GK
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Question
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To encourage increase in the quality, quantity and availability o food in the world, the world food prizes is founded by
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Prof Norman Borlaug
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Prof MS Swaminathan
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UNDP
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WHO
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Conceived by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Norman Borlaug and established in 1986 through the support of General Foods, the prize is envisioned and promoted as the Nobel or the highest honors in the field of food and agriculture.
Detailed explanation-2: -This $10, 000 award recognizes exceptional, science-based achievement in international agriculture and food production by an individual under the age of 40. Awardees emulate the same intellectual courage, stamina and determination in the fight to eliminate global hunger and poverty demonstrated by Dr.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1970 Norman E. Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of work to feed a hungry world.
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