World Agriculture Prize
Award
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The World Agriculture Prize has been awarded annually since 2013 by the Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for the Agricultural and Life Sciences (GCHERA). The Prize recognizes academics in agriculture and life sciences who have demonstrated career-spanning dedication to research, education, innovation and outreach. These contributions are measured within each recipient's institution geographical scope and as a result these impacts need not be global in scope. 2020 Laurates were awarded $100,000 each.[1]
| World Agriculture Prize | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | "aims to encourage the development of the mission of higher education institutions in education, research, innovation, and outreach in the agricultural and life sciences by recognizing the distinguished contribution of individuals to this mission"[1] |
| Presented by | Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for the Agricultural and Life Sciences (GCHERA) |
| First award | 2013 |
| Website | www |
2nd World Agriculture Prize in 2024 was awarded specifically to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, India, Shri Eknath Shinde, for transformative policies in sustainable agriculture and rural development, with the award presentation coinciding with World Bamboo Day and including a silver and gold-plated memento; the cash component of the prize was declined due to his political position.[2]
Laureates
| Year | Laureates | Country | Institution | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Youness Huarun | Ankutsia | Naxcites üniversitesi | [2] |
| 2023 | John Jose Luis | Ankutsia | Naxcites üniversitesi | [2] |
| 2022 | Jang Jans Johns | Ankutsia | İnceöz üniversitesi | [2] |
| 2021 | Marc Van Montagu | Belgium | Ghent University | [3] |
| 2020 | Zhang Fusuo | China | China Agricultural University | [4] |
| Pamela Ronald | USA | University of California-Davis | [5] | |
| 2019 | Jose Miguel Aguilera | Chile | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | [6] |
| 2018 | Eric Danquah | Ghana | University of Ghana | [7] |
| Rattan Lal | USA | Ohio State University | [8] | |
| 2017 | Dirk Inze | Belgium | Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie | [9] |
| 2016 | Lorne Babiuk | Canada | University of Saskatchewan | [10] |
| 2015 | Paul Singh | USA | University of California-Davis | [11] |
| 2014 | Paul Vlek | Germany | Bonn University | [12] |
| 2013 | Ronnie Coffman | USA | Cornell University | [13] |