Justus von Liebig Prize for feeding the world

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The Justus von Liebig Prize was the first prize after the Second World War that was awarded by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation FVS . It was named after the German chemist Justus Liebig (1803–1873) and was donated by the Hamburg businessman, farmer and honorary citizen Alfred Toepfer , who founded the FVS Foundation in Hamburg in 1931 and gained international renown from the 1960s onwards . Since 2007 it has been awarded every two years as the Justus von Liebig Prize for World Food , now by the fiat panis foundation .

history

The prize, made available by the FVS Foundation from 1949 to 2006, was awarded annually to personalities or associations who have made a special contribution to European agriculture in the scientific field or in practice. In 1949 the focus was still on the food situation in Germany, later it was the world food situation that was used as the criterion for the award of the award.

The Justus von Liebig Prize was awarded for the last time by the Toepfer Foundation in 2006. In 2007 it was replaced by the Alfred Toepfer Prize , which is intended to honor innovative or exemplary research or work approaches in the fields of nature conservation , agriculture, agricultural research and forestry .

Goal setting

From 2007 onwards, the Father and Son Eiselen Foundation continued to advertise and award the prize. The award is given to people without national or other restrictions for an individual or life-long achievement who make an outstanding contribution to improving world nutrition or to alleviating the consequences of malnutrition and malnutrition or to improving the living conditions of the rural population in countries with a shortage while at the same time protecting the environment and the natural resources. With the changed objectives, the name was changed to Justus von Liebig Prize for World Food .

In 2009 the Eiselen Foundation Ulm awarded the Justus von Liebig Prize for World Food for the first time to the Kenyan Godrick Khisa for his outstanding work against hunger and rural poverty . He was honored for the successful implementation of the “Farmer Field School” concept in his home country. With his practical agricultural advice, he provides effective help for self-help on site and lays the foundation for improved productivity in small-scale agriculture.

In 2000, Hermann Eiselen founded the fiat panis foundation as a non-profit foundation under civil law, which in January 2010 took over the tasks of research funding and thus also the tendering of this prize from the Eiselen foundation.

Furnishing

The Justus von Liebig Prize was endowed with 15,000 euros and was made available by the Foundation in alternation with the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Medal in gold every year. Traditionally, both awards were presented by the Dean of the Agricultural Faculty of the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel .
The prize also included two research grants of 3,000 euros each for agricultural students. The Board of Trustees took this year, alternately by two institutions proposals one.

The extended prize has been awarded every two years since 2009. The prize is endowed with 25,000 euros and is generally awarded in full.

Carrier (selection)

Justus von Liebig Prize for feeding the world

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eiselen Foundation Ulm sets standards for global nutrition.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Foundation & Sponsoring , edition 5/2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.stiftung-sponsoring.de  
  2. ↑ Hartwig de Haen: Justus-von-Liebig Prize for World Food 2009: Laudation for the prize winner Godrick Simiyu Khisa from Kenya. ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 15 kB) at: troz.uni-hohenheim.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / troz.uni-hohenheim.de
  3. ↑ Justus von Liebig Prize for the plant geneticist Zoltan Bedö ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Press release of the Alfred Toepfer Foundation FVS, May 19, 2004 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.toepfer-fvs.de

Web links

  • Fiat panis foundation: [1]