Per Pinstrup-Andersen, born in 1939, is a Danish economist and Professor Emeritus at Cornell University who served as Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute from 1992 to 2002. Before retiring in 2013 he held the Howard Edward Babcock Professorship of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy and the J. Thomas Clark Professorship of Entrepreneurship at Cornell, and he is a recipient of both the Charles A. Black Award and the World Food Prize.
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Defining ContributionDirected a decade of research at the International Food Policy Research Institute that enabled several governments to reform food subsidy programs and sharply increase food availability for the poorest, and led IFPRI's 2020 Vision Initiative; awarded the World Food Prize in 2001. 1 Connections
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Born in Denmark in 1939
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Dr. Per Pinstrup-Andersen, the catalyst behind the groundbreaking 2020 Vision Initiative, received the World Food Prize in 2001 for his contribution to agricultural research, food policy, and uplifting the status of the poor and starving citizens of the world.
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Per Pinstrup-Andersen (born 7 April 1939) is a Danish economist and a Professor Emeritus at Cornell University.
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Before retiring in 2013, he was the Howard Edward Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy and the J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship at Cornell University.
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