LC control no. | no 95040565 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Herren, Hans Rudolf, 1947- |
Birth date | 1947-11-30 |
Place of birth | Mühleberg (Switzerland) |
Profession or occupation | Entomologists Farmers |
Found in | Biological control, 1989: t.p. (H.R. Herren) p. 206 (Dr. H.R. Herren, Biological Control Program, IITA Benin Station) OCLC database, 8/11/95 (hdg.: Herren, Hans Rudolf, 1947- ; Herren, H.R.; usage: Hans Rudolf Herren; Hans R. Herren; H.R. Herren) Wikipedia, November 16, 2020 (Hans Rudolf Herren; Hans Rudolf Herren (born November 30, 1947 in Mühleberg, Switzerland) is a Swiss entomologist, farmer and development specialist; 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; Herren is the president and CEO of the Washington-based Millennium Institute and co-founder and president of the Swiss foundation Biovision) |