2020 Laureate Announcement Media Coverage

Official Remarks

2020 Laureate Announcement Ceremony Webcast

Top Tier

• Associated Press (AP) - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• ABC News - “Ohio State University Soil Professor gets World Food Prize” 
• The New York Times - “Ohio State University Soil Professor gets World Food Prize” 
• The Washington Post - “Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis”
• Yahoo News - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• NPR - “World Food Prize Laureate Is Devoted To Soil” 
• Forbes - “Earth’s Rapidly Degrading Soil is Bad News for Human Health”

Iowa

• Business Record - “Pioneer in soil health science named 2020 World Food Prize laureate”
• Des Moines Register - “Pioneering Ohio State soil scientist wins this year's World Food Prize”
• Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network - “2020 World Food Prize Laureate announced”
• KCCI 8 - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize” 
• KCRG ABC News-  “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• KMALand - “2020 World Food Prize Laureate announced” 
• KYOU News - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize” 
• PA Homepage - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Radio Iowa - “Ohio State professor winner of 2020 World Food Prize”
• Sioux City Journal - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Western Iowa Today - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• WHO Radio - “Congratulations to the 2020 World Food Prize Laureate”
• Cedar Rapids Gazette - “OSU Soil Professor gets World Food Prize”
• DD News - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• Ames Tribune - “Pioneer of research on sequestering carbon in soil is this year's World Food Prize laureate”
• Boone News Republican - “Pioneer of research on sequestering carbon in soil is this year's World Food Prize laureate”
• Dallas County News - “Pioneer of research on sequestering carbon in soil is this year's World Food Prize laureate” 
• The Hawk Eye - “Pioneer of research on sequestering carbon in soil is this year's World Food Prize laureate”
• Chuck Grassley - United States Senator for Iowa - “Grassley on the World Food Prize”
• Iowa Ag Connection - “Soil Health Trailblazer Honored with World Food Prize”
• Iowa Public Radio - "Soil Prof hits Pay Dirt - $250K Prize for Helping Farmers Fighting Climate Change” 

National

• ABC 13 WHAM - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• ABC 6 News - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• ABC 7 WJLA - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Auburn Pub - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Beatrice Daily Sun - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Bellefontaine Examiner - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize” 
• BG Daily News - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Binghamton Homepage - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• California Department of Food and Agriculture - “Soil scientist wins 2020 World Food Prize” 
• CBS WWMT - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• CBS 13 WGME - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Chicago Council Newsletter - “Rattan Lal Named 2020 World Food Prize Laureate” 
• Columbia Basin Herald - “Ohio State university soil professor gets World Food Prize
• Daily Herald - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Daily Independent - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Daily Journal Online - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Dairy Business - “Soil Health Trailblazer Honored as 2020 World Food Prize Laureate”
• EPB - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize” 
• Fairmont Sentinel - “Ohio State prof wins Food Prize”
• Farm and Dairy - “Ohio State scientist Rattan Lal wins World Food Prize”
• Fortune Week - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize” 
• Fox Nebraska - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Fox San Antonio - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Fox 5 Vegas - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Gillette News Record - “Nation in brief”
• Houston Chronicle - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Independent Record - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• KGLO News - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• KMA Land - “2020 World Food Prize Laureate announced”
• KOMO News - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• KTAR News - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• KTVO - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• KUTV - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Magic Valley Times News - “Soil professor gets World Food Prize” 
• Montana Standard - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• MSN - “Pioneering Ohio State soil scientist wins this year's World Food Prize”
• My Plainview - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• NBC Montana - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• NBC 6 WJAC - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• NCAT - “Soil Scientist Rattan Lal Awarded World Food Prize”
• NDTV - “Indian-American Soil Scientist Rattan Lal Gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• No-Till Farmer - “Soil Health Trailblazer Honored as 2020 World Food Prize Laureate”
• Ohio AgriBusiness Association - “Ohio State Soil Scientist Awarded World Food Prize”
• Ohio State University Carbon Management and Sequestration Center - “Congratulations to Dr. Rattan Lal, 2020 World Food Prize Laureate”
• Ohio State University College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences - “Ohio State soil scientist awarded World Food Prize”
• Ohio State University News - “Ohio State soil scientist awarded World Food Prize”
• Ohio State University Office of International Affairs - “Pioneering agricultural methods earn Rattan Lal 2020 World Food Prize”
• Progressive Farmer - “Senate Hearing Will Examine Policies to Get Farmers Certified for Carbon Sequestration”
• San Francisco Chronicle - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Seed Today - “Soil Health Scientist Dr. Rattan Lal Honored As 2020 World Food prize laureate”
• Share America - “Soil researcher wins World Food Prize”
• Successful Farming - “Ohio State soil health scientist wins World Food Prize”
• Spectrum News - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize” 
• Star Tribune - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• The Billings Gazette - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• The Daily News - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• The Columbus Dispatch - “Ohio State professor honored for work to restore soil health, reduce hunger”
• The Fern - “World Food Prize goes to scientist who 'transformed the way the world saw soils'”
• The Gazette - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• The Missoulian - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• The Quad City Times - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• The Seattle Times - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• The Spokesman Review - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• The Tribune (Indiana, US) - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• The Washington Times - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Tucson News - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize” 
• USAgNet - “Ohio State soil scientist awarded World Food Prize” 
• USAID - “USAID Acting Administrator John Barsa on the 2020 World Food Prize”
• USDA - “World Food Prize Names its 50th Laureate”
• U.S. Embassy in Iceland - “Soil researcher wins World Food Prize”
• U.S. News - “Ohio State University Soil Professor Gets World Food Prize”
• U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome - “Soil researcher wins World Food Prize”
• WAMU Radio - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• WBAL - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• WFMJ - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize” 
• Wilmington News Journal - “Ohio State soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• WRAL -  “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize” 
• WTOP News - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• WVLT - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize” 
• WWL Radio - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize” 
• Ag Daily - “Soil health trailblazer honored as 2020 World Food Prize Laureate”
• AgriMarketing - “Ohio State Soil Health Professor Dr. Rattan Lal Named 2020 World Food Prize Laureate”
• Alva Review-Courier - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Amar Ujala - “2020 World Food Prize for Indian soil scientist Rattan Lal”
• ANI News - “Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• Antelope Valley Press - “University soil professor wins World Food Prize”
• Big News Network - “Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• CGIAR - “Former CGIAR scientist Dr. Rattan Lal named 2020 World Food Prize Laureate”
• CNBC - “Indian-American soil scientist wins prestigious World Food Prize”
• Crescent News - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Hastings Tribune - “Soil scientist wins World Food Prize”
• Horti Daily - “World Food Prize 2020 won by Dr. Rattan Lal”
• Koenig Equipment - “Lal Wins World Food Prize”
• KFF- “USAID Acting Administrator Provides Statement Congratulating Winner Of 2020 World Food Prize”
• Ohio Ag Connection - “Ohio State Soil Scientist Awarded World Food Prize”
• The Bismarck Tribune - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize” 
• WWZTV - “Indian-American soil scientist wins prestigious World Food Prize”
• The Business Journal Daily - “Ohio State Soil Professor Gets World Food Prize”
• AgWired - “Leading soil scientist Dr. Rattan Lal announced as 2020 World Food Prize Laureate”
• Crop Science Society of America - “Rattan Lal, Past President of SSSA, Named World Food Prize Laureate”
• OTG Daily News - “Pioneering Ohio State soil scientist wins this year’s World Food Prize”
• University of Wisconsin-Madison - “2020 World Food Prize Laureate | Dr. Rattan Lal”
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette - “Peace through farming”
• The Blade - “Feeding the world”
• Boise State Public Radio - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize FOr Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• Capital Public Radio - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• Delmarva Public Radio - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• GPB News - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• High Plains Public Radio - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• KBIA - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change” 
• KMUW - Wichita Public Radio - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• KIOS - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• KNPR - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• KPBS - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• KRWG - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• KUER - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• KUOW - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• KVIA - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• New Hampshire Public Radio - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• North Country Public Radio - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• Northern Public Radio - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• Oregon Public Broadcasting - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• Peoria Public Radio - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• Public Radio East - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• Public Radio Tulsa - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• Scribd - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• South Carolina Public Radio - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• Southern California Public Radio - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• Spokane Public Radio - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• UPR - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• Voice of Alexandrai - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• WAMC Northeast Public Radio - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• WCBE - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• WCMU Public Radio - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• WEMU - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• WESA - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate” 
• WFMJ - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize” 
• WGVU News - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• Wisconsin Public Radio - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• WJCT  - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• WKSU - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• WMOT - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• WRVO Public Media - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• WSIU - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers Fighting Climate Change”
• WUWF - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• WVIK - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• WXOW - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• WXXI News - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”  
• Wyoming Public Media - “Soil Prof Hits Pay Dirt: $250K Prize For Helping Farmers, Fighting Climate Change”
• EcoWatch - “Soil Scientist Wins $250K PRize for Helping Farmers and Fighting the Climate Crisis”
• Great American Insurance Group - “Lal Wins World Food Prize”
• Farm Progress - “Climate discussions offer ways to diversify income”
• Search and News - “Peace Through Farming”

International

• Agri-Pulse - “Lal selected as 2020 World Food Prize Laureate”
• Agro Nigeria - “2020 World Food Prize: Soil Scientist, Dr. Rattan Lal Emerges 50th Laureate” 
• Brownfield Ag News - “Ohio State University soil scientist awarded World Food Prize”
• Business Standard - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• Cambio 16 - “Rattan Lal, Pioneer in Soil Restoration, Received The World Food Prize 2020”
• City News 1130 - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• City News 660 - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Dev Discourse - “Indian-American soil scientist wins prestigious World Food Prize”
• Devex - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• El Diario De Coahuila - “Soil researcher receives World Food Prize”
• Global Farmer Network - “GFN Congratulates 2020 World Food Prize Laureate, Dr. Rattan Lal”
• Hi India - “Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• India West - “Ohio State University Indian American Soil Professor Named Recipient of 2020 World Food Prize”
• Latestly - “Indian-American Soil Scientist Rattan Lal Gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• Mirage News - “Ohio State soil scientist awarded World Food Prize”
• NDTV - “Indian-American Soil Scientist Rattan Lal Gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• Newsnet - “Indian-American soil scientist wins prestigious World Food Prize” 
• News 18 - “Indian-American Soil Scientist Rattan Lal Gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• Northeast Times - “Indian-American scientist  Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• Outlook India - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• Premium Times - “Soil scientist named 2020 world food prize laureate”
• Rediff Real Time News - “Indian-American Soil Scientist Rattan Lal Gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• SeedQuest - “Soil health trailblazer Dr. Rattan Lal honored as 2020 World Food Prize Laureate”
• Taiwan News - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• The China Post - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize” 
• The Dispatch - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• The Star - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• The Telegraph - “Scientist's ground-up solution to feeding the developing world wins $250,000 prize”
• The Times of India - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• The Tribune - “Need to replenish soil health, says food prize awardee”
• The Week - “Indian-American soil scientist wins prestigious World Food Prize”
• This is Money - “Ohio State University soil professor gets World Food Prize”
• Wageningen University and Research - “Rattan Lal Wins World Food Prize 2020”
• Z News India - “Indian-American Soil Scientist Rattan Lal Gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• ABP Live - “Indian-American Soil Scientist Rattan Lal Receives 2020 World Food Prize”
• Abu Dhabi News - “Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• Affairs Cloud - “Indian-American Soil Scientist Dr. Rattan Lal Honoured as 2020 World Food Prize Laureate”
• Africa Times - “2020 World Food Prize goes to soil health expert”
• All India Radio News - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• APN News - “Indian-American Soil Scientist Rattan Lal gets World Food Prize” 
• Aurus - “Indian-American scientist Rattan lal wins 2020 World Food Prize” 
• Bahamas News - “Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• Bahrain News - “Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• Beijing News - “Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• Bombay News - “Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• Canberra News - “Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• China News - “Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• City Today - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• Editorji - “Indian-American soil scientist bags World Food Prize 2020”
• Etemaad Daily- “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• Financial Express - “Indian-American scientist wins prestigious World Food Prize, considered equivalent to Nobel prize in agriculture”
• Freshers Live - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize” 
• Hindustan Times - “Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, alumnus and soil scientist wins prestigious World Food Prize”
• IASVN - “Former CGIAR scientist Dr. Rattan Lal named 2020 World Food Prize Laureate”
• Jagran - “World Food Prize winning scientist said India should be banned from burning crop residues”
• Jammu Links News - “Indian-American Soil Scientist Rattan Lal gets World Food Prize”
• Latest Laws - “Indian-American Scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• Livemint - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal wins prestigious World Food Prize”
• Malaysia News - “Indian-American scientist Rattan lal wins 2020 World Food Prize” 
• Metro Vaartha - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• Morocco News - “Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• Namibia Press Agency - “Indian-American Soil Scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• News Bharati - “Indian Origin Soil Scientist wins prestigious World Food Prize”
• NetIndian - “India-born soil scientist Rattan Lal chosen for 2020 World Food Prize”
• New Dehli Times - “Eminent Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal honoured with World Food Prize”
• News Mobile - “Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins prestigious 2020 World Food Prize”
• NRI News Today - “Indian American Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• Odisha Bytes - “Indian-American Soil Scientist Dr. Rattan Lal Wins Prestigious World Food Prize”
• Odisha TV - “Indian-American Soil Scientist Wins Prestigious World Food Prize”
• Outlook Poshan - “Indian-American Soil Scientist Wins World Food Prize For Work To Increase Global Food Supply”
• Paris News - “Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• Pragativadi - “Indian-American soil scientist Dr Rattan Lal wins prestigious 2020 World Food Prize”
• Punjab Tribune - “Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• SBCS - “Rattan Lal is awarded the World Food Prize 2020”
• Seed World - “Soil Health Trailblazer Honored as 2020 World Food Prize Laureate”
• Sierra Leone News - “Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• Study IQ - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize” 
• The American Bazaar - “Indian American soil scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• The Economic Times - “Indian-American soil scientist wins prestigious World Food Prize”
• The Hindustan Times - “Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, alumnus and soil scientist wins prestigious World Food Prize”
• The New Indian Express - “Indian-American soil scientist Dr Rattan Lal wins prestigious World Food Prize”
• The News Strike - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• The Print - “Indian-American soil scientist Dr Rattan Lal wins World Food Prize — 'Nobel' of agriculture”
• The Wealth Home - “Indian-American soil scientist wins prestigious World Food Prize” 
• Trinidad News - “Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• Upajvardhak India - “Dr. Rattan Lal, Indian -American Eminent Soil Scientist Awarded World Food Prize 2020” 
• Uzbekistan News - “Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• Vartha Bharati - “Indian-American soil scientist, winner of World Food Prize, for stopping of stubble burning in India”
• VTV Gujarati - “Indian-American scientist Rattan lal honored with World Food Prize”
• Xinhua News Agency - “American soil expert wins World Food Prize” 
• Aspirant World - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• Daily Excelsior - “Indian-American soil scientist wins prestigious World Food Prize”
• Deccan Herald - “Two agricultural experts from India named by UN chief to scientific group for 2021 food summit”
• Drishti - “World Food Prize 2020”
• Current Affairs - “Indian-American scientist Rattan Lal wins World Food Prize 2020”
• Education Bro - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize: Key Highlights”
• Epashupalan - “Soil scientist Rattan Lal wins World Food Prize 2020”
• GK India Today - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• IASVN - “Former CGIAR scientist Dr. Rattan Lal named 2020 World Food Prize Laureate”
• IITA - “IITA alumnus named 2020 World Food Prize Laureate”
• Krishi Jagran - “Dr. Rattan Lal, Indian -American Eminent Soil Scientist Awarded World Food Prize 2020”
• Kuala Lumpur News - “Indian-American scientist Rattan lal wins 2020 World Food Prize” 
• Organiser - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• Pashudahan Praharee - “World food Prize awarded to Indian origin soil scientist Dr Rattan Lal”
• Patrikai - “2020 World Food International Award for Soil Research Scientist Ratan Lal” 
• Samachar Live - “Dr. Rattan Lal, Indian-American Scientist Awarded 'World Food Prize'”
• Telugu Stop - “Experiments on soil - Increasing food production: A prestigious award for Indian genealogist” 
• The Hans India - “Indian-American Soil Scientist Dr Rattan Lal Wins World Food Prize”
• The Indian Express - “Soil scientist Rattan Lal wins World Food Prize 2020”
• The Indian Panorama - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize”
• Udayavani - “Agriculture Nobel for Rattan Lal”
• Vajiram & Ravi IAS Study Center - “World Food Prize 2020”
• Jagran Josh - “Indian-American Soil Scientist Dr. Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• Radio Television Marti - “Ohio University Professor  Receives World Food Prize” 
• Agro Spectrum - “Eminent Soil Scientist Dr. Rattan Lal receives World Food Prize 2020”
• Daily SL - “Professor Rattan Lal awarded the World Food Prize” 
• Success Samrat - “WORLD FOOD PRIZE- The Nobel Prize For Food And Agriculture”
• Farm Table - “Soil health trailblazer wins World Food Prize”
• M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation- “Soil Scientist Prof Rattan Lal is 50th World Food Prize Laureate”
• News Break - “Indian American soil scientist Rattan Lal wins 2020 World Food Prize”
• Capital Press - “World Food Prize winner focuses on soil and climate”
• CSA News - “Rattan Lal, Past President of SSSA, Named World Food Prize Laureate”
• Farming First - “How Soil Health Contributes to Sustainable Development”
• KPMG New Zealand- “Soil Scientist Dr Rattan Lal wins World Food Prize”
• Orchidali - “The new winner of the World Food Prize 2020, soil scientist Dr. Lal was named this Thursday, June 11 by the World Food Prize Foundation”
• AGRA Presse - “Sustainable agriculture: The World Food Prize to a soil specialist”
• Early Times Newspaper- “World Food Prize 2020” 
• FIDAF - “Conferito il prestigioso premio WORLD FOOD PRIZE 2020
• allo scienziato del suolo Rattan Lal”
• Innovadores - “An Innovator of Agricultural Soil, World Food Prize 2020”
• ISAAA - “Soil Health Trailblazer is 2020 World Food Prize Laureate”
• The South Asian Times - “Indian-American soil scientist Rattan Lal gets 2020 World Food Prize” 
• United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification - “The 2020 World Food Prize goes to Dr. Rattan Lal”
• News Box 9 - “Rattan Lal: ‘Soil a living being, can boost farm output, mitigate climate change’”
• Suggest Best - “Rattan Lal: 'Soil a living being, can boost farm output, mitigate climate change'”
• Los Marginados - “Celebrating Rattan lal; Winners of World Food Prize can be role models for India’s young”
• Times Now News - “Son of the soil: The importance of 2020 World Food Prize winner Rattan Lal’s work”
• World Grain - “World Food Prize awarded to ‘trailblazer in soil science’”
• Lokmat - “Soil Debt - Dr. Rattan Lal”
• Baking Business - “World Food Prize goes to a ‘trailblazer in soil science’”