Heidi Kühn, this year's World Food Prize winner, got a big surprise at the Iowa Capitol ceremony honoring her work to help war-torn countries rebuild their agricultural economies: The cash award ...

The ceremony also included a performance by "Never Enough" signer Loren Allred. Fowler, whose office is part of the U.S. State Department, said food and national security go hand-in-hand.

At its annual Laureate Award Ceremony, the World Food Prize Foundation, Des Moines, Iowa, surprised 2023 Laureate Heidi Kühn with the announcement of a doubling of prize amount to $500,000 ...

Coverage of The World Food Prize 2023 Laureate Award Ceremony at the Iowa Capitol. Heidi Kühn, founder of Roots of Peace, is the 2023 World Food Prize Laureate.

ROME — The World Food Program received the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize via an unconventional Covid-proof, online ceremony Thursday. In November, the world’s largest humanitarian organization was ...

A California peace activist who has worked to remove land mines from war-torn regions and replace them with grape vines, fruit trees and vegetables has been named the 2023 World Food Prize laureate.

Opinion: When a fight born in Iowa brings some of the greatest victories in human history, we owe it attention, writes the Register editorial board.

Brazilian microbiologist Mariangela Hungria's work using beneficial bacteria to boost crop yields wins her the $500,000 World Food Prize. News. ... a Nobel Prize for agriculture, in a ceremony at ...

This undated photo provided by The World Food Prize Foundation shows Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank. Akinwumi the son of a Nigerian farm laborer who rose out of ...

At last October’s World Food Prize ceremony in Des Moines, Kuhn said she intended to use the $500,000 that came with the award to work on removing landmines in Ukraine. The 2024 Nobel Peace ...

World Food Prize Laureate Geoffrey Hawtin speaks during the 2024 laureate award ceremony Thursday at the Iowa Capitol. Hawtin and Fowler, a Mississippi native, said it's important to preserve ...

Coverage of The World Food Prize 2022 Laureate Award Ceremony at the Iowa Capitol. Leading climatologist, agronomist and former farmer Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig (United States) is the 2022 World Food ...