Submissions are now open for the 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneers (TAP), an annual initiative from the World Food Prize Foundation. Launched in 2024, it celebrates innovators transforming global food systems.
The World Food Prize is an international award that honours individuals who have improved the quality, quantity or availability of food worldwide.
The prize was founded by Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, recipient of the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his work that contributed to increases in agricultural outputs which was termed the ‘Green Revolution’.
First awarded in 1987, the prize has been granted to 53 people over the last 37 years. It is awarded during the Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue, a week dedicated to an issue surrounding food security or hunger each year.
The president of the World Food Prize Foundation, Mashal Husain, said: “TAP celebrates leaders who are shaping the future of food and agriculture.
“Bringing these incredible, diverse individuals together each year creates a meeting of the minds that we hope drives change in food systems.”
Jason Wargent, the 2024 Top Agri-food Pioneer and chief science officer at Biolumic stated: “New scientific innovation is absolutely critical to realising our shared vision for a sustainable and productive food future.
“Being recognised as a Top Agri-food Pioneer stands us next to many others who have dedicated themselves to the greatest challenge of agricultural innovation.”
Agri-food Pioneers
TAP highlights individuals of all ages, backgrounds, and career fields who are driving advancements in agriculture, nutrition, sustainability, technology and more.
The organisation has said that this year’s cohort will feature 39 exceptional innovators from around the world in honour of the organisation’s 39th anniversary.
These individuals will also be recognised at the 2025 Norman E. Borlaug Dialogue in Des Moines, Iowa, on October 21, 2025.
The deadline for submissions is March 25, 2025.
In January the former US Secretary of Agriculture under President Joe Biden, Tom Vilsack, was appointed CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation.
