World Bank and CGIAR Congratulate World Food Prize Laureate.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-28 August 2001-WORLD BANK: World Bank and CGIAR Congratulate World Food Prize Laureate (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:27082001 WASHINGTON -- The World Bank and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) congratulate Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a Future Harvest Center, on being named the 2001 World Food Prize Laureate.

The prize will be presented at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, Iowa, on October 18, 2001. It recognizes Dr. Pinstrup-Andersen's research, which has helped to modify and refocus food subsidy programs in developing countries, thereby increasing the amount of food available to poor people. "This...