Portrait of the week: Rattan Lal

This year UNCCD Science-Policy Interface member Dr. Rattan Lal has received the prestigious civilian Padma Shri Award from the Indian government for his revolutionary research in the field of soil science, which helped millions of smallholder farmers produce larger yields while taking better care of their land. The innovative soil-saving techniques developed by Dr. Lal have helped improve food and nutritional security of more than two billion people, saved hundreds of millions of hectares of natural tropical ecosystems, promoted restoration of degraded soils and aided in reducing global warming. Dr. Lal's achievements have been previously recognized by the World Food Prize.

Read more:

• Padma Shri Awards 2021
• Dr. Lal wins the 2020 World Food Prize
• Dr. Lal featured by Ohio State University
• PBS presents the 2020 World Food Prize
• UNCCD Science-Policy Interface
• Land and climate