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World Food Prize 2026 goes to Dutch food-safety scientist Hub Lelieveld
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Who founded the World Food Prize Hub Lelieveld just won? The GS-III awards fact to remember
Hub Lelieveld of the Netherlands, a food-safety scientist and humanitarian, is the recipient of the 2026 World Food Prize. The prize was founded by Norman Borlaug, the agronomist behind the Green Revolution, to honour advances in the quality, quantity or availability of food.
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Hub Lelieveld of the Netherlands, a food-safety scientist and humanitarian, is the recipient of the 2026 World Food Prize.
The prize was founded by Norman Borlaug, the agronomist behind the Green Revolution, to honour advances in the quality, quantity or availability of food.
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- 2026 World Food Prize: Hub Lelieveld of the Netherlands, a food-safety scientist and humanitarian
- Founded by Norman Borlaug, the agronomist behind the Green Revolution
- The prize honours advances in the quality, quantity or availability of food
- M. S. Swaminathan was the first World Food Prize laureate in 1987
- Borlaug received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his work on high-yielding wheat
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- The World Food Prize was founded by Norman Borlaug, the agronomist associated with the Green Revolution.
- The World Food Prize recognises contributions to improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world.
- The 2026 World Food Prize has been awarded to Hub Lelieveld of the Netherlands for work in food safety.
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GS-III (agriculture, food security) and GS-II (global hunger governance). Food safety is a neglected pillar of food security: availability alone does not ensure nutrition if food is contaminated. In India, the FSSAI under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 is the key regulator; the way forward lies in stronger testing infrastructure, supply-chain hygiene and consumer awareness.
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2026ರ ವಿಶ್ವ ಆಹಾರ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿಯ ಪುರಸ್ಕೃತರ ಹೆಸರು ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ಘೋಷಣೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿದ ಕೃಷಿ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿ ಯಾರು?
- ಎಂ. ಎಸ್. ಸ್ವಾಮಿನಾಥನ್
- ವರ್ಗೀಸ್ ಕುರಿಯನ್
- ನಾರ್ಮನ್ ಬೋರ್ಲಾಗ್
- ಜೋನಸ್ ಸಾಲ್ಕ್
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ಉತ್ತರ: C — ನಾರ್ಮನ್ ಬೋರ್ಲಾಗ್ ಸರಿಯಾದ ಉತ್ತರ. ಹಸಿರು ಕ್ರಾಂತಿಯ ಹಿಂದಿನ ಕೃಷಿ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿ ಬೋರ್ಲಾಗ್ ವಿಶ್ವ ಆಹಾರ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿದರು.
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