| 03/01/2025 |
Nominations for the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by The Rockefeller Foundation Open March 1
Nominations are now open for the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation.
This $10,000 award recognizes exceptional, science-based achievement in international agriculture...
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| 02/27/2025 |
The Robert D. Ray Iowa SHARES Humanitarian Award Nominations Are Now Open
Nominations for the Robert D. Ray Iowa SHARES Humanitarian Award are now open through April 15, 2025.
The World Food Prize Foundation established the Iowa SHARES Humanitarian Award in 2013...
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| 02/06/2025 |
Submissions Now Open for the 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneers (TAP)
Submissions are now open for the 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneers (TAP), an annual initiative from the World Food Prize Foundation. Launched in 2024, TAP celebrates innovators transforming global food systems....
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| 01/28/2025 |
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Appointed as CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation
The World Food Prize Foundation announced today that United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will serve as the organization’s Chief Executive Officer, beginning March 1, 2025. As CEO, Vilsack...
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| 01/22/2025 |
Inaugural ‘Innovate for Impact Challenge’ Launched by World Food Prize Foundation to Uncover Promising Agricultural Breakthroughs
The World Food Prize Foundation has launched a search for the latest agricultural breakthroughs with a new global competition, “Innovate for Impact Challenge,” The Challenge is aimed at identifying and...
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| 01/14/2025 |
More Than 150 Nobel And World Food Prize Laureates Issue Unprecedented Wake-Up Call Over Hunger Tipping Point
Highlights:
153 Nobel and World Food Prize Laureates call on world leaders to prioritize urgent agricultural research to meet food needs of 9.7 billion people by 2050.
Robert Woodrow Wilson, Cary Fowler,...
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| 12/29/2024 |
World Food Prize Foundation Pays Tribute to Jimmy Carter, First Foundation Council of Advisors Member
On behalf of the World Food Prize Laureates and our Council of Advisors, the World Food Prize Foundation extends its deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of President...
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| 11/19/2024 |
World Food Prize Foundation Announces Leadership Changes
Today, the World Food Prize Foundation announced that Ambassador Terry Branstad will retire as President on January 31, 2025, and Foundation Chief Operating Officer Mashal Husain will become President. In...
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| 10/30/2024 |
World Food Prize Foundation Announces $50,000 Innovate for Impact Challenge
The World Food Prize Foundation, in collaboration with America’s Cultivation Corridor, is excited to announce the launch of the Innovate for Impact Challenge, a groundbreaking initiative designed to accelerate innovation...
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| 10/30/2024 |
Laureate Statement - World Hunger: The Big Issue Being Overlooked In The U.S. Elections
We are struck that the U.S. elections, just one week away, have included almost no discussion of world hunger. The unprecedented progress against world hunger of recent decades has begun...
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