India-born plant scientist Sanjaya Rajaram wins World Food Prize

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 Photo: India-born plant scientist Sanjaya Rajaram wins World Food Prize India-born plant scientist Sanjaya Rajaram has been named the winner of the 250,000 US dollars World Food Prize for his breakthrough achievement in increasing global wheat production by more than 200 million tonnes following the Green Revolution. US Secretary of State John Kerry said Rajaram's work serves as an inspiration to do more. World Food Prize Foundation President and the former US Ambassador to Cambodia Kenneth M Quinn said the 2014 World Food Prize Laureate is an individual who worked closely with Dr Borlaug in Mexico. He said, Rajaram then carried forward and extended his work, breaking new ground with his own achievements. The World Food Prize was established in 1986 by Borlaug in order to focus the world's attention on hunger and on those whose work has significantly helped efforts to end it. Rajaram followed Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman E Borlaug at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, leading its Wheat Program from 1976 to 2001. More than 480 high-yielding wheat varieties bred by Rajaram have been released in 51 countries on six continents and have been widely adopted by small- and large-scale farmers alike.

India-born plant scientist Sanjaya Rajaram has been named the winner of the 250,000 US dollars World Food Prize for his breakthrough achievement in increasing global wheat production by more than 200 million tonnes following the Green Revolution.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Rajaram's work serves as an inspiration to do more.
World Food Prize Foundation President and the former US Ambassador to Cambodia Kenneth M Quinn said the 2014 World Food Prize Laureate is an individual who worked closely with Dr Borlaug in Mexico.
He said, Rajaram then carried forward and extended his work, breaking new ground with his own achievements.
The World Food Prize was established in 1986 by Borlaug in order to focus the world's attention on hunger and on those whose work has significantly helped efforts to end it.
Rajaram followed Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman E Borlaug at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, leading its Wheat Program from 1976 to 2001. More than 480 high-yielding wheat varieties bred by Rajaram have been released in 51 countries on six continents and have been widely adopted by small- and large-scale farmers alike.

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