As founder and leader of East-West Seed, Mr Groot has led an initiative to empower smallholder farmers and make vegetables more available and affordable.
Simon N. Groot of the Netherlands will receive the 2019 World Food Prize for his transformative role in empowering millions of smallholder farmers in more than 60 countries to earn greater incomes through enhanced vegetable production, benefitting hundreds of millions of consumers with greater access to nutritious vegetables for healthy diets. Learn more about the work Mr Groot has led at East-West Seed.
See the full press release here: 2019 World Food Prize Winner announced