeed-quinn-as-world-food-prize-foundation-president|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205071020/https://www.ift.org/news-and-publications/news/2019/november/13/stinson-to-succeed-quinn-as-world-food-prize-foundation-president|archive-date=5 December 2021|access-date=5 December 2021|publisher=[[Institute of Food Technologists]]}}</ref>
[[File:Hall of Laureates - panoramio.jpg|thumb|World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, the renovated and rehabilitated [[Old Downtown Des Moines Library|former Des Moines Library]]|alt=A reasonably grand three story building with French inspired architectural style constructed of salmon pink Minnesota limestone. Refer to caption.]]
The [[Old Downtown Des Moines Library|former Des Moines Library]] was acquired and the Ruan family gave ${{hair space}}5 million to renovate the building into the headquarters for the World Food Prize Foundation.{{sfnp|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006|p=138}}<ref name="Ruan Family's Vision Realized with Hall of Laureates Opening">{{cite web|last=Elbert|first=David|date=9 October 2011|title=Ruan family's vision realized with Hall of Laureates opening|url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20111009/NEWS/310090090/Ruan-family-s-vision-realized-Hall-Laureates-opening?nclick_check=1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208024205/http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20111009/NEWS/310090090/Ruan-family-s-vision-realized-Hall-Laureates-opening?nclick_check=1|archive-date=8 February 2013|website=[[The Des Moines Register]]}}</ref> A number of sponsors would go on to contribute over US$20 million in a campaign to transform the building into a public museum, the Hall of Laureates, to honor Borlaug and the work of the World Food Prize laureates.<ref name="WFP2008">{{cite web|date=15 February 2008|title=World Food Prize Receives $5 Million Pledge|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm/87428/40063/world_food_prize_receives_5_million_pledge|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205062023/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm/87428/40063/world_food_prize_receives_5_million_pledge|archive-date=5 December 2021|access-date=5 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref> Other sponsors have included over 100 charitable foundations, corporations and individuals, who have helped sustain the prize and the Foundation's associated events.<ref name=":4">{{cite web|title=Sponsors|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/about_the_foundation/sponsors/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205054030/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/about_the_foundation/sponsors/|archive-date=5 December 2021|access-date=5 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref name="WFP2008" /> The Founder's Boardroom in the Hall of Laureates commemorates 27 individuals who played an important part in the foundation of the prize.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=Founders Boardroom|url=https://www.halloflaureates.org/en/tour/founders_boardroom/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211074101/https://www.halloflaureates.org/en/tour/founders_boardroom/|archive-date=11 December 2021|access-date=11 December 2021|website=Hall of Laureates|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation.}}</ref>

The first chairperson of the World Food Prize laureate selection committee was Norman Borlaug.{{sfnp|Quinn, "M. S. Swaminathan-Scientist, Hunger Fighter, World Food Prize Laureate"|2015|p=423}} Borlaug appointed the first laureate [[M.S. Swaminathan|M. S. Swaminathan]] as his successor in 2009.{{sfnp|Quinn, "M. S. Swaminathan-Scientist, Hunger Fighter, World Food Prize Laureate"|2015|p=423}} Currently, [[Gebisa Ejeta]], the 2009 laureate, is the chairperson.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ambrose|first=Emma Ea|date=2 July 2018|title=Gebisa Ejeta appointed chair of the World Food Prize Laureate Selection Committee|url=https://ag.purdue.edu/stories/gebisa-ejeta-appointed-chair-of-the-world-food-prize-laureate-selection-committee/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228164611/https://ag.purdue.edu/stories/gebisa-ejeta-appointed-chair-of-the-world-food-prize-laureate-selection-committee/|archive-date=28 February 2021|access-date=17 December 2021|publisher=[[Purdue University]]}}</ref> Apart from the chairperson who is a non-voting member, other members of the selection committee remain anonymous.{{sfnp|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006|p=143}}

On January 24, 2023, the Foundation announced that former Iowa Governor and U.S. Ambassador to China [[Terry Branstad]] would take over as president, replacing outgoing former president Barbara Stinson.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm/87428/48899/former_us_ambassador_terry_branstad_to_lead_world_food_prize_foundation | title=Former U.S. Ambassador Terry Branstad to lead World Food Prize Foundation }}</ref>

== Laureates ==
World Food Prize laureates include the following:
<gallery>
File:Monkombu_Sambasivan_Swaminathan_-_Kolkata_2013-01-07_2671.JPG|1987 recipient [[M.S. Swaminathan|M. S. Swaminathan]]
File:EdwardF.KniplingEntomologist.jpg|1992 recipient [[Edward F. Knipling]]
File:Bezoek_Chinese_minister_van_Landbouw,_veehouderij_en_visserij_He_Kang_(r)_aan_on,_Bestanddeelnr_933-7383_(cropped).jpg|1993 recipient [[He Kang]]
File:Muhammad_Yunus_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2012.jpg|1994 recipient [[Muhammad Yunus]]
File:Gebisa_Ejeta_(26420838105).jpg|2009 recipient [[Gebisa Ejeta]]
File:Dr. Maria Andrade (cropped).jpg|2016 recipient [[Maria Andrade (scientist)|Maria Andrade]]
File:Akinwumi_Adesina_-_2014_(cropped).jpg|2017 recipient [[Akinwumi Adesina]]
File:Selma_Prodanovic_David_Nabarro_April_2016_(26106492653)_(cropped).jpg|2018 recipient [[David Nabarro]]
</gallery>

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope=col |Year
! scope=col width="180px" |Laureate(s){{Efn|Pre-fixes such as "Dr" and "Hon" have been omitted.}}
! scope=col width="150px" |Country{{Efn|The country is according to worldfoodprize.org, the official website of The World Food Prize Foundation.}}
! scope=col class = unsortable|Rationale
! scope=col class = unsortable|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|1987
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|M. S.|Swaminathan}}
|{{IND}}
|For leadership and science in introducing high-yielding [[wheat]] and rice varieties to India in the 1960s starting [[Green Revolution in India|India's Green Revolution]], and for leadership at [[International Rice Research Institute]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=1987: Swaminathan|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1987_swaminathan/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130124620/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1987_swaminathan/|archive-date=30 November 2021|access-date=30 November 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref>{{sfnp|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006|p=140}}
|-
|1988
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Robert F.|Chandler}}
|{{USA}}
|For leadership in setting up the [[International Rice Research Institute]] and [[World Vegetable Center]], paving the way for creation of [[CGIAR]], and science leading to the development of high yield rice
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=1988: Chandler|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1988_chandler/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130124609/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1988_chandler/|archive-date=30 November 2021|access-date=30 November 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Robert F. Chandler, Jr. - Biographical|url=https://rockfound.rockarch.org/biographical/-/asset_publisher/6ygcKECNI1nb/content/robert-f-chandler-jr-?inheritRedirect=false|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206090808/https://rockfound.rockarch.org/biographical/-/asset_publisher/6ygcKECNI1nb/content/robert-f-chandler-jr-?inheritRedirect=false|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|website=[[Rockefeller Archive Center]]|publisher=[[Rockefeller Foundation]]}}</ref>
|-
|1989
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Verghese|Kurien}}
|{{IND}}
|For leadership during [[Operation Flood]], for making the farmer the owner of his cooperative, resulting in India emerging as the largest producer of milk
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=1989: Kurien|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1989_kurien/|url-status=live|access-date=30 November 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation|archive-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725081552/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1989_kurien/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kelley|first=Elizabeth|others=General Foods World Food Prize|date=6 June 1989|title=Dairy Distribution Pioneer Named 1989 World Food Prize Winner|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/documents/filelibrary/2019_website_additional_pdfs_for_laureates/SKM_C454e19042510380_67D3BD4341537.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=7 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130133224/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/documents/filelibrary/2019_website_additional_pdfs_for_laureates/SKM_C454e19042510380_67D3BD4341537.pdf|archive-date=30 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
|1990
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|John|Niederhauser}}
|{{USA}}
|For leadership and science research in potato production and improving its resistance to disease
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=1990: Niederhauser|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1990_niederhauser/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206090805/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1990_niederhauser/|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ridinger|first=Robert B.|date=2014|title=Review of John S. Niederhauser: Recollections of A Life in Science and Agriculture|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10496505.2014.863120|url-status=live|journal=Journal of Agricultural & Food Information|language=en|volume=15|issue=1|page=71|doi=10.1080/10496505.2014.863120|s2cid=62166219|issn=1049-6505|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217121901/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10496505.2014.863120|archive-date=17 December 2021|access-date=7 December 2021|via=[[Taylor & Francis]]}}</ref>
|-
|1991
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Nevin S.|Scrimshaw}}
|{{USA}}
|For human nutrition studies combatting protein, iodine, and iron deficiencies and developing nutrition rich foods
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=1991: Scrimshaw|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1991_scrimshaw/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201131724/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1991_scrimshaw/|archive-date=1 December 2021|access-date=1 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chandler|first=David L.|date=11 February 2013|title=Nevin S. Scrimshaw, pioneer in nutrition research, dies at 95|url=https://news.mit.edu/2013/nevin-s-scrimshaw-obituary-0211|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206090805/https://news.mit.edu/2013/nevin-s-scrimshaw-obituary-0211|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|website=[[MIT News]]|publisher=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |1992
! scope="row" |{{Sortname|Edward F.|Knipling}}
| rowspan="2" |{{USA}}
| rowspan="2" |For developing the [[sterile insect technique]] to control insect parasites that harm food supply
| rowspan="2" align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web|title=1992: Knipling and Bushland|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1992_knipling_and_bushland/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201131713/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1992_knipling_and_bushland/|archive-date=1 December 2021|access-date=1 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Walters|first=Donna K. H.|date=13 October 1992|title=Scientists Honored for 'Biological' Pest Control Work : Agricultural: Two Americans receive World Food Prize for method now used to fight the Medfly and others.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-13-fi-290-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206072320/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-13-fi-290-story.html|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=22 June 2016|title=Edward Knipling and Raymond Bushland Win Award for the Sterile Insect Technique|url=http://entomologytoday.org/2016/06/22/edward-knipling-and-raymond-bushland-win-award-for-the-sterile-insect-technique/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206083334/https://entomologytoday.org/2016/06/22/edward-knipling-and-raymond-bushland-win-award-for-the-sterile-insect-technique/|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|website=Entomology Today|publisher=[[Entomological Society of America]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Raymond|Bushland}}
|-
|1993
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|He|Kang}}
|{{CHN}}
|For reforms as head of the Ministry of Agriculture which made China self-sufficient in food production
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=1993: He|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1993_he/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205054110/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1993_he/|archive-date=5 December 2021|access-date=1 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=14 October 1993|title=Chinese official given prize for food production|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/10/14/Chinese-official-given-prize-for-food-production/3083750571200/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206072322/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/10/14/Chinese-official-given-prize-for-food-production/3083750571200/|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|website=|publisher=[[United Press International]]}}</ref>
|-
|1994
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Muhammad|Yunus}}
|{{BGD}}
|For innovative micro loan programs for the poor, providing millions of people access to more food and better nutrition
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=1994: Yunus|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1994_yunus/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201142919/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1994_yunus/|archive-date=1 December 2021|access-date=1 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The World Food Prize. Muhammad Yunus. 1994 Laureate.|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/documents/filelibrary/2019_website_additional_pdfs_for_laureates/SKM_C454e19042515540_85B06D103A194.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=6 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation|archive-date=1 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201143226/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/documents/filelibrary/2019_website_additional_pdfs_for_laureates/SKM_C454e19042515540_85B06D103A194.pdf}}</ref>
|-
|1995
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Hans Rudolf|Herren}}
|{{CHE}}
|For developing a pest control program for the [[cassava]] [[mealybug]], which could destroy African [[cassava]] crop
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=1995: Herren|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1995_herren/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201142905/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1995_herren/|archive-date=1 December 2021|access-date=1 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Leybold-Johnson|first=Isobel|date=11 July 2011|title=How a Swiss scientist saved 20 million people|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/sci-tech/how-a-swiss-scientist-saved-20-million-people/30643902|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206072321/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/sci-tech/how-a-swiss-scientist-saved-20-million-people/30643902|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|website=[[Swissinfo]]}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" |1996
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Henry|Beachell}}
|{{USA}} 
| rowspan="2" |For advances in rice breeding leading to substantially increased rice production benefitting numerous countries
| rowspan="2" align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=1996: Beachell and Khush|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1996_beachell_and_khush/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502065517/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1996_beachell_and_khush/|archive-date=2 May 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hill|first=Steve|date=19 October 1996|title=Beachell Wins World Food Prize|url=https://agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/1996/10/18/beachell-wins-world-food-prize/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206072321/https://agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/1996/10/18/beachell-wins-world-food-prize/|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|website=AgriLife Today|publisher=[[Texas A&M University]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Gurdev|Khush}}
|{{IND}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |1997
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Ray F.|Smith}}
| rowspan="2" |{{USA}} 
| rowspan="2" |For individual and joint efforts in developing sustainable [[integrated pest management]] techniques
| rowspan="2" align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=1997: Adkisson and Smith|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1997_adkisson_and_smith/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206064138/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1997_adkisson_and_smith/|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=6 October 1998|title=Dr. Perry Adkisson Inducted into Heritage Hall of Honor|url=https://agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/1998/10/05/dr-perry-adkisson-inducted-into-heritage-hall-of-honor/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206064125/https://agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/1998/10/05/dr-perry-adkisson-inducted-into-heritage-hall-of-honor/|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|website=AgriLife Today|publisher=[[Texas A&M University]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Perry|Adkisson}}
|-
|1998
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|B.R.|Barwale}}
|{{IND}}
|For improving commercial access to high quality seeds throughout India
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=1998: Barwale|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1998_barwale/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201142930/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1998_barwale/|archive-date=1 December 2021|access-date=1 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=14 October 1998|title=Barwale, Indian seed-specialist, gets World Food Prize|url=https://www.rediff.com/business/1998/oct/14food.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206070840/https://www.rediff.com/business/1998/oct/14food.htm|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|website=[[Rediff]]}}</ref>
|-
|1999
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Walter|Plowright}}
|{{UK}}
|For developing a vaccine against the cattle plague [[rinderpest]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=1999: Plowright|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1999_plowright/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202132041/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1999_plowright/|archive-date=2 December 2021|access-date=2 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=22 September 1999|title=Food prize for cattle saviour|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/454763.stm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206055238/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/454763.stm|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|website=|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2000
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Evangelina|Villegas}}
|{{MEX}} 
| rowspan="2" |For research and leadership in improving the productivity and nutritional content of maize through development of [[quality protein maize]]
| rowspan="2" align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2000: Vasal & Villegas|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2000_vasal__villegas/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202132044/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2000_vasal__villegas/|archive-date=2 December 2021|access-date=2 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Listman|first=Mike|date=7 June 2017|title=CIMMYT renames lab to honor Evangelina Villegas, World Food Prize laureate|work=|publisher=[[International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center]]|url=https://www.cimmyt.org/news/cimmyt-renames-lab-to-honor-evangelina-villegas-world-food-prize-laureate/|url-status=live|access-date=6 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206055238/https://www.cimmyt.org/news/cimmyt-renames-lab-to-honor-evangelina-villegas-world-food-prize-laureate/|archive-date=6 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Surinder|Vasal}}
|{{IND}}
|-
|2001
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Per|Pinstrup-Andersen}}
|{{DNK}}
|For research efforts leading to changes in policy in several countries related to food subsidy
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2001: Pinstrup-Andersen|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2001_pinstrupandersen/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202204219/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2001_pinstrupandersen/|archive-date=2 February 2019|access-date=2 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Giese|first=James H.|date=1 December 2001|title=Danish Economist Wins 2001 World Food Prize|url=https://www.ift.org/news-and-publications/food-technology-magazine/issues/2001/december/features/danish-economist-wins-2001-world-food-prize|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206055237/https://www.ift.org/news-and-publications/food-technology-magazine/issues/2001/december/features/danish-economist-wins-2001-world-food-prize|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|website=|publisher=[[Institute of Food Technologists]]}}</ref>
|-
|2002
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Pedro A.|Sanchez}}
|{{USA}}
|For development of methods to restore [[Fertility (soil)|fertility]] to degraded soils in Africa and [[South America]].
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2002: Sanchez|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2002_sanchez/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725081134/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2002_sanchez/|archive-date=25 July 2019|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=12 August 2002|title=Pedro Sanchez Wins World Food Prize|url=https://nature.berkeley.edu/news/2002/08/pedro-sanchez-wins-world-food-prize|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206055236/https://nature.berkeley.edu/news/2002/08/pedro-sanchez-wins-world-food-prize|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|publisher=[[University of California, Berkeley]]}}</ref>
|-
|2003
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Catherine|Bertini}}
|{{UNO}}
|For transforming the [[World Food Programme]] into an effective humanitarian food relief organization
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2003: Bertini|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2003_bertini/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203124012/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2003_bertini/|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pack|first=Darrin|date=3 November 2016|title=World Food Prize laureate Catherine Bertini speaks at Purdue|url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/releases/2016/Q4/world-food-prize-laureate-catherine-bertini-speaks-at-purdue.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206052915/https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/releases/2016/Q4/world-food-prize-laureate-catherine-bertini-speaks-at-purdue.html|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|website=|publisher=[[Purdue University]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2004
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Yuan|Longping}}
|{{CHN}}
|For the development of the first [[hybrid rice]] varieties including the technologies needed for it
|align="center"|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=2004: Jones and Yuan|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2004_jones_and_yuan/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625025623/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2004_jones_and_yuan/|archive-date=25 June 2020|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Krishnankutty|first=Pia|date=24 May 2021|title=Yuan Longping, the poor farmer's son who created hybrid rice & saved millions from famine|url=https://theprint.in/world/yuan-longping-the-poor-farmers-son-who-created-hybrid-rice-saved-millions-from-famine/664319/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206052915/https://theprint.in/world/yuan-longping-the-poor-farmers-son-who-created-hybrid-rice-saved-millions-from-famine/664319/|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|website=[[ThePrint]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Monty|Jones}}
|{{SLE}}
|For the development of [[New Rice for Africa]], with the potential to increase rice yields in [[Africa]]
|align="center"|<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=January 2005|title=Scientist wins prize for new African rice|url=https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/january-2005/scientist-wins-prize-new-african-rice|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206072133/https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/january-2005/scientist-wins-prize-new-african-rice|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|website=[[Africa Renewal]]|publisher=United Nations}}</ref>
|-
|2005
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Modadugu Vijay|Gupta}}
|{{IND}}
|For development and dissemination of low-cost techniques for freshwater [[fish farming]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2005: Gupta|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2005_gupta/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203124024/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2005_gupta/|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=13 June 2005|title=Indian scientist bags World Food Prize worth $250,000|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/indian-scientist-bags-world-food-prize-worth-250000/141559/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206052917/https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/indian-scientist-bags-world-food-prize-worth-250000/141559/|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|website=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |2006
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Edson|Lobato}}
| rowspan="2" |{{BRA}}
| rowspan="3" |For individual efforts in science and policy that opened the [[Cerrado]] region of [[Brazil]] to agricultural
| rowspan="3" align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2006: Lobato, McClung, Paolinelli|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2006_lobato_mcclung_paolinelli/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203124001/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2006_lobato_mcclung_paolinelli/|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Connor|first1=David J.|title=Crop Ecology : Productivity and Management in Agricultural Systems|last2=Loomis|first2=Robert S.|last3=Cassman|first3=Kenneth G.|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2011|isbn=978-1-139-50032-6|page=479}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Alysson|Paolinelli}}
|-
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Andrew Colin|McClung}}
|{{USA}}
|-
|2007
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Philip E.|Nelson}}
|{{USA}}
|For improving aseptic packaging and spreading the technology worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2007: Nelson|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2007_nelson/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203124013/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2007_nelson/|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Howard|first=Dave|date=17 December 2012|title=Interview with Dr Philip Nelson, 2007 World Food Prize Winner|url=https://www.ifis.org/blog/2012/food-science-and-technology/interview-with-dr-philip-nelson-2007-world-food-prize-winner|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206052916/https://www.ifis.org/blog/2012/food-science-and-technology/interview-with-dr-philip-nelson-2007-world-food-prize-winner|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|website=|publisher=[[IFIS Publishing]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2008
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Bob|Dole}}
| rowspan="2" |{{USA}}
| rowspan="2" |For leadership towards encouraging global commitment to school feeding
| rowspan="2" align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2008: Dole and McGovern|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2008_dole_and_mcgovern/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203124024/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2008_dole_and_mcgovern/|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=13 June 2008|others=Environment News Service|title=Robert Dole, George McGovern Awarded 2008 World Food Prize|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/local/robert_dole__george_mcgovern_awarded_2008_world_food_prize_all__national_/1614525/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206052916/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/local/robert_dole__george_mcgovern_awarded_2008_world_food_prize_all__national_/1614525/|archive-date=6 December 2021|access-date=6 December 2021|website=|publisher=[[NBC News]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|George|McGovern}}
|-
|2009
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Gebisa|Ejeta}}
|{{ETH}}
|For developing Africa's first [[sorghum]] hybrids resistant to [[drought]] and the parasitic [[witchweed]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2009: Ejeta|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2009_ejeta/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203133531/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20002009_laureates/2009_ejeta/|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=12 June 2009|agency=[[Associated Press]]|title=Ethiopian scientist wins World Food Prize|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/ethiopian-scientist-wins-world-food-prize-1.407310|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217144034/https://www.ctvnews.ca/ethiopian-scientist-wins-world-food-prize-1.407310|archive-date=17 December 2021|access-date=17 December 2021|website=[[CTV News]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2010
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|David M.|Beckmann}}
| rowspan="2" |{{USA}}
| rowspan="2" |For their leadership in two grassroots organisations tackling hunger and nutrition
| rowspan="2" align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2010: Beckmann and Luck|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2010_beckmann_and_luck/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203133620/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2010_beckmann_and_luck/|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kelley|first=Matt|date=16 June 2010|title=World Food Prize winners come from nonprofit organizations|url=https://www.radioiowa.com/2010/06/16/59357/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205112541/https://www.radioiowa.com/2010/06/16/59357/|archive-date=5 December 2021|access-date=5 December 2021|website=Radio Iowa}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Jo|Luck}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2011
! scope="row" |{{Sortname|John|Kufuor}}
|{{GHA}} 
| rowspan="2" |For creating and implementing government policies to alleviate hunger and poverty in their countries
| rowspan="2" align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2011: Kufuor and Lula|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2011_kufuor_and_lula/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203133535/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2011_kufuor_and_lula/|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Deshpande|first=Vivek|date=4 November 2011|title=Lead to feed is prize message|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/lead-to-feed-is-prize-message/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205112541/https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/lead-to-feed-is-prize-message/|archive-date=5 December 2021|access-date=5 December 2021|website=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Luiz Inácio|Lula da Silva|sort=Lula}}
|{{BRA}}
|-
|2012
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Daniel|Hillel}}
|{{ISR}}
|For conceiving and implementing micro-irrigation in arid and dry land regions
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2012: Hillel|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2012_hillel/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203133542/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2012_hillel/|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Krajick|first=Kevin|date=12 June 2012|title=Daniel Hillel, Originator of High-Efficiency Irrigation, to Receive World Food Prize|url=https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2012/06/12/daniel-hillel-originator-of-high-efficiency-irrigation-to-receive-world-food-prize/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908021111/https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2012/06/12/daniel-hillel-originator-of-high-efficiency-irrigation-to-receive-world-food-prize/|archive-date=8 September 2021|access-date=5 December 2021|website=State of the Planet|publisher=[[Columbia Climate School]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |2013
! scope="row" |{{Sortname|Marc Van|Montagu}}
|{{BEL}}
| rowspan="3" |For their individual achievements in modern agricultural biotechnology supporting sustainability and global food security (see controversy{{Efn|The 2013 award to Chilton, Fraley and Montagu drew criticism from opponents of [[genetically modified crops]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Lappé|first=Frances Moore|author-link=Frances Moore Lappé|date=26 June 2013|title=Choice of Monsanto Betrays World Food Prize Purpose, Say Global Leaders|work=Huffington Post|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frances-moore-lappe-and-anna-lappe/choice-of-monsanto-betray_b_3499045.html?ak_proof=1|access-date=5 December 2021|archive-date=11 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911122218/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frances-moore-lappe-and-anna-lappe/choice-of-monsanto-betray_b_3499045.html?ak_proof=1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Dan Charles |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/06/19/193447482/and-the-winner-of-the-world-food-prize-is-the-man-from-monsanto?ak_proof=1 |title=And The Winner Of The World Food Prize Is ... The Man From Monsanto : The Salt |newspaper=[[NPR]] |date=19 June 2013 |access-date=2016-08-01 |archive-date=2014-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221045038/http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/06/19/193447482/and-the-winner-of-the-world-food-prize-is-the-man-from-monsanto?ak_proof=1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/world-food-prize-event-in-iowa-confronts-divisive-issues-of-biotech-crops-and-global-warming/2013/10/15/8ed1c2b4-35c7-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131017100029/http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/world-food-prize-event-in-iowa-confronts-divisive-issues-of-biotech-crops-and-global-warming/2013/10/15/8ed1c2b4-35c7-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html|url-status=dead|title=World Food Prize event in Iowa confronts divisive issues of biotech crops and global warming|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=17 October 2013|archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=16 October 2013|others=News Source: Sara Miller; News Writer: LeAnn Ormsby|title=World Food Prize Laureate Dr Robert Fraley to Donate Award to Support Advancement in Plant Science|url=https://uif.uillinois.edu/news/2013/world-food-prize-laureate-dr-robert-fraley-donate-award-support-advancement-women-plant|url-status=live|access-date=5 December 2021|publisher=University of Illinois Foundation|archive-date=17 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217121904/https://uif.uillinois.edu/news/2013/world-food-prize-laureate-dr-robert-fraley-donate-award-support-advancement-women-plant}}</ref> In 2014, three people were arrested who protested the World Food Prize in Des Moines.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jackson|first=Sharyn|date=16 October 2014|title=3 arrested protesting World Food Prize|url=http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/10/16/occupy-world-food-prize-protest-arrests/17392623/|url-status=live|access-date=6 October 2016|website=[[The Des Moines Register]]|archive-date=17 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217121905/https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/10/16/occupy-world-food-prize-protest-arrests/17392623/}}</ref>}})
| rowspan="3" align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2013: Van Montagu, Chilton, Fraley|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2013_van_montagu_chilton_fraley/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203133524/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2013_van_montagu_chilton_fraley/|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|date=19 June 2013|title=2013 World Food Prize Honors Biotech Pioneers|url=http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2013/06/19/555198/10036920/en/NEWS-2013-World-Food-Prize-Honors-Biotech-Pioneers.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806150000/http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2013/06/19/555198/10036920/en/NEWS-2013-World-Food-Prize-Honors-Biotech-Pioneers.html|archive-date=6 August 2016|access-date=1 August 2016|website=[[GlobeNewswire]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Mary-Dell|Chilton}}
| rowspan="2" |{{USA}}
|-
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Robert|Fraley}}
|-
|2014
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Sanjaya|Rajaram}}
|{{IND}}<br>{{MEX}}
|For developing 480 varieties of disease resistant wheat and increasing global production by 200 million tons
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2014: Rajaram|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2014_rajaram/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203133558/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2014_rajaram/|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=19 June 2014|title=India-born scientist Sanjaya Rajaram named winner of 2014 World Food Prize|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/nris-in-news/india-born-scientist-sanjaya-rajaram-named-winner-of-2014-world-food-prize/articleshow/36796999.cms|url-status=live|access-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205103715/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/nris-in-news/india-born-scientist-sanjaya-rajaram-named-winner-of-2014-world-food-prize/articleshow/36796999.cms|archive-date=5 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2015
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Fazle Hasan|Abed}}
|{{BAN}}
|For building an organization that is effective in reducing poverty in [[Bangladesh]] and 10 other countries
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2015: Abed|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2015_abed/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203133532/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2015_abed/|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref name="worldfoodprize">{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Sam|others=Global development is supported by [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation|BMFG]]|date=2 July 2015|title=Brac's Sir Fazle Hasan Abed wins 2015 World Food prize for reducing poverty|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jul/02/brac-sir-fazle-hasan-abed-wins-2015-world-food-prize-reducing-poverty|url-status=live|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419154218/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jul/02/brac-sir-fazle-hasan-abed-wins-2015-world-food-prize-reducing-poverty|archive-date=19 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" |2016
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Maria|Andrade|dab=scientist}}
|{{CPV}}
| rowspan="3" |For the "single most successful example of biofortification" in the form of [[Biofortification|biofortified]] orange-fleshed [[sweet potato]] that is resistant, tolerant and [[High-yielding variety|high yielding]]
| rowspan="3" align="center"|<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=2016: Andrade, Bouis, Low and Mwanga|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2016_andrade_bouis_low_and_mwanga/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203133547/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2016_andrade_bouis_low_and_mwanga/|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=29 July 2016|title=World Food Prize puts focus on biofortification|url=https://www.mssrf.org/content/world-food-prize-puts-focus-biofortification-1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205103724/https://www.mssrf.org/content/world-food-prize-puts-focus-biofortification-1|archive-date=5 December 2021|access-date=5 December 2021|publisher=[[MS Swaminathan Research Foundation]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Robert|Mwanga}}
|{{UGA}}
|-
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Jan|Low}}
|{{USA}}
|-
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Howarth|Bouis}}
|{{USA}}
|For "the implementation of a multi-institutional approach to biofortification as a global plant breeding strategy"
|align="center"|<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" />
|-
|2017
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Akinwumi|Adesina}}
|{{NGR}}
|For leadership and innovation in building political will to transform African agriculture at all levels
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2017: Adesina|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2017_adesina/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203133553/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2017_adesina/|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=IFPRI Congratulates Akinwumi Adesina on 2017 World Food Prize|url=https://www.ifpri.org/ifpri-congratulates-akinwumi-adesina-2017-world-food-prize|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205101757/https://www.ifpri.org/ifpri-congratulates-akinwumi-adesina-2017-world-food-prize|archive-date=5 December 2021|access-date=5 December 2021|website=|publisher=[[International Food Policy Research Institute]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2018
! scope="row" |{{Sortname|Lawrence|Haddad}}
|{{UK}}<br>{{ZAF}}
| rowspan="2" |For elevating maternal and child malnutrition to a central issue at national and international levels
| rowspan="2" align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2018: Haddad and Nabarro|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2018_haddad_and_nabarro/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203133543/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2018_haddad_and_nabarro/|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=19 October 2018|title=Lawrence Haddad and David Nabarro, 2018 World Food Prize Laureates|url=https://scalingupnutrition.org/news/lawrence-haddad-and-david-nabarro-2018-world-food-prize-laureates/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205101759/https://scalingupnutrition.org/news/lawrence-haddad-and-david-nabarro-2018-world-food-prize-laureates/|archive-date=5 December 2021|access-date=5 December 2021|website=scalingupnutrition.org|publisher=SUN}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |{{Sortname|David|Nabarro}}
|{{UK}}<br>{{UN}}
|-
|2019
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Simon N.|Groot}}
|{{NLD}}
|For empowering smallholder farmers in more than 60 countries through enhanced vegetable production
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019: Groot|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2019_groot/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203133632/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/20102019_laureates/2019_groot/|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Doody|first=Alison|date=16 October 2019|title=2019 World Food Prize recognizes the impact of bringing improved seeds to Africa, Asia and Latin America|work=|publisher=[[International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center]]|url=https://www.cimmyt.org/news/2019-world-food-prize-recognizes-the-impact-of-bringing-improved-seeds-to-africa-asia-and-latin-america/|url-status=live|access-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205101749/https://www.cimmyt.org/news/2019-world-food-prize-recognizes-the-impact-of-bringing-improved-seeds-to-africa-asia-and-latin-america/|archive-date=5 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2020
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Rattan|Lal}}
|{{IND}}<br>{{USA}}
|For a soil-centric approach to sustainably increasing food production
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 Lal|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/2020_lal/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203133609/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/2020_lal/|archive-date=3 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=12 June 2020|title=Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal wins prestigious World Food Prize|newspaper=[[Mint (newspaper)|Livemint]]|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/indian-american-soil-scientist-rattan-lal-wins-prestigious-world-food-prize-11591934562403.html|url-status=live|access-date=12 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612044436/https://www.livemint.com/news/india/indian-american-soil-scientist-rattan-lal-wins-prestigious-world-food-prize-11591934562403.html|archive-date=12 June 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2021
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Shakuntala H.|Thilsted|link=Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted}}
|{{TTO}}<br>{{DNK}}
|For achievements in pioneering fish-based nutrition-sensitive approaches to food systems
|align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2021 Thilsted|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/2021_thilsted/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205054356/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/2021_thilsted/|archive-date=5 December 2021|access-date=3 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pitt|first=David|date=11 May 2021|title=World Food Prize goes to nutrition expert for fish research|url=https://apnews.com/article/us-news-united-nations-europe-lifestyle-science-5e81a0c0047cf5d4cb286d6a43fc13b4|url-status=live|access-date=5 December 2021|website=[[Associated Press]]|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205140445/https://apnews.com/article/us-news-united-nations-europe-lifestyle-science-5e81a0c0047cf5d4cb286d6a43fc13b4}}</ref>
|-
|2022
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Cynthia|Rosenzweig|link=Cynthia Rosenzweig}}
|{{USA}}
|For her pioneering work in modeling the impact of climate change on food production worldwide
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=2022 World Food Prize Awarded to NASA Climate Scientist |url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm/87428/48752/2022_world_food_prize_awarded_to_nasa_climate_scientist |website=World Food Prize Foundation |date=5 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nasa climate research scientist awarded World Food prize |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/05/world-food-prize-2022-winner-cynthia-rosenzweig-nasa |work=The Guardian |date=5 May 2022}}</ref>
|-
|2023
! scope="row"|{{Sortname|Heidi|Kühn}}
|{{USA}}
|For her farmer-focused development model that revitalizes farmland, food security, livelihoods and resilience after devastating conflict.
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm/87428/48940/humanitarian_heidi_khn_wins_2023_world_food_prize_for_restoring_agriculture_to_demined_land_in_former_war_zones | title=Humanitarian Heidi Kühn wins 2023 World Food Prize for restoring agriculture to de-mined land in former war zones }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2024
! scope="row" |{{Sortname|Cary|Fowler}}
|{{USA}}
| rowspan="2" |For their extraordinary leadership in preserving and protecting the world's heritage of crop biodiversity and mobilizing this critical resource to defend against threats to global food security.
| rowspan="2" align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/world-food-prize-seed-vault-2fc37ea32fca3f0a86d0ca1c7ea00420|title=Men behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize|date=9 May 2024|website=AP News}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |{{Sortname|Geoffrey|Hawtin}}
|{{UK}}<br>{{CAN}}
|}

== Associated events ==
The Foundation has expanded into a number of associated events including the Norman E. Borlaug International Symposium, also known as the World Food Prize Symposium or the [[Borlaug Dialogue]].{{sfnp|Quinn, "M. S. Swaminathan-Scientist, Hunger Fighter, World Food Prize Laureate"|2015|p=423}}{{sfnp|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006|p=138}} A Youth Institute was established in 1994 to motivate youngsters in agriculture, food, population and connected sciences.{{sfnp|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006|pp=144-145}} Youth Institutes have been set up in 24 states of the United States, and three other countries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Youth Institutes|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/youth_programs_map/?nodeID=88380|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211071636/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/youth_programs_map/?nodeID=88380|archive-date=11 December 2021|access-date=11 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref> based on essays, high school students are selected to take part in the activities of these institutes. Participation in these institutes also makes one eligible for an eight-week internship program.{{sfnp|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006|pp=144–145}}

The Borlaug-Ruan International Internship provides high school students an eight-week opportunity for a hands-on experience, working with world-renowned scientists and policymakers in hunger and nutrition at leading research centres around the world.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=15 October 2020|title=World Food Prize Foundation Announces the 2020 Borlaug-Ruan International Internship Award Recipients|url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm/87428/48021/world_food_prize_foundation_announces_the_2020_borlaugruan_international_internship_award_recipients|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518181245/https://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm/87428/48021/world_food_prize_foundation_announces_the_2020_borlaugruan_international_internship_award_recipients|archive-date=18 May 2021|access-date=17 December 2021|publisher=The World Food Prize Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jedrzejewski|first=Kelly|date=12 November 2019|title=First-year student awarded study abroad funding as Borlaug-Ruan intern|url=https://www.psu.edu/news/academics/story/first-year-student-awarded-study-abroad-funding-borlaug-ruan-intern/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201142906/https://www.psu.edu/news/academics/story/first-year-student-awarded-study-abroad-funding-borlaug-ruan-intern/|archive-date=1 December 2021|access-date=1 December 2021|website=|publisher=[[Pennsylvania State University]]}}</ref> The internship was founded in 1998 and has funded over 350 Borlaug-Ruan interns who have travelled to 34 agricultural research centres around the world.<ref name=":0"/> The Iowa Hunger Summit has taken place during the week of the World Food Prize events since 2007. The event is open to the public and celebrates the role Iowans play in fighting hunger and advancing food security each year.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Crumb|first=Michael|date=27 October 2020|title=World Food Prize, Iowa Hunger Summit: What you need to know|work=BusinessRecord|url=https://businessrecord.com/MobileContent/Culture/Culture/Article/World-Food-Prize-Iowa-Hunger-Summit-What-you-need-to-know/170/832/91665|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201142605/https://businessrecord.com/MobileContent/Culture/Culture/Article/World-Food-Prize-Iowa-Hunger-Summit-What-you-need-to-know/170/832/91665|archive-date=1 December 2021}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[List of agriculture awards]]

==References==
;Notes
{{Notelist}}
;Citations
{{Reflist}}

;Bibliography
*{{Cite book|last=Hesser|first=Leon F.|url=https://archive.org/details/manwhofedworldno0000hess|title=The Man Who Fed the World: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug and His Battle to End World Hunger|publisher=Durban House Publishing Company.|year=2006|isbn=978-1-930754-90-4|lccn=2006902414|ref={{sfnref|Hesser, ''The Man Who Fed the World''|2006}}|url-access=registration|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}
*{{cite journal|last1=Quinn|first1=Kenneth M.|date=10 August 2015|title=M. S. Swaminathan-Scientist, Hunger Fighter, World Food Prize Laureate|url=https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/109/03/0417.pdf|journal=Current Science|volume=109|issue=3|pages=417–429|ref={{sfnref|Quinn, "M. S. Swaminathan-Scientist, Hunger Fighter, World Food Prize Laureate"|2015}}}}

==External links==
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* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{official website}}
* {{URL|https://www.iowahungersummit.org/|Iowa Hunger Summit official website}}
* {{URL|https://www.halloflaureates.org/|Hall of Laureates official website}}

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