CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Dr. Lal was announced as the recipient of the Prize on June 11, 2020. He was awarded the Prize for developing and mainstreaming a soil-centric approach to increasing food production that conserves natural resources and mitigates climate change.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rattan Lal. Dr. Rattan Lal, native of India and a citizen of the United States, will receive the 2020 World Food Prize for developing and mainstreaming a soil-centric approach to increasing food production that restores and conserves natural resources and mitigates climate change.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dr. Rattan Lal is the director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center at Ohio State University and recipient of the 2020 World Food Prize for his work in soil science.

Detailed explanation-4: -"Dr. Govindaraj truly follows in the footsteps of Norman Borlaug in his quest to ensure nutritious food for all throughout India and Africa, ” said Ronnie Coffman, Professor Emeritus at Cornell University and Chair of the Borlaug Field Award Jury.

Detailed explanation-5: -Dr. Mahalingam Govindaraj, Senior Scientist for Crop Development with HarvestPlus at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, has been named the 2022 recipient of the Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by The Rockefeller Foundation.