2014 Laureate Announcement Media Coverage
June 18, 2014, U.S. Department of State
(Please Note: This is simply a sampling of the media coverage for this event; we will continue to update this list.)
Official Remarks
- Remarks at the World Food Prize Ceremony, John Kerry, June 18, 2014 http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2014/06/227817.htm
- Remarks at the World Food Prize Ceremony, Amb. Quinn, June 18, 2014
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Highlighted Stories
- "Scientist gets World Food Prize for wheat advances" by David Pitt, Associated Press. June 18, 2014. (Appeared on ABC News, numerous other outlets) http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/scientist-world-food-prize-wheat-advances-24195122
- Editorial: "World Food Prize honors a worthy recipient," The Des Moines Register, June 19, 2014
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/editorials/2014/06/19/world-food-prize-honors-worthy-recipient/10821367/
International News
- "India-born scientist named winner of 2014 World Food Prize" by Lalit K Jha, Wall Street Journal's LiveMint, June 19
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/3MXvpcYiyU4LMPgd8fYW3I/Indiaborn-scientist-named-winner-of-2014-World-Food-Prize.html - "Sanjaya Rajaram chosen for World Food Prize," The Hindu, June 19
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sanjaya-rajaram-chosen-for-world-food-prize/article6127453.ece - "India-born scientist Sanjaya Rajaram named winner of 2014 World Food Prize," The Indian Express, June 19
http://indianexpress.com/article/world/indians-abroad/india-born-scientist-sanjaya-rajaram-named-winner-of-2014-world-food-prize/ - "Mexican wins 'Nobel of Agriculture,'" Animal Politico. (Also Vanguardia) June 18
http://www.animalpolitico.com/2014/06/gana-mexicano-el-nobel-de-la-agricultura/#axzz350iHYKzs - "Scientists gets World Food Prize for wheat," (AAP, numerous Australian online papers as well). The Australian. June 18
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/fish-feel-pain-too-expert/story-fn3dxix6-1226959348223 - "Indian Born Padma Shree Dr Sanjaya Rajaram Wins 2014 World Food Prize Laureate," Indian Botanists. June 18
http://www.indianbotanists.com/2014/06/indian-born-padma-shree-dr-sanjaya.html - "Indian-Born Scientist Wins World Food Prize," Voice of America, June 18
http://www.voanews.com/content/indian-born-scientist-wins-world-food-prize/1939974.html
National News
- "Wheat Breeder named 2014 World Food Prize Laureate," Farm Futures. June 18
http://farmfutures.com/story-wheat-breeder-named-2014-world-food-prize-laureate-17-114005 - "2014 World Food Prize honors man who helped launch ‘Green Revolution’" by Forrest Laws, Delta Farm Press, June 18
http://deltafarmpress.com/miscellaneous/2014-world-food-prize-honors-man-who-helped-launch-green-revolution - "Wheat researcher Sanjaya Rajaram named World Food Prize laureate" by Sarah Gonzalez, Agri-Pulse
http://www.agri-pulse.com/wheat-researcher-Sanjaya-Rajaram-named-World-Food-Prize-laureate-06182014.asp
Iowa News
- "World Food Prize goes to Borlaug Colleague," by Christopher Doering. Des Moines Register (reprinted regionally). June 18
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/06/19/world-food-prize-sanjaya-rajaram-norman-borlaug-colleague/10832037/ - "2014 World Food Prize winner worked with wheat in Mexico," by Pat Curtis. Radio Iowa. June 18
http://www.radioiowa.com/2014/06/18/2014-world-food-prize-winner-worked-with-wheat-in-mexico/ - "World Food Prize winner just announced." KCCI News. June 18
http://www.kcci.com/news/2014-world-food-prize-recipient-to-be-named/26546088#!0w1Ym - "New World Food Prize Laureate Announced," WHOtv.com Channel 13 News. June 18
http://whotv.com/2014/06/18/new-world-food-prize-laureate-announced/
Organizations
- "World Food Prize Laureate Announcement Ceremony," U.S. State Department DipNote Blog, June 17
https://blogs.state.gov/stories/2014/06/17/world-food-prize-laureate-announcement-ceremony