Food Security: Humanitarian Restoring Agriculture to War Zones Wins World Food Prize

May 11, 2023 | Teresa Welsh, Devex
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The founder of an organization which restores the ability to farm on land devastated by conflict has won the 2023 World Food Prize. Heidi Kühn of Roots of Peace is this year’s laureate for the $250,000 prize. It is given each year to someone who has dedicated their career to eradicating global hunger through improving the quality, quantity, or availability of food. It is considered the Nobel Prize for food and agriculture.