Sir Fazle Hasan Abed is the winner of the World Food Prize (year 2015). The World Food Prize is the foremost international honour recognising the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world. The Prize is presented each October on or around UN World Food Day (October 16) in a pomp-filled ceremony in the magnificent Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Sir Fazle Hasan Abed is a Bangladeshi social worker, the founder and chairman of Building Resources Across Communities (BRAC), the world's largest non-governmental organisation.