Dr. Modadugu Vijay Gupta, a biologist from India was the recipient of the World Food Prize in 2005 for development and dissemination of low-cost techniques for freshwater fish farming (using tilapia species) by the rural poor.
Biography
Born on August 17, 1939, Dr. Gupta hails from Bapatla in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India. Till his recent retirement, Dr. Gupta served as the Assistant Director General at WorldFish, an international fisheries research institute under the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) based at Penang in Malaysia.
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| Preceded by Yuan Longping |
World Food Prize 2005 |
Succeeded by Lobato, Paolinelli, and McClung |
