World Food Prize

The World Food Prize is an international award to recognize the achievements of individual(s) who have advanced and high human development by improving the quality, quantity, or availability of food in the world.

Awarded for	Outstanding achievement in advancement of human development through improved food quality, quantity, or availability
Location	Des Moines, Iowa, United States

World Food Prize Media

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  The Iowa State Capitol, where the laureates are honored and officially awarded their prize

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  World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, the renovated and rehabilitated former Des Moines Library

• 1987 recipient M. S. Swaminathan

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  1992 recipient Edward F. Knipling

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  1993 recipient He Kang

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  1994 recipient Muhammad Yunus

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  2009 recipient Gebisa Ejeta

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  2016 recipient Maria Andrade

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  2017 recipient Akinwumi Adesina

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  2018 recipient David Nabarro