>>> AS THE SUN SETS IN THE MIDWEST THIS EVENING, THE BANNERS FOR THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE ARE IN PLACE IN THE IOWA STATE CAPITOL, AS WE PREPARE FOR AN ANNUAL AUTUMN TRUDITION IN DES MOINES.

LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE HAVE DESCENDED UPON THE CAPITOL CITY TO HONOR AGRICULTURAL BREAKTHROUGHS AND DISCUSS THE PASS FORWARD FOR HUJER INITIATIVES.

MOMENTS AGO, GUESTS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD, CLIMBED THE STEPS OF THE STATE CAPITOL FOR A NIGHT OF HONORS, ALL CULMINATING IN THE 2020 WORLD FOOD PRIZE CEREMONY.

♪ ♪ >>> PLEASE WELCOME THE 2020 WORLD FOOD PRIZE LAUREATE FROM TRINIDAD AND DENMARK.

[ APPLAUSE ] ♪ ♪ ♪ PLEASE WELCOME THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD FOOD PRICE FOUNDATION, BARBARA STITSEN.

>> WELCOME TO THE 2021 WORLD FOOD PRIZE LAUREATE AWARD CEREMONY.

SECRETARY VELOBOSE, VILL SACK, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT HONOR OF HAVING YOU HERE WITH US TONIGHT.

TONIGHT WE HONOR THE 2021 WORLD FOOD PRIZE LAUREATE.

SHE HAS TRULY IMPROVED THE LIVES OF MILLION DOLLARS AROUND THE GLOBE, PARTICULARLY IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH.

BUT FIRST I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ALL FEEL A SIGNIFICANT ABSENCE TONIGHT.

WITH GREAT SORROW, OUR COMMUNITY HAS LOST A TRUE HUMANITARIAN AND A WONDERFUL LEADER.

OUR FOUNDATION CHAIRMAN, TO JANICE, RACHEL, AND THE ENTIRE FAMILY, OUR HEARTS ARE WITH YOU.

OUR GRATITUDE EXTENDS TO ALL OF YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE TO SUPPORT THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE FOR MANY DECADES.

>> FOR ALMOST A CENTURY, JOHN RUON SENIOR AND III, WITH THEIR FAMILIES, HAVE PROVIDED SUSTAINED EXCEPTIONAL RELATIONSHIP.

THEY BUILT ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES IN AMERICA AND BROUGHT BANKERS TRUST TO CENTRAL IOWA.

THROUGH NUMEROUS DEVELOPMENT AND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS.

AND THEY RESCUED THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE, DEVELOPING AND SHAPEING IT OVER TIME INTO THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR COMBATTING HUNGER AND ENHANCING GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY.

>> I REMEMBER EVERY MONTH I WOULD HAVE A MEETING WITH JOHN AND I WOULD COME UP TO THE DES MOINES CLUB TO SEE HIM.

WE'D HAVE LUNCH.

AND INSTEAD OF SITTING OVER IN THE HIGH VISIBILITY SECTION, JOHN LIKED TO HAVE A SMALL TABLE OFF TO THE SIDE.

HE WASN'T ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE SPOTLIGHT AND WE'D SIT THERE AND TALK ABOUT ISSUES WE HAD.

HE WOULD GIVE ME THAT GUIDANCE THAT WAS SO CRITICAL.

SO, I KNEW I HAD HIS SUPPORT AND HIS VISION ON WHERE HE SAW THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE GOING.

>> STARTING WITH JUST ONE USED TRUCK IN 1932, JOHN RUWAN SR BECAME A SUCCESSFUL VARIETY OF BUSINESSES, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, NOW LED BY BEN McCLEAN AND EMPLOYS OVER 5,100 TEAM MEMBERS, OPERATING THE NATIONWIDE FLEET OF OVER 5,000 TRUCKS AND TRAILERS.

BANKERS TRUST, THE LARGEST PRIVATELY-OWNED COMMUNITY BANK IN IOWA, WITH OVER 5 BILLION IN ASSETS.

AND IOWA EXPORT/IMPORT TRADING COMPANY INVOLVING OVER 50 NATIONS.

>> WELL, JOHN AND HIS FATHER, THEY IMPACTED ME THAT YOU CAN GIVE AND IT DOESN'T HURT.

AND WHEN JOHN, WHO COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING WITH THE WEALTH THAT THEY'VE ESTABLISHED, AND HE WANTED TO DO IT IN DES MOINES WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION WITH LIBRARY, WITH THE WORLD FOOD PRICE, WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THEY'VE DONE.

HE LOVED DES MOINES.

AND HE MADE THIS SURELY HIS ONE NUMBER ONE CHARITY.

IOWA.

>> FROM 2001 UNTIL HIS ILLNESS AND DEATH IN SEPTEMBER 2021, RUWAN III RECEIVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION WHEN HE SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE UNITED STATES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

JOHN III SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE FOUNDATION FOR TWO DECADES.

UNDER HIS DIRECTION, THE ANNUAL AWARD FOR INCREASING THE QUALITY, QUANTITY AND AVAILABILITY OF FOOD FOR ALL ATTRACTED PARTICIPATION OF TWO SECRETARIES GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS, AS WELL AS PRESIDENTS FROM EUROPE, AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA.

THROUGH HIS VISION AND DILIGENT SUPPORT, THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE BECAME RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY AS THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE.

>> I'VE KNOWN JOHN AND HIS FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME.

PRIMARILY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THEIR WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.

BUT MY CLOSE ENGAGEMENT WITH JOHN BEGINS WITH THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE.

ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO AND THAT HAS RESULT SAID IN A LONG CONNECTION AND A VERY DEDICATED CONNECTION TO THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE.

BUT THE GREATEST IMPACT THAT JOHN MADE ON MY LIFE AND WITH THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE IS HIS DEDICATION TO THE YOUTH INSTITUTE.

I TOO HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO THE YOUTH INSTITUTE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CARRYING ON THE VISION LONG INTO THE FUTURE IN MEMORY OF JOHN.

>> JOHN'S STRENGTH OF CHARACTER AND POWERFUL DETERMINATION WILL BE REMEMBERED MOST.

HE WAS A QUIET MAN BUT SPOKE PASSIONATELY ABOUT THE CRITICAL IMPORT NSZ OF THE MISSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE.

JOHN BELIEVED IN ALL OF THE WORK OF THE FOUNDATION.

INCLUDING THE DIALOGUES, YOUTH PROGRAMS AND ESPECIALLY THE ANNUAL LAUREATE AWARD CEREMONY.

WHICH HE OFFICIATED ALONG SIDE THE GOVERNOR OF IOWA MANY TIMES IN THE IOWA CAPITOL.

>>> JOHN WAS THE VISIONARY DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE RESTORATION OF THE DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY, TURNING IT INTO THE INTERINGSAL HEAD QUARTERS FOR THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE FOUNDATION.

IN 2001, HE ANNOUNCED THAT THE FAMILY WOULD PROVIDE $5 MILLION TO SUPPORT TRANSFORMING THE CENTURY-OLD DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY INTO THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE HALL OF LAUREATES.

AND UNDER JOHN'S LEADERSHIP, THE HALL OF LAUREATES ATTAINED LEAD PLATINUM CERTIFICATION, THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE LEVEL ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION, MAKING THE HISTORIC BUILDING A NATIONAL LANDMARK OF PRESERVATION.

IN OCTOBER, 2016, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE, THE FLOURISHING GARDEN AT THE HALL OF LAUREATES WAS OFFICIALLY DEDICATED.

AND NAMED THE JANICE AND JOHN RUWAN III GARDEN.

JOHN AND HIS FAMILY ARE DEDICATE TOADS THE FIGHT TO END HUNGER AROUND THE WORLD.

HIS WORK AND THEIR LEGACY ARE INCLINED IN THE NORMAN E. BOR LOG, HALL OF LAUREATES.

>> I THINK OF A LEGEND IN THE COMMUNITY OF DES MOINES.

I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR A LOT OF YEARS AND WORKED WITH HIM ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

THE NUMBER ONE THING I THINK ABOUT IS HIS COMMITMENT TO JANICE AND CERTAINLY THE KIDS.

JOHN AND RACHEL.

AND THE VITAL AND IMPORTANT ROLE THEY PLAYED IN HIS LIFE.

WHEN I THINK OF THE VERY BUILDING WE'RE SITTING IN, IT WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT HIM.

CLEARLY THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE HAS BEEN A HALLMARK OF THE CITY, OF THE REGION, OF THE COUNTRY AND FRANKLY THE WORLD.

AND JOHN'S CONTINUED ADVOCACY, SUPPORT AND STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTION AND MAKING SURE EVERYONE'S NEEDS ARE SERVED IS HUMBLING IN MY OWN HEART.

SO, TO THE FAMILY, THE COMMUNITY, MY TRIBUTE ON BEHALF OF THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP AND MYSELF, PERSONALLY, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO MAKE THIS A GREATER COMMUNITY.

YOU ARE MISSED, MY FRIEND.

REST IN PEACE.

>> THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE FOUNDATION WILL FOREVER HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE COMMITMENT AND WORK OF THIS MAZING HUMANITARIAN.

THEY ARE DEVOTED TO PRESERVING THE LEGACY OF JOHN III AND THE ENTIRE FAMILY.

>> I HEAR HIS VOICE IN MY HEAD AND HIS QUIET DETERMINATION.

HIS DILIGENCE, AND HIS VERY THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP.

IT'S JUST BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH JOHN IN THE PERIOD THAT I GOT TO DO THAT.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH THE FAMILY AND SUPPORT THE FAMILY AND MY HEART GO OUT TO ALL OF THEM IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME.

>> THIS YEAR THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE ANNUAL EVENTS ARE DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN RUWAN III.

HIS DEVOTION TO THE COMMUNITY OF DES MOINES AND HIS LIFETIME PASSION FOR ENDING HUNGER AROUND THE GLOBE.

>> IN 2021, THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE FOUNDATION IS DEDICATING THE WEEK OF EVENTS TO JOHN RUWAN III.

HIS LEGACY AND MEMORY WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.

WE'RE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF JOHN'S CONTRIBUTIONS, NOT ONLY TO THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE BUT TO THE STATE OF IOWA AS WELL.

AND TO OUR NEWEST LAUREATE, I AM SO PLEASED TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SELECTION TO RECEIVE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RECOGNITION IN GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY.

YOUR GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH AND TO THE AGRICULTURAL AND NUTRITION HAS TRULY BEEN TRANSFORMATIVE.

FOR THE FAMILY EFFECTING THE LIFE OF COUNTLESS PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER.

AND WITH THAT AND THROUGH THE OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION, I NOW PROCLAIM, THE 2021 WORLD FOOD PRIZE LAUREATE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

>> IN 1949, THE INDIAN MATHEMATICIAN AND AUTHOR VISITED THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND NATION OF TRINIDAD AND TUBAGO.

A PRODIGY IN A FIELD DOMINATED BY MEN, SHE WAS AN INSPIRATION TO MANY.

SHE BECAME THE NAMESAKE OF A GIRL BORN IN TRINIDAD IN THE SAME YEAR OF HER VISIT.

WHO, LIKE DAVY, WOULD GO ON TO GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS IN SCIENCE, PROMOTING GOOD NUTRITION AND STRONG DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL CHILDREN.

BORN IN THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF TRINIDAD IN THE SMALL VILLAGE OF REFORM, SHE GREW UP IN A FOUR-GENERATION HOUSEHOLD.

WHERE THE KITCHEN WAS THE HEART OF THE HOME.

HER GRANDMOTHER PRESIDED OVER COOKING MEALS FOR THE FAMILY AND INSTILLED IN HER A APPRECIATION FOR GOOD FOOD AND ITS IMPORTANCE FOR GOOD HEALTH.

IT WAS HER GRANDFATHER WHO FIRST IMPARTED TO HER THE IMPORTANCE OF FISH FOR NUTRITION.

>> I REMEMBER ONE OF MY UNCLES WON THE SCHOLARSHIP.

AND MY GRANDFATHER WAS INTERVIEWED BY THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER.

I DON'T REMEMBER ALL WHAT SHE SAID.

BUT I REMEMBERED CLEARLY HER SAYING WELL, MY CHILD IS INTELLIGENT BECAUSE I FED HIM FISH WHEN HE WAS SMALL AND THAT STUCK WITH ME.

>> Reporter: SHE ATTENDED THE GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL AND COMPLETED HER UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AT THE TRINIDAD CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES.

SHE THEN WORKED AS AN AGRICULTURAL OFFICER IN TUBAGO, SERVING AS THE FIRST AND ONLY WOMAN IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, LAND AND FISHERIES ON THE ISLAND.

SHE EARNED HER DOCTORATE AT THE ROYAL VETERINARY ANDING A RUTUALTURAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK, NOW PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN AND WENT ON TO BECOME AN ASSOC I DIDN'T TELL PROFESSOR.

SHE ALTERNATED BETWEEN TEACHING IN DENMARK AND WORKING ON PROJECTS ALL OVER THE DEVELOPING WORLD TO IMPROVE NUTRITION FOR WOMEN AND YOUNG CHILDREN.

IN BANGLADESH, IN THE LATE 1980s, TILLSTEAD WORKED AS A NUTRITION COORDINATOR AT THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR DISEASE RESEARCH.

>> ABOUT 2,000 CAME IN TO THE CENTER EVERY YEAR, TO SERVE THE BOYS, AND YOULGTSY THEY WERE SOEFLT SICK AND UNDERNOURISHES THAT THEY WERE BROUGHT AT TOO LATE A STAGE.

MANY OF THEM DIED.

AND I WAS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING WORKING AT THIS END AND I WANTED TO WORK MUCH FURTHER UP WHERE I COULD DO SOMETHING FOR HIM.

ONE OF THE SCIENTISTS, WHO HAD IN FACT, SUGAR SOLUTION, SAID TO ME IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR THESE CHILDREN, YOU SHOULD WORK MAKING SURE THEY EAT FISH.

AND THAT WOULD HELP WITH THEIR UNDERNUTRITION.

I WENT BACK TO WORK IN COPENHAGEN AND I DECIDED TO WORK WITH FISH AND FOOD INSECURITY.

>> SHE WAS THE FIGS TO ESTABLISH THAT COMMONLY CONSUMED SMALL FISH WERE IMPORTANT SOURCES OF ESSENTIAL MICRONUTRIENTS AND FATTY ACIDS.

THIS GROUND-BREAKING RESEARCH SHOOK THE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE BENEFITS OF FISH IN DIETS.

WITH THIS INFORMATION, SHE SET OUT TO INCREASE CONSUMPTION OF SMALL FISH, ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN IN THE FIRST 1,000 DAYS OF LIFE.

TOGETHER WITH RESEARCHERS AT BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, SHE LED A POWERFUL TEAM OF DANISH STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS IN DEVELOPING PALLY CULTURAL SYSTEMS, FARMING SMALL FISH WITH LARGE FISH.

THIS INCREASED TOTAL PRODUCKATIVETY BY AS MUCH AS FIVE TIMES.

CONSUMPTION OF FISH IN THE HOME -- AND THEY WERE ABLE TO EASILY HARVEST IN SMALL AMOUNTS FOR DAILY HOUSEHOLD USES.

THOUGH IT ACCOUNTED FOR ONLY 15% OF REDUCTION BY WEIGHT, IT CONTRIBUTED HALF OF THE VITAMIN A AND B 12 AND A QUARTER OF THE CALCIUM AND IRON NEEDS OF A FAMILY OF FOUR.

TILLSTEAD STROEV AGAINST THE CURRENT TO CONVINCE OTHERS OF THE POND CULTURE.

HER EFFORTS PAID OFF IN 2004, WHEN THE BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY PROHIBBEDED THE USE OF PESTICIDES TO KILL NATURALLY OCCURRING FISH.

SHE ASKED THEM TO SWITCH TO PRACTICES THAT REDUCES ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES, HABITAT LOSS AND HEALTH RISKS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES.

SHE EXTENDED HER INOVATEDIVE APPROACH BY CREATING NEW READY TO USE FISH-BASED FOOD ESPECIALLY TARGETED FOR MOTHERS AND THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN.

BUILDING ON POPULAR LOCAL RECIPES, SHE DEVELOPED FISH CHUTNY AND POWDER, WITH FOUR TIMES THE NUTRIENT DENSITY OF FRESH FISH.

IMPROVEMENTS IN PROCESSING PRACTICES ALSO REDUCED FISH WEIGHT AND LOSS.

AND INCREASED INCOMES FOR ENTREPRENEURS, MOST OF THEM WERE WOMEN, WHO USED THE VALUE-ADDED FOOD.

THIS PROMPTED THE GOVERNMENT THAT WHEN YOU GET.

AND THEIR ALL IMPORTANT COUNTRY INVESTMENT PLAN.

TILLSTEAD NOW SERVES AS THE GLOBAL LEAD FOR NUTRITION AND PUBLIC HEALTH AT CGIAR'S WORLD FISH, HEADQUARTERS IN MALAYSIA.

HER WORK GUIDES WORLD FISH.

OTHER RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, MAJOR FUNDERS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGNITIONATIONS TO RESPAP FOOD SYSTEMS I'LL SEE ON THE DEVELOPMENT GOAL.

>>> NOW THEY USE HER OLISTIC APPROP AND TO HIDE AND IN ASIA, AFRICA AND THE PACIFIC, INCLUDING CAMBODIA, INDIA, MYANMAR, MALAWI, SIERRA LEONE AND ZOMBIA.

AS AN ADVISOR TO HEADS OF STATE, INTERNATIONAL BOARDS, HE PROOVIDES INFORMATION FOR RESEARCH, POLICY AND PRACTICES IN PURSUIT OF IMPROVED FOOD SYSTEMS THAT BOOST BIO DIVERSITY.

ENHANCE ENVIRONMENTS, INCREASE INCOMES AND POWER WOMEN AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE NUTRITION FOR ALL.

TILL SDZ STEAD'S TRAIL BLASING RESEARCH ON FISH SPEESACY.

I JUST WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT IT FROM THE FARM TO FOOD PROCESSING TO FINAL CONSUME URS.

IT RESULTED IN IMPROVED DIETS FOR MILL BNZ OF THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE.

AND FROM THIS AND EXPANDING FOOD SYSTEMS TO FEETING PEOPLE TOOL THOSE RELIANT ON AKWAUTDIC FOODS FOR NUTRITION SECURITY, IMPROVED LIVELIHOODS AND A THRIVING NEXT GENERATION, WE'RE PROUD TO HONOR DOCTOR AS THE 2021 WORLD FOOD PRIZE LAUREATE.

>> DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.

IN 2015, I ATTENDED THE CEREMONY AS A GUEST OF THE FOUNDATION.

I NEVER THOUGHT THAT ONE DAY, TODAY, I WOULD BE STANDING ON THE PODIUM.

AS THE 2021 WORLD PRIZE LAUREATE.

I AM TRULY HONORED TO BE AWARDED THIS PRIZE AND I'M TRULY HUMBLED TO BE PLACED IN THE SAME PLACE AS PAST LAUREATES.

FISH AND RICE, AND AGE-OLD PROBLEM TRIGGERED THE RESEARCH I DID AND SET ME ON A MEANINGFUL JOURNEY THAT HAS SHAPED MY LIFE AND CAREER.

SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 2021 WORLD FOOD PRIZE IN MAY, I HAVE BEEN THRILLED TO SEE THIS RECOGNITION AS GREATLY MAGNIFIED GLOBAL TENSION TO AQUATIC FOODS AS A POWERFUL GAME CHANGER FOR A HEALTHIER AND SUSTAINABLE DIET THAT WORK FOR ALL PEOPLE AND OUR PLANET.

THANKS TO THIS AWARD, THE WORLD IS FINALLY AWAKE ENOUGH FOR THE UNMATCHED POTENTIAL OF AQUATIC FOODS, TO IMPROVE NUTRITION IN PUBLIC HEALTH IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES.

THE AWARD HAS ENABLED ME TOED A VKT MORE STRONGLY FOR THE NEED TO SHIFT AWAY FROM FEEDING A GROWING GLOBAL POPULATION TO NOURISHING BILLIONS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT ALL NATIONS AND OUR PLANET.

FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS, THE GLOBAL ADVOCATE RESEARCH AGENDA, AS WELL AS POLICIES AND FOR THE NUTRITION SECURITY AND EVEN FOODIE HAVE PRIMARILY FOCUSSED ON SOLUTIONS RELATED TO SAVE CROP AND LIVESTOCK.

THIS RECOGNITION OF MY WORK OPENS UP NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO AMPLIFY SUPPORT AND INVESTMENTS FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN THE AQUATIC FOOD SYSTEMS AND THIS EXPAND OUR THINKING AND SOLUTIONS THAT BENEFIT PEOPLE, NATURE AND THE ECONOMY.

I WILL CONTINUE TO CALL ON RESEARCH, ESPECIALLY FROM WOMEN IN SMALL AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY TO BUILD ON MY WORK AND TAKE IT TO NEW HEIGHTS.

LOOKING AHEAD TO THE FUTURE, A SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT DUE ATTENTION AND INVESTMENTS GIVEN TO AQUATIC FOODS.

ALONG SIDE CROPS AND LIVESTOCK.

I THANK VERY MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY WITH ME, INSPIRED ME, MENTORED ME AND CONTRIBUTED TO MY SUCCESS.

I ESPECIALLY THANK DR. JOHNSON, DIRECTOR GENERAL AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

I WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE TODAY WITHOUT MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

I'M ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE VALUES AND PRINCIPALS THAT MY MOTHER AND MY GRANDFATHER INSTILLED IN ME WHILE I WAS GROWING UP IN TRINIDAD.

THESE VALUES AND FRINSPLES TOO, MAKE THE BEST OF ONE'S ABILITY, TO STRIVE AND EXCEL, AND AT THE SAME TIME, HELP OTHERS, HAVE GUIDED MY LIFE AND CAREER.

TO THESE PRECIOUS GIFTS, I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL.

THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR ME ALWAYS SINCE I WAS 21 YEARS OLD AND FINALLY, I WISH TO CONVEY MY HEART FELT THANKS TO [ INAUDIBLE ] TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE FOUNDATION, THE COUNSELOR OF ADVISORS, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE, THE RUWAN FAMILY AND FOR AWARDING ME THE 2021 WORLD FOOD PRIZE.

THANK YOU.

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