Per Pinstrup-Andersen

Per Pinstrup-Andersen (born 1939) is a Danish economist and a Professor Emeritus at Cornell University.

[2] In 1992–2002, Pinstrup-Andersen was the Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute.

Black Award by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST).

[6] The research that Pinstrup-Andersen initiated laid the foundation for the establishment of "Food For Education" programs in which the families receive food subsidies when children stay in school.

Pinstrup-Andersen initiated a global effort to uplift those most at risk by formulating International Food Policy Research Institute's 2020 Vision Initiative which helped reverse the trend of decreasing global developmental assistance, and led to actions which have brought about an important reduction in world hunger and poverty levels.