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World Food Prize Launches Youth Institute in South Africa

January 29, 2026January 14, 2026 Stuart Mitchell

The World Food Prize Foundation today announced the expansion of Youth Programming with the launch of the South Africa Youth Institute, hosted at Stellenbosch University. “The South Africa Youth Institute embodies our dedication to nurturing the next generation of changemakers who will tackle the world’s most pressing food challenges,” said Mashal Husain, President, World Food Prize Foundation. “By engaging young leaders across South Africa, we are planting the seeds for a more resilient, innovative and food-secure future for the entire region.” On June 25 South African high school students will…

Nominations Open for 2027 World Food Prize, Honoring Global Leaders in Food and Agriculture

January 23, 2026January 8, 2026 Stuart Mitchell

Nominations are now open for the 2027 World Food Prize, the preeminent international award for food and agriculture. The $500,000 award recognizes significant contributions in any field involved in the global food supply system. Most recently, the award was presented to Brazilian soil scientist Mariangela Hungria for her extraordinary advancements in biological nitrogen fixation, transforming the sustainability of soil health and crop nutrition for tropical agriculture. Each year the Laureate is honored in a ceremony held in parallel with the Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue, a globally renowned high-level event…

Brazil’s Mariangela Hungria Honored at 2025 World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony for Pioneering Soil Microbiology and Sustainable Farming

December 4, 2025November 13, 2025 Stuart Mitchell

Brazilian soil scientist Mariangela Hungria was celebrated as the 2025 World Food Prize Laureate at a high-level ceremony presided over by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, who delivered the Laureate Proclamation. The ceremony was also attended by chief guest, H.E. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana. Her Excellency gave a keynote speech and then joined a fireside chat with 2017 World Food Prize Laureate Hon. Akinwumi Adesina, the former President of the African Development Bank, emphasizing the need for bold investment and shared responsibility to tackle interconnected…

More Than 150 Nobel And World Food Prize Laureates Issue Unprecedented Wake-Up Call Over Hunger Tipping Point

February 14, 2025January 16, 2025 Stuart Mitchell

More than 150 Nobel and World Food Prize Laureates have made an unprecedented plea for financial and political backing to develop “moonshot” technologies with the greatest chance of averting a hunger catastrophe in the next 25 years. In an open letter signed by 133 winners of the Nobel Prize and World Food Prize, the signatories warned that the world was “not even close” to meeting future food needs, with an estimated 700 million people going hungry today and an additional 1.5 billion people to feed by 2050. The letter predicted…