John Ryan gets International Service in Crop Science Award

The Crop Science Society of America has announced that this year's award for International Service in Crop Science will be given to Dr John Ryan, Consultant Soil Scientist at ICARDA. The Award is based on criteria that reflect outstanding contributions to the field of crop science at the international level. He received the International Science award in 1997 and the International Agronomy award in 2004. He also received the International Crop Nutrition Award from the International Fertilizer Association in 2006. This is the second successive year that the Award has gone to a CGIAR scientist. Last year, Dr Ravi Singh, wheat breeder from CIMMYT, was the recipient.

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