Von Braun Receives Bertebos Prize
January 30, 2009| |
Dr Joachim von Braun, director of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), received the Bertebos Prize 2009 in Stockholm for “his outstanding work in development economics and as effective head of several development research institutions focusing on food, agriculture and rural poverty.”
The Bertebos Prize is awarded by the Royal Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Kungliga Skogs- och Lantbruksakademien (KSLA), every second year at the annual Commemorative Meeting to a person who has carried out high quality research and its application within the areas of food, agriculture, ecology or animal health. Professor Ingo Potrykus of Magden, Switzerland won the award in 2007.
Details of the award are at http://ifpriblog.org/2009/01/27/joachim-von-braun-awarded-bertebos-prize.aspx and http://www.berte.se/eng/html/pris/pris.asp
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