By reducing the cost of breeding, the firm hopes to improve yields and other properties for an array of important crops ...

Stepping down as agriculture secretary, former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack is stepping up as the first CEO of the World Food Prize ...

Architect of India's Green Revolution, C. Subramaniam, remembered for immense contributions by educationist B.K.Krishnaraj ...

Today is former Governor Terry Branstad’s last day as president of the World Food Prize. “I intend to still be involved as a volunteer and I want to do what I can to help,” Branstad said during a ...

Established in 1986 by Iowa native and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Norman Borlaug, the annual award recognizes individuals who have improved the quality, quantity or availability of food.

Others are recipients of the World Food Prize, an annual award now worth $500,000 set up by American scientist Norman Borlaug, whose wheat research propelled Mexico to self-sufficiency in the 1950s.

Varanasi: Swati Nayak, a scientist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) – South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC), was invited to the presti.

Minnesota has long been an agricultural innovator. From creating the first winter-hardy alfalfa to cultivating Honeycrisp apples to University of Minnesota alumnus Norman Borlaug fathering the ...

Here's what to know about Tom Vilsack, who will become the new president of the Des Moines-based World Food Prize Foundation.