Hans Rudolf Herren

Hans Rudolf Herren
Herren, c. 2009
Born
Hans Rudolf Herren

(1947-11-30) November 30, 1947 (age 76)
Mühleberg, Switzerland
Nationality
  • American
  • Swiss
Alma materETH Zürich (MS)
ETH Zürich (PhD)
University of California, Berkeley (post PhD)
SpouseBarbara Gemill
Children3
Scientific career
FieldsBiology

Hans Rudolf Herren (born November 30, 1947)[1] is a Swiss American entomologist, farmer and development specialist.[2] He was the first Swiss to receive the 1995 World Food Prize and the 2013 Right Livelihood Award for leading a major biological pest management campaign in Africa, successfully fighting the cassava mealybug and averting a major food crisis that could have claimed an estimated 20 million lives.[3][4]

Herren is the president and CEO of the Washington-based Millennium Institute[5] and co-founder and president of the Swiss foundation Biovision.[6] He co-chaired the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) published 2008, and was Director General of International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) in Nairobi, Kenya from 1994 to 2005. He was involved in the preparations of the United Nations' Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development with Biovision Foundation and Millennium Institute.

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  2. ^ DOK - Made in Switzerland | Schweizer Erfolgsgeschichten (3/3) - Play SRF (in German), retrieved 23 August 2023
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  4. ^ (in French) Pascaline Minet, "Hans Herren, agronome durable", Le Temps, Friday 18 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Millennium Institute : Who We Are : Staff : Hans Herren". Archived from the original on 23 February 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Biovision: Dr. Hans Rudolf Herren". Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.