Prime Minister Manmohan Singh receives the Agricola Medal, calls for a Second Green Revolution
The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, has been awarded the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) highest distinction, the Agricola Medal for his contribution to agricultural and social development in India . Dr. Singh is the first Indian Prime Minister to receive the honour. The medal was instituted in 1976. The distinction was conferred upon Dr Singh by Dr Dr Jacques Diouf, Director-General of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in New Delhi on April 10, 2008 at a special session of the First Global Agro-Industries Forum.
Previous recipients of the Agricola Medal include King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, French President Jacques Chirac, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, Pope John Paul II, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, and President Johannes Rau of Germany.
