The Justus von Liebig Prizes, established in 1949 by the F.V.S. Foundation in Hamburg, was awarded annually, and since 1982 every two years, by the Faculty to individuals or working groups who have rendered outstanding services to European agriculture in scientific or practical fields. Until 1994, one German and one member of another European country were each awarded a Liebig Prize. From 1996, only one prize was awarded. The prize was endowed with € 15,000.

Associated with the prize were two Liebig-Europa travel grants of € 3,000 each for students of agriculture.

Since 2007 the prize is awarded as Justus-von-Liebig-Preis für Welternährung by  Stiftung fiat panis.

By merging the Liebig Prize and the Thünen Medal in 2009, the Alfred-Toepfer-Stiftung F.V.S. started granting the Cultura-Preis.

Justus Freiherr von Liebig

(May 12, 1803 - April 18, 1873)

Justus von Liebig was born in Darmstadt and worked as a professor of chemistry in Giessen from 1824. From 1852 until his death he was based in Munich. In addition to work on technical and analytical chemistry, his research in the field of organic chemistry is particularly important, which he considerably expanded by discovering new substances (aldehydes, chloral, chloroform, hippuric acid, etc.). Many of his discoveries found industrial applications, for example the production of meat extract. As the founder of modern fertilization and agricultural chemistry, Liebig is also considered a co-founder of agricultural science.

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