Dr. Rajaram received the 2014 World Food Prize

19:00 on October 16 (7:00 am on October 17, Vietnam time) the World Food Awards ceremony took place at Capitol Building, Des Moines City, Iowa - United States.

>>>Awarding the world food prize

Attending the awards ceremony, about 800 attendees from 60 countries around the world.

This year's World Food Prize was awarded to Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram because he had a well-known scientific work and brought about concrete results of an increase of about 200 million tons of world wheat production. To create that feat, Dr. Rajaram has studied and bred and successfully developed 480 cultivated wheat varieties in 51 countries on six continents worldwide.

Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, born in India and now a Mexican citizen. He is an outstanding botanist with many outstanding and outstanding breeding and scientific research projects. His contributions have a profound effect and are important in providing more nutritious food globally and contributing to reducing poverty around the world.

Dr.Rajaram (center) received the World Food Prize in 2014

Speaking at the award ceremony, TS. Rajaram said: "I feel extremely honored to receive the World Food Prize 2014. And this award is not only for me but also for hundreds and thousands of wheat researchers and farmers worldwide. I believe that the challenges of 21st century agriculture and food production have greatly improved compared to the past and can be solved if we impart new knowledge and provide production systems. Advanced agriculture reaches farmers in a sustainable way '.

Dr. Rajaram also believes that future agricultural production will almost certainly be reduced in terms of output and quality if we do not take into account and address the factors related to climate change, the fertility of cultivated land, water shortage, and advanced gene technology application in the next 20-30 years.

The World Food Prize was initiated and established in 1986 by Dr. Norman Borlaug and awarded to individual organizations annually. Dr. Noman Borlaug was also a Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1970 for being the father of the Green Revolution in agriculture.

The World Food Prize is an international award recognized as one of the most prestigious agricultural awards. Regardless of ethnicity, religion, nationality, or political opinion, the award is held annually to honor individuals who have made outstanding contributions and achievements to the human development process by work to improve and improve the productivity, quality and availability of food sources that feed the world.

Some of the winners of the World Food Prize came from countries like Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Cuba, Denmark, Ethiopia, India, Mexico, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United Nations and USA.