M. S. Swaminathan

M. S. Swaminathan

male, 84 years old
Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, Alleppey District, Synergy, Tamilnadu, Kumbakonam, high yielding varieties…food security, WorldFoodPrizelaureate
Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is an Indian agriculture scientist, born August 7, 1925, in Kumbakonam, Tamilnadu, The second of four sons of a...
Pedro Sanchez

Pedro Sanchez

male, 69 years old
North Carolina State University faculty, Cuban-American, Cornell University alumni, Soil scientist, Philip Dobie, Nalan Yuksel…World Food Prize, WorldFoodPrizelaureate
Pedro A. Sanchez (b. 1940), is a Cuban-American soil scientist. He is Director of the Program on Tropical Agriculture at Columbia University and...
Catherine Bertini

Catherine Bertini

female, 59 years old (Cortland, New York, United States)
food distribution, Syracuse University, WorldFoodPrizelaureate, Public Servant, secretary general, World Food Programme…World Food Program, World Food Prize, World Food Program employee
Catherine Ann Bertini (b. 1950) is an American public servant. She has become perhaps best known for her work in highlighting the pivotal role of...
Muhammad Yunus

Muhammad Yunus

male, 69 years old
Grameen foundation, microfinance, Banker to the Poor, microcredit, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Economist…Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Laureate, Sydney Peace Prize, World Business Forum, World Food Prize
Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and founder of Grameen Bank, has shown himself to be a leader who can translate his vision into powerful...
Hans Herren

Hans Herren

male, 62 years old
Swiss, Entomologist, WorldFoodPrizelaureate, Cassava, World Food Prize, mealybug
Dr. Hans Rudolf Herren (born 1947 in Switzerland) is an internationally renowned entomologist, agriculturalist, and development expert. In the...
Gurdev Khush

Gurdev Khush

male, 74 years old
agronomy, University of California, Davis alumni, WorldFoodPrizelaureate, World Food Prize, rice, green revolution
Dr. Gurdev Singh Khush is an Indian agronomist. Along with his mentor, Dr. Henry Beachell, he received the 1996 World Food Prize for their...
Yuan Longping

Yuan Longping

male, 79 years old
hybrid rice, Chinese Academy of Engineering, State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, World Food Prize, erhu, motorcycling…robust food, Wolf Prize, WorldFoodPrizelaureate, UNESCO Science Prize laureate
Yuan Longping is a Chinese agricultural scientist and educator, known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s. His "hybrid...
Verghese Kurien

Verghese Kurien

male, 87 years old
engineer, White Revolution, Milkman of India, Padma Vibhushan recipient, Kozhikode, Padma Shri recipient…WorldFoodPrizelaureate
Verghese Kurien (born November 26, 1921 at Kozhikode, Kerala) is called the "father of the White Revolution" in India. He is also known as the...
Nevin S. Scrimshaw

Nevin S. Scrimshaw

male, 91 years old
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Professor, emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty, United Nations University faculty, World Food Prize…Food Scientist, WorldFoodPrizelaureate
Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw (born 1918) is a food scientist and Institute Professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Scrimshaw...

Henry Beachell

male, deceased (2006)
University of Nebraska, rice, farm, WorldFoodPrizelaureate, agronomy, hybrid…World Food Prize
Henry Monroe Beachell was an American plant breeder. His research led to the development of "miracle rice" - hybrid rice cultivars that saved...