尼日利亚银行家获得世界食物奖 非洲开发银行总统Akinwumi Adesina获得了2017年的世界食物奖。除获得奖以外，他也获得了二十五万美元的奖金。他获得了这个奖项为了他的二十年多的增长非洲食物产生的工作。他使用了他的高级银行家的经历以便扶持非洲的农业。他一边改造了很多农业的法则，一边帮忙了小农民更容易地接受商业贷款。另外，他也帮助了农民现代化他们的农场和他们的培植农作物的方法。世界食物奖基金会总统Kenneth Quinn解释为什么Adesina先生获得了奖说道：“他已经从事二十五年多为了促进非洲农业的发展，他给了数以百万计的非洲人改善的食物安全” 1970年的诺贝尔和平奖得主Norman Borlaug设立了世界食物奖。他被称为“绿色革命之父”。他发展了培植农作物能产生更多食物和能更抵抗疾病。他的研究事实在六十年代的亚洲援助避免饥饿。Quinn先生说Adesina“在非洲的贫寒中成长了”所以他尽力得到良好的教育。之后，他获得了农业经济学的博士学位。随之而后，他成为非洲银行世界的主要人物之一，他终于从2011年到2015年被授任尼日利亚的农业部长。Quinn先生继续说道Adesina使用了他的背景和经历“帮助数以百万计的人摆脱贫困，尤其是非洲的农民”。 World Food Prize Goes to a Nigerian Banker The president of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has won the 2017 World Food Prize. Mr Adesina won the prize and $250,000. He got the award for his two decades of work in increasing food production in Africa. He used his experience as a top banker to help agriculture in Africa. He helped to change many farming laws and made it easier for small farmers to get loans for their business. He also helped farmers to modernize their farms and the way they grow their crops. The World Food Prize Foundation President, Kenneth Quinn, said Mr. Adesina won the prize, "for driving change in African agriculture for over 25 years and improving food security for millions across the continent". The World Food Prize was created by the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug. He is known as the father of the "green revolution". He helped to breed crops that produced more food and were stronger and more resistant against disease. His work helped to prevent famine in Asia in the 1960s. Mr Quinn said Adesina "grew up in poverty" in Africa and decided to do his best at school to get a good education. He got a PhD. in agricultural economics. He became a leader in African banking and was also Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture from 2011 to 2015. Quinn said Adesina used his background and experiences to, "lift millions of people out of poverty, especially farmers in rural Africa".