Call for Nomination: World Food Prize 2021. The World Food Prize is awarded for a specific, exceptionally significant, individual achievement that advances human development with a demonstrable increase in the quantity, quality, availability of, or access to food through creative interventions at any point within the full scope of the food system.

Focus Areas

Fields of achievement include, but are not limited to: soil and land; plant and animal science; food science and technology; nutrition; rural development; marketing; food processing, packaging and storage; water and the environment; natural resource conservation; physical infrastructure; transportation and distribution; special or extraordinary feeding programs; social organization and poverty elimination; economics and finance; policy analysis and implementation; and public advocacy.

Eligibility

• Nominees for World Food Prize 2021 remain eligible for consideration for a three-year period, starting with the year of submission.
• Nominators are encouraged to provide updated information during this period.
• After this three-year time frame, a completely new nomination must be submitted in order for the nominee to continue to be considered.
• The Selection Committee may decide to extend the eligibility period for nominations deemed worthy of further consideration.

Nominations 

• Any academic institution, private or public organization, or governmental unit may submit a nomination for the World Food Prize.
• Any such entity may submit as many nominations as it sees fit. All nominations are confidential, and the identities of the nominators and the nominating organization are kept in strict confidence.
• Individuals may generate nominations, but the nomination must be endorsed by, and submitted through an academic institution, private or public organization, or governmental unit. Self-nominations will not be considered.

Useful Links

• Nomination Form
• Nomination Documentation
• Nomination & Selection Procedure