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Longping and Jones named 2004 World Food Prize winners
Yuan Longping, of the China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center, and Monty Jones, of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, have been named the winners of the 2004 World Food Prize, known as the “Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture.”

IFT Executive Vice President Barbara Byrd Keenan made the announcement July 12 at the IFT Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nev. This year’s Laureates are being honored for breakt…