Nominations for the World Food Prize are now open to advance human development with a demonstrable increase in the quantity, quality, availability or access to food through creative interventions at any point in the food system.

Areas of achievement

The areas include, but are not limited to:

• soil and earth ;
• plant and animal sciences ;
• food science and technology ;
• nutrition;
• rural development;
• marketing;
• food processing, packaging and storage ;
• water and the environment ;
• conservation of natural resources ;
• physical infrastructure ;
• transport and distribution ;
• special or extraordinary feeding programmes ;
• social organisation and the elimination of poverty ;
• economics and finance ;
• policy analysis and implementation; and
• defending the interests of the public.

Price information

• The World Prize for food is a prize of $250,000 officially awarded at the prize-giving ceremony for the winners in mid-October, on or around World Food Day.

Eligibility criteria

• Any institution universityany private or public organisation or government unit may submit a nomination for the Prize. global of food.
• Such an entity may submit as many applications as it deems appropriate.
• All applications are confidential, and the identity of the nominators and the nominating organisation is strictly confidential.
• Individuals can nominate candidates, but they must be approved by and submitted through an educational institution, a private or public organisation or a government unit.
• Unsolicited applications will not be considered.

Nomination criteria

• It must be demonstrated that this exceptionally important achievement has resulted in a demonstrable increase in the quantity, quality, availability or access to food for a large number of people.
• The impact of this achievement must be measurable, quantifiable or otherwise demonstrated, whether in terms of a reduction in povertyor improved health, nutrition, quality of life and well-being.
• It must be clearly demonstrated that this increase in food safety is the direct result of the applicant's specific actions and activities; i.e. without their specific achievement, no change would have occurred.
• A candidate must be alive and healthy enough to attend the World Food Prize award ceremony.
• The Prize is intended to be awarded to a single person. In exceptional circumstances where one or more additional people have collaborated in an indispensable way, more than one person may be included in the nomination.

For more information, please visit World Food Prize Foundation website.