Agricultural Sciences

This Award is a lifetime achievement award given every year to eminent persons who have made great impact and outstanding contributions to agricultural research and development and for overall food security and sustainability of agriculture, with special reference to India. The award is open to all, irrespective of his/her nationality. This prestigious Award was instituted in 2004 in the honour of Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, a great visionary and crusader, and the main architect of India's Green Revolution. The Award consists of a plaque of honour, citation, shawl and memento.

The Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, presented every year by the World Food Prize Foundation, is endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation in honour of Nobel Peace Prize winner and World Food Prize founder, Dr. Norman E. Borlaug. This $10,000 award recognizes exceptional, science-based achievement in the field of international agriculture and food production by an individual under the age of 40. The Award is presented in a ceremony during World Food Prize Week events in Des Moines, Iowa, on or near World Food Day, October 16.