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Monday, November 18 2019 - 15:12
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The 7th 2019 GCHERA World Agriculture Prize Awarding Ceremony is held in Nanjing Agricultural University, award granted to Chile food engineering expert
NANJING, China, Nov. 18, 2019 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--

On October 28-29, the 7th GCHERA World Agriculture Prize (WAP) Ceremony and the 
10th GCHERA World Congress were held at Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU). 
Jose Miguel Aguilera, Emeritus Professor of the Catholic University of Chile, 
for teaching and researching food engineering and the pioneering achievements 
in technology promotion, won this year's World Agriculture Prize.

Professor Aguilera innovatively combined the food microstructure with materials 
science as the basis of food processing, linked the microstructure to product 
processing and performance, and established a world-class food engineering 
group, currently serving Chile and Latin America. His project on intermediate 
moisture foods and joint method technologies, involving 60 research centers and 
more than 360 scientific and technical personnel in 11 countries, has made 
outstanding contributions to the establishment of the national scientific 
community and the development of researchers.

WAP is an international award established by Global Confederation of Higher 
Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences (GCHERA). The prize 
aims to encourage individuals who have made outstanding contributions to 
education, research and innovation in agricultural and life sciences. The prize 
is 100,000 US dollars per person, sponsored by the NAU Education Development 
Foundation and the Da Bei Nong Group.

WAP has been awarded six times so far, and scientists from the United States, 
Germany, Canada, Belgium and Ghana have won the award. The awards have had a 
wide-ranging impact at home and abroad, promoting global exchanges and 
cooperation in related fields, and inspiring many scientists to promote 
innovation in agriculture and life sciences around the world.

For more information, please visit: http://wapcn.njau.edu.cn/ and 
http://www.gchera.com.

Source: Nanjing Agricultural University