Norman E. Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of work to feed a hungry world, is the Founder of The World Food Prize
Our Bureau
Des Moines, IA
Dr Swati Nayak, an Indian scientist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), has been named the 2023 recipient of the prestigious Norman E Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, with the World Food Prize Foundation describing her as an “outstanding young scientist.”
Nayak is the South Asia Lead for Seed System and Product Management at the IRRI in New Delhi.
Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation, this award is a recognition of Nayak’s innovative approach to engaging smallholder farmers in demand-driven rice seed systems, from testing and deployment to equitable access and adoption of climate-resilient and nutritious rice varieties, as per the release from the World Food Prize Foundation.
This award is given to exceptional scientists under 40 and someone who works in the field of food and nutrition security, and hunger eradication in memory of the Nobel awardee and Green Revolution’s chief architect Dr. Norman Borlaug.
In 1970 Norman E. Borlaug was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for a lifetime of work to feed a hungry world and is the Founder of The World Food Prize.
