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The Yara Prize 2013 was recently awarded to Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, CEO of the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) and chair of the board of trustees of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Sibanda is also a member if the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Independent Science Panel (ISP). Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, founder and CEO of the Smallholders Foundation in Nigeria was the second award winner.

The Yara Prize Committee selected two prominent African laureates for their work for African farmers and for the continent’s green revolution. The award recognizes their effective entrepreneurial work which has spread knowledge that has inspired smallholder farmers and youth to improve their lives, and their policy dialogue and advocacy which has enabled change in the African agricultural sector.

Both laureates have, through personal commitment and special efforts, translated ideas on the development of African agriculture into real results. They are both examples of the can-do spirit and drive that is playing a vital role in transforming agriculture in Africa.

The two laureates were celebrated during a Yara Prize Ceremony in Maputo, Mozambique, held on 4 Sep 2013, in connection with the Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) 2013.

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Last year, Lindiwe Sibanda moderated the Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods Day (ALL5), organised by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), and partners, during UNFCCC climate conference in Qatar.