World Food Prize Foundation

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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.

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United States, Iowa, Des Moines

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1986

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Jun 30, 2026	World Food Prize Foundation Recognizes African Agri-food Innovators with Three Major Awards	Akinwumi Adesina, 2017 World Food Prize Laureate and Member of the World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors, addresses the delegation at DialogueNEXT in Nairobi, Kenya The recognitions were announced at their landmark DialogueNEXT ev...
Apr 8, 2026	Innovate for Impact Challenge invites applications from African agri-tech startups	The Innovate for Impact Challenge, which invites innovative businesspeople from all over the world to present ground-breaking technologies targeted at transforming agriculture, is open to African startups. The Innovate for Impact Challenge,...
Mar 25, 2026	World Food Prize goes to food safety scientist for preventing millions of cases of foodborne illness	Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By HANNAH FINGERHUT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A scientist who pioneered the modern food processing safety standards used around the world was awarded this year’s World Food Prize, the organization an...
Oct 23, 2025	AgTech Start-up APOLO Biotech Wins $50,000 ‘Innovate for Impact Challenge’ after Global Competition	Three finalists were selected from nearly 400 applications and pitched their concepts live to a panel of judges at the 2025 Borlaug Dialogue DES MOINES, IA, UNITED STATES, October 23, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- After a 10-month global compe...
Oct 21, 2025	2025 Borlaug Dialogue Kicks Off With Global Call for Bold Action on Food Security	Over 250 Organizations Join the Call for Moonshot Investments in Global Food Production DES MOINES, IA, UNITED STATES, October 21, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As the 2025 Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue opens, over 250 organizations...
Sep 9, 2025	Agricultural Innovators Recognized as DialogueNEXT Conference Charts a Path for the Future of Food Production	NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 9, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Proceedings from the DialogueNEXT global agricultural gathering concluded today celebrating an array of Indian and global innovators shaping the future of global food production. The...
Sep 8, 2025	Global Leaders Convene for DialogueNEXT Conference in New Delhi to Confront Hunger Tipping Point	NEW DELHI, INDIA, September 8, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Global agricultural leaders, policymakers, scientists and farmers are gathering in New Delhi this week for DialogueNEXT in India, a two-day high-level event aimed at exploring and ac...
Aug 18, 2025	World Food Prize Foundation Recognizes Meds & Food for Kids’ Founder Among 2025 Top Agri-Food Pioneers	Patricia B. Wolff, MD, founder of Meds & Food for Kids is the first and only physician to be named a Top Agri-Food Pioneer by the World Food Prize Foundation Pediatrician and founder of Meds & Food for Kids, Patricia B. Wolff, MD, i...
Jun 24, 2025	2025 Top Agri-Food Pioneers Announced 39 Changemakers from 27 Countries Forging a New Future for Food	The second annual Top Agri-food Pioneers (TAP) List announced DES MOINES, IA, UNITED STATES, June 24, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- From Australia to Zimbabwe, 39 visionary scientists, farmers, policy advisors, entrepreneurs and humanitarians ...
May 22, 2025	Africa: How Computational Biology Is Zoning in On the Future of Agriculture	Champaign, Illinois — When pioneering agronomist and father of the "Green Revolution" Norman Borlaug set out to breed a disease-resistant, high-yielding variety of wheat, he spent years laboriously planting and pollinating differe...
Mar 25, 2025	More Than 115 Organizations Join Nobel, World Food Prize Laureates’ Call for Agricultural ‘Moonshot’ to Eliminate Hunger	Research institutes, companies and nonprofits endorsed the plea of Nobel and World Food Prize Laureates for urgent action to avoid a looming hunger crisis. We must all step up to advance solutions and initiatives to scale food that is good ...
Feb 6, 2025	Submissions Now Open for the 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneers (TAP)	This year’s cohort, compiled by the World Food Prize Foundation, will feature 39 global trailblazers working to create a hunger free world for all. TAP celebrates leaders who are shaping the future of food and agriculture. Bringing these in...
Jan 14, 2025	More Than 150 Nobel And World Food Prize Laureates Issue Unprecedented Wake-Up Call Over Hunger Tipping Point	Broad coalition of world’s greatest thinkers make urgent plea for ‘moonshot’ efforts to solve ‘tragic mismatch of global food supply and demand’ in open letter. WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, January 14, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- More than...
Oct 28, 2024	IICA Director General joins other world leaders and experts at the Borlaug Dialogue	IICA Manuel Otero Manuel Otero supports forum for discussions on food and agriculture with a global reach at Wolrd Food Prize organized event in Iowa In partnership with the WFP we can implement initiatives that strengthen the inclusion of ...
Sep 5, 2024	U.S. Grains Council and IICA highlight the importance of the bioeconomy and biofuels	IICA and US Grains Council President Ryan LeGrand Director General Manuel Otero address economic development in the Americas In addition to producing food, agriculture is growing energy, and generating new markets such as the carbon market....
Aug 1, 2024	Renowned scholar recognizes IICA efforts to transform the narrative on agriculture, food security and sustainability	Jack Bobo and Manuel Otero Borlaug Cast 2024 award winner Jack Bobo applauds work of Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and Director General Manuel Otero The Council is a useful tool to better understand and comm...
Mar 20, 2024	Violet Grgich to Join the World Food Prize DialogueNEXT Event	Violet Grgich, President and CEO Grgich Hills Estate Commitment to Transformative Agriculture Shines at DialogueNEXT In the heart of every vineyard lies the potential not only to produce exquisite wines but also to cultivate peace and regen...
Feb 8, 2023	Nominations open for the 2024 World Food Prize Laureate	Photo of Cynthia Rosenzweig speaking at the Laureate Award Ceremony Photo of Cynthia Rosenzweig receiving the World Food Prize Photo of past Laureates with Jeanie Borlaug Laube and Janis Ruan Photo of Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted receivin...
Oct 14, 2022	Iowans fight food insecurity with innovative approaches from lab to field to table	Iowa’s role as a leader in agricultural production is well known. The state is also leading the way in fighting food insecurity from farm fields and livestock barns to consumer plates. “In every corner of the state and every aspect of the f...
Aug 25, 2022	The world comes to Iowa to connect, learn and innovate	This sponsored article has been published in partnership with America’s Cultivation Corridor. As thousands of farmers and ag industry professionals descend on Boone, Iowa, for the 2022 Farm Progress Show, Iowa’s leadership in the ag industr...
May 10, 2022	The Radicle Inclusion Challenge Presented by Nutrien for Food & AgTech entrepreneurs committed to diversity & inclusion	Radicle & Nutrien launch The Radicle Inclusion Challenge Presented by Nutrien to invest in startups committed to D&I while advancing a sustainable food system SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, USA, May 10, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- SAN DIEGO,...
Feb 22, 2022	Patents Aim To Boost Corn And Soy Performance By Editing GMO Traits	ROCKTON, IL - OCTOBER 9: Bt-corn is a genetically modified crop that offers growers an alternative ... [+] to spraying an insecticide for control of European and southwestern corn borer. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Getty Images
Jun 24, 2020	Earth’s Rapidly Degrading Soil Is Bad News For Human Health	“If mama ain’t happy, nobody’s happy,” says soil advocate, Holly Arbuckle... “In order to have nutrient dense food, [and healthy people] we need healthy soil.”
Feb 26, 2019	The Role of Heirloom Crops vs Genetic Engineering in Future Food Systems	The food system is a tale of two halves today. On one side, consumers want to go back in time to eat locally-sourced, clean, simple, organic produce, including a growing taste for vintage varieties of certain fruits and vegetables. Technica...
Mar 8, 2017	John Deere and DuPont to Mentor and Invest in New Iowa AgriTech Accelerator	There’s a new accelerator in town and agribusiness giants John Deere and DuPont Pioneer have invested in it. The Greater Des Moines Partnership and the Cultivation Corridor have launched the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator to promote agriculture ...
May 12, 2016	It’s time to bust the myth that Africa doesn’t produce scientific innovators

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When was World Food Prize Foundation founded?

World Food Prize Foundation was founded in 1986.

What has the press written about World Food Prize Foundation?

Parsers VC has collected 27 articles mentioning World Food Prize Foundation, among them “World Food Prize Foundation Recognizes African Agri-food Innovators with Three Major Awards” (Jun 30, 2026) and “Innovate for Impact Challenge invites applications from African agri-tech startups” (Apr 8, 2026).

Is World Food Prize Foundation still active?

Yes, World Food Prize Foundation is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 20, 2026.