Bhubaneswar: Odia scientist Swati Nayak has been conferred with the Norman E. Borlaug Award for 2023.
Nayak received the award October 24 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. The award was announced September 19 by the World Food Prize Foundation.
Nayak is the South Asia Lead for Seed System and Product Management at the IRRI in New Delhi.
Endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation, the award recognises Nayak for her innovative approach to engaging smallholder farmers in demand-driven rice seed systems, from testing and deployment to equitable access and adoption of climate-resilient and nutritious rice varieties, a release from the World Food Prize Foundation said Wednesday.
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The award is given to exceptional scientists under 40 and someone who works in the field of food and nutrition security, hunger eradication in memory of the Nobel awardee and Green Revolution’s chief architect Norman Borlaug.
Based in Delhi, the scientist from Odisha, Nayak is expected to receive the award at Iowa next month.
Nayak received a Ph.D. In Competitive Intelligence & Strategic Management for Agricultural Extension Management Strategy at Amity University (2017-2022), a Master in Rural Management at the Institute of Rural Management Anand (2008-2010), and a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture at Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University (2003-2007).
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