The World Food Prize announced that Ambassador Kenneth Quinn was presented the Peace Prize from Slovakia on behalf of the World Food Prize Foundation and his work over the past 20 years. The ceremony was held Thursday at the Palffy Palace in Bratislava. In a secret ballot, the Slovakian International Peace Committee decided to award the prize to the World Food Prize Foundation and Quinn, its president, “for developing the vision of its founder Dr. Norman E. Borlaug with exceptional incentives to improve the quality, quantity and availability of food worldwide.” The prize was presented to Quinn by members of the International Peace Committee of Slovakia.