The World Food Prize Foundation

2020-2026 Laureate Announcement Ceremonies

2023 Laureate Announcement

Heidi Kühn

The 2023 World Food Prize Laureate Announcement was hosted at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., on May 11, 2023. Heidi Kühn was recognized for her farmer-focused development model that revitalizes farmland, food security, livelihoods and resilience after devastating conflict. For more than two decades, she has shown more than a million people living in war-torn regions around the world a way forward for restoring peace and prosperity through agriculture.

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