Help Eliminating the Hunger and Win a Valuable Prize through the World Food Prize

The World Food Prize is now available for participants all over the world. The World Food Prize is awarded for a specific, exceptionally significant, individual achievement that advances human development with a demonstrable increase in the quantity, quality, availability of, or access to food through creative interventions at any point within the full scope of the food system.

Eligibility:-

• Any academic institution, private or public organization, or governmental unit may submit a nomination for the World Food Prize.

• Nominees remain eligible for consideration for a three-year period, starting with the year of submission. Nominators are encouraged to provide updated information during this period. After this three-year time frame, a completely new nomination must be submitted in order for the nominee to continue to be considered. The Selection Committee may decide to extend the eligibility period for nominations deemed worthy of further consideration.

Competition Fields:-

Fields of achievement include, but are not limited to: 

• Soil and land. 

• Plant and animal science. 

• Food science and technology. 

• Nutrition. 

• Rural development. 

• Marketing. 

• Food processing. 

• Packaging and storage. 

• Water and the environment. 

• Natural resource conservation. 

• Physical infrastructure. 

• Transportation and distribution. 

• Special or extraordinary feeding programs. 

• Social organization and poverty elimination. 

• Economics and finance. 

• Policy analysis and implementation. 

• Public advocacy.

Conditions:-

• The exceptionally significant submitted achievement must be shown to have resulted in a demonstrable increase in the quantity, quality, availability of, or access to food for a large number of people.

• The impact of this achievement must be measurable, quantifiable, or otherwise demonstrated either in terms of reduced poverty, hunger, or suffering; or enhanced health, nutrition, quality of life and well-being.

• It must be clearly shown that this increase in food security was the direct result of the specific actions and activities of the nominee; i.e., without his or her specific accomplishment, no change would have occurred.

• A nominee must be living and in sufficiently good health to attend the World Food Prize Award Ceremony. The nominee must be able to give an acceptance speech and agree to participate in selected media events and the World Food Prize Global Youth Institute at the time of the Award Ceremony.

• The Prize is intended to be awarded to one person. In exceptional circumstances where an additional person (or persons) has collaborated in an indispensable way, more than one person may be included in the nomination. However, it must be demonstrated conclusively that each person contributed in an essential way, and that without each individual’s contribution, no achievement would have been possible.

Evaluation Criteria:-

• The Selection Committee will consider the number of people affected by the nominee's achievement as well as the extent of the change they experienced as substantial factors in evaluating the relative significance of the various individual achievements being considered.

• Substantial weight will also be given to the complexity of the problem and the degree of difficulty involved in achieving success. Similarly, consideration will be given to the degree of ingenuity and determination of the nominee in attaining this change or advancement.

• The Prize recognizes achievements made by individuals working in every part of the world, representing the diversity of the global food and nutrition security community. The Prize aims to give due recognition to individuals of diverse geographic areas, as well as gender, age, race and ethnicity.

• The Selection Committee especially welcomes the nominations of individuals who have worked across political boundaries to feed hungry people in a way that promotes peaceful resolution of conflict.

About the World Food Prize:-

The World Food Prize is an international award recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity, or availability of food in the world. The World Food Prize Foundation's mission is to elevate innovations and inspire action to sustainably increase the quality, quantity and availability of food for all. The Foundation supports this mission through programs that recognize and reward individuals making exceptional achievements in addressing food security and Conven global leaders to address the latest issues and innovations in food and agriculture.

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