Agri Kola Award for Prime Minister:Food and Agricultural Organization a unit of United Nations Organization (UNO) honored Shri Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, with highest distinction “Agri Kola Award” for his contribution in development of agriculture and social welfare. Shri Singh is the first Indian to receive this award after it has been instituted in 1976. Previous recipients of the Agricola Medal include King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, French President Jacques Chirac, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, Pope John Paul II, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, and German President Johannes Rau.