2020 GCHERA World Agriculture Prize Award Ceremony is held in Nanjing Agricultural University, Prize awarded to two laureates from China and the United States

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NANJING, China, Dec. 1, 2020 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

On December 1 BJT, the 2020 GCHERA World Agriculture Prize (WAP) Award Ceremony

and the 2020 World Agriculture Dialogue were held at Nanjing Agricultural

University (NAU). Zhang Fusuo, Professor of China Agricultural University; and

Pamela Ronald, Professor of the University of California, Davis; respectively,

won this year's World Agriculture Prize for their outstanding achievements in

agriculture and life science education and scientific research, according to

Nanjing Agricultural University.

Dr. Zhang Fusuo is the academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, plant

nutrition expert in the College of Resources and Environmental Sciences of

China Agricultural University, and the President of the National Academy of

Agriculture Green Development. The academic discipline of Plant Nutrition was

first established by a group of scholars led by Dr. Zhang. It combines the

basic principles of plant nutrition with science-based fertilization and

practical sciences, involving plant physiology, soil science, agronomy and

nutrient management to achieve efficient utilization of resources, high crop

quality and yields, along with environmental safety.

Dr. Pamela Ronald is a member of US National Academy of Sciences, a

Distinguished Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome

Center and the Founding Director of the Institute for Food and Agricultural

Literacy at the University of California, Davis. Her research has focused on

increasing disease resistance and environmental stress tolerance in crops, and

has made important contributions in the fields of plant stress resistance and

biological breeding.

WAP is an international award established by Global Confederation of Higher

Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences (GCHERA). The prize

aims to encourage individuals who have made outstanding contributions to

education, research and innovation in agricultural and life sciences. The prize

is 100,000 US dollars per person, sponsored by the NAU Education Development

Foundation and the Da Bei Nong Group.

WAP has been awarded seven times so far to eight laureates from the United

States, Germany, Canada, Belgium, Chile and Ghana. The awards have had a

wide-ranging impact at home and abroad, promoting global exchanges and

cooperation in related fields, and inspiring many scientists to promote

innovation in agriculture and life sciences around the world.

For more information, please visit: http://wapcn.njau.edu.cn/ and

http://www.gchera.com.

Source: Nanjing Agricultural University