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This year's $500,000 World Food Prize, for advances in agriculture and nutrition, goes to Mariangela Hungria, who boosted ...

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Brazilian microbiologist Mariangela Hungria's work using beneficial bacteria to boost crop yields wins her the $500,000 World Food Prize.