The World Food Prize Laureate for 2021 is a food systems researcher focused on ending malnutrition and increasing access to nutritious food.
She’s Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted who said at the award ceremony this morning, “I have dedicated most of my career to improving food and nutrition security for the millions of malnourished women and children in countries across Asia and Africa.”
Dr. Thilsted has pioneered fish farming methods that are productive and environmentally responsible.
