The World Food Prize Foundation (WFPF) has named two scientists, Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler, as the 2024 World Food Prize Laureates.
Both scientists were instrumental in creating a back-up vault of the world’s crop seeds to protect global food security,
According to a statement published on Thursday, the two scientists were announced by WFPF’s president, Terry Branstad, at a ceremony in the United States of America. The event was hosted and presided over by the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken.
