Which of the following Indian Foundations has received the Food Vision 2050 prize in August 2020 ?
- (a)Smile Foundation
- (b)Naandi Foundation
- (c)Adani Foundation
- (d)Reliance Foundation
Correct — B, Naandi Foundation. In August 2020 the Rockefeller Foundation named the ten global 'Top Visionaries' of its Food System Vision 2050 Prize, and the Hyderabad-based Naandi Foundation was the Indian winner. It was recognised for its 'Arakunomics' model — a regenerative, farmer-owned approach combining agriculture and economics, built around tribal coffee farming in the Araku Valley (Andhra Pradesh), Wardha and New Delhi.
- (a)Smile Foundation — Smile Foundation is an education and health-focused NGO; it was not the recipient of the Food System Vision 2050 Prize.
- (c)Adani Foundation — The Adani Foundation is the Adani Group's CSR arm; it did not receive this Rockefeller Foundation food-systems prize.
- (d)Reliance Foundation — The Reliance Foundation is Reliance Industries' philanthropic arm; it was not among the Food Vision 2050 winners.
The Rockefeller Foundation's Food System Vision Prize invited teams worldwide to imagine regenerative, nourishing food systems for the year 2050. In August 2020 it named ten 'Top Visionaries', among them India's Naandi Foundation for 'Arakunomics'. Naandi Foundation (est. 1998, Hyderabad) works on nutrition, safe water and regenerative agriculture; Arakunomics links soil health, biodiversity and premium tribal coffee to raise farmer incomes.
This is an awards-and-recognition current-affairs item. The distractors are all well-known corporate/philanthropic foundations, so the discriminator is remembering the specific 'Arakunomics'/Araku Valley story tied to Naandi Foundation. Keep to the verifiable core — Naandi, Rockefeller Food System Vision 2050, August 2020 — rather than over-precise prize figures.
- Naandi Foundation (Hyderabad) named a 'Top Visionary' of the Rockefeller Food System Vision 2050 Prize, August 2020
- Recognised for the 'Arakunomics' model — regenerative agriculture plus economics
- Rooted in tribal coffee farming in the Araku Valley (Andhra Pradesh), with work also in Wardha and New Delhi
- One of ten global winners selected worldwide by the Rockefeller Foundation
- Picking a big-brand corporate foundation (Reliance/Adani) by familiarity rather than the specific winner
- Confusing the Food System Vision Prize with other food/nutrition awards
Awards questions pair a specific prize with the winning person/organisation and year — link the prize to its distinctive project (here, 'Arakunomics'/Araku coffee → Naandi Foundation).
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The 'Arakunomics' model, recognised by the Rockefeller Food System Vision 2050 Prize, is associated with coffee grown in which valley?
- (a)Kangra Valley
- (b)Araku Valley
- (c)Silent Valley
- (d)Nubra Valley
Answer(b) Araku Valley (Andhra Pradesh) — tribal coffee farming underpins Naandi Foundation's Arakunomics.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Food System Vision 2050 Prize, won by an Indian foundation in 2020, was instituted by which body?
- (a)Ford Foundation
- (b)Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- (c)Rockefeller Foundation
- (d)World Food Programme
Answer(c) Rockefeller Foundation — it ran the Food System Vision Prize that named Naandi Foundation a Top Visionary.