Alysson Paolinelli is a Brazilian

agronomic Agricultural economics is an applied field of economics concerned with the application of economic theory in optimizing the production and distribution of food and fiber products. Agricultural economics began as a branch of economics that spe ...

engineer and public official who received the 2006

World Food Prize The World Food Prize is an international award recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity, or availability of food in the world. Conceived by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nor ...

for his role in transforming the

Cerrado The ''Cerrado'' (, ) is a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in eastern Brazil, particularly in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, and the Federal District. The core areas of the Cerrado biome are the ...

into productive cropland. Paolinelli was Brazil's Minister of Agriculture from 1974 to 1979.The World Food Prize: 2006 Laureates

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Brazilian scientists Place of birth missing (living people) Agriculture and food award winners {{Brazil-scientist-stub