🏆 World Food Prize Laureates & Contributions

S. No. Year Laureate(s) Major Achievement
1 2020 Dr. Rattan Lal Soil-centric approach to increase food production while restoring natural resources and mitigating climate change.
2 2012 Dr. Daniel Hillel Conceived and implemented micro-irrigation systems in arid and dryland regions.
3 2009 Dr. Gebisa Ejeta Developed Africa’s first drought-resistant sorghum hybrids resistant to Striga.
4 2005 Dr. Modadugu Vijay Gupta (India) Low-cost freshwater fish farming techniques for rural poor communities.
5 2004 Prof. Yuan Longping Development of high-yielding hybrid rice varieties.
6 2004 Dr. Monty Jones Development of NERICA rice to increase yields in Africa.
7 2000 Dr. Surinder K. Vasal Development of Quality Protein Maize (QPM).
8 1998 Dr. B. R. Barwale (India) Strengthened seed production and distribution systems in India.
9 1996 Dr. Henry Beachell & Dr. Gurdev S. Khush (India) Development of “miracle rice” varieties increasing Asian rice production.
10 1989 Dr. Verghese Kurien (India) Founder of Operation Flood; transformed India into the largest milk producer.
11 1987 Prof. M. S. Swaminathan (India) Introduced high-yielding wheat and rice varieties during India’s Green Revolution.