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World Food Prize Foundation
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The Foundation's mission is to elevate innovations and inspire action to sustainably increase the quality, quantity and availability of food for all.
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    Mar 25
    Join us in honoring Huub Lelieveld, 2026 World Food Prize Laureate! 🏆 His leadership in founding the Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI) has helped align food safety standards across 113 countries, strengthening global trade & protecting consumers worldwide! 🌍🥗 #FoodPrize26
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    World Food Prize Foundation
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    Jun 11, 2020
    Congratulations to Dr. Rattan Lal of India and the United States, the 2020 World Food Prize Laureate! #FoodPrize20
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    May 5, 2022
    Congratulations to the 2022 World Food Prize Laureate, Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig of the United States! Dr. Rosenzweig is recognized for her seminal contributions to understanding and predicting the impacts of the interaction between climate and food systems. #FoodPrize22
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    May 11, 2021
    Congratulations to Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted of Trinidad and Tobago and Denmark, the 2021 World Food Prize Laureate! #FoodPrize21
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    World Food Prize Foundation
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    Jun 10, 2019
    Announcing the 2019 World Food Prize Laureate, from the Netherlands, Mr. Simon N. Groot. #FoodPrize19
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    World Food Prize Foundation
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    Jun 25, 2018
    Drs. Lawrence Haddad and David Nabarro were announced today as the 2018 World Food Prize Laureates during a ceremony at @USDA in Washington, D.C. #FoodPrize18
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    World Food Prize Foundation
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    Jun 26, 2017
    The 2017 World Food Prize goes to Dr. Akinwumi Adesina from Nigeria! #FoodPrize17
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    World Food Prize Foundation
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    Feb 6, 2021
    A happy birthday to our 2017 World Food Prize Laureate, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina. He committed his career to the implementation of public policies to support agriculture as a means to combat corruption, increase farmer incomes and improve nutrition. bit.ly/3r4KP9x,
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    World Food Prize Foundation
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    Sep 12, 2020
    Today marks the 11th anniversary of Dr. Norman E. Borlaug’s death. “More than any other single person of this age, he has helped provide bread for a hungry world,” the Nobel committee said in presenting him with the Peace Prize. nyti.ms/3ih1AKR
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    World Food Prize Foundation
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    Oct 17, 2019
    H.E. Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, discusses the objective of eradicating poverty and need to prepare for 10 billion humans on Earth in 2060 in the face of deteriorating earth conditions. #FoodPrize19
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    World Food Prize Foundation
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    Aug 30, 2022
    Congratulations to Dr. Mahalingam Govindaraj for being named the 2022 Borlaug Field Award recipient! His research at @HarvestPlus, @BiovIntCIAT_eng, and @ICRISAT has helped mainstream biofortified crops, in particular pearl millet, in India and Africa. #BFA22
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    World Food Prize Foundation
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    Oct 22, 2021
    A standing ovation for our 2021 World Food Prize Laureate @trinidad1949!
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    World Food Prize Foundation
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    Jan 11, 2019
    Dr. Katharine Hayhoe from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign says we need climate solutions that not only reduce emissions & generate clean energy, but also solutions that will restore our soil & use our resources efficiently. bit.ly/2RCA93Y
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    May 11, 2023
    Congratulations to the 2023 World Food Prize Laureate, Heidi Kühn of the United States! Kühn will receive the World Food Prize in October for her farmer-focused development model that revitalizes farmland, food security, livelihoods and resilience after devastating conflict.
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