Simon Groot (1934 to 2025) was a Dutch agronomist whose work focused on breeding disease resistant vegetable crops and improving seed growth and development for smallholder farmers in the tropics. He founded the seed company East West Seed and won the World Food Prize in 2019.
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Defining ContributionFounder of East-West Seed, who pioneered breeding and distribution of disease-resistant tropical vegetable seed varieties for smallholder farmers, winning the 2019 World Food Prize. 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Simon Groot (Wikipedia)
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Simon Nanne Groot (25 October 1934-6 July 2025) was a Dutch agronomist whose work focused on producing disease resistant crops and improving seed growth and development.
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He was the founder of the company East-West Seed and was the 2019 winner of the World Food Prize.
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