Call For Applications: World Food Forum (WFF) Startup Innovation Award for Innovators and Entrepreneurs ( Up to $15 000 cash prize )
The WFF Startup Innovation Awards, powered by Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) are a global startup competition established to support and showcase innovators and entrepreneurs who are harnessing the power of technology to drive the sustainable transformation of agrifood systems in support of ending global hunger and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Made possible through a strategic partnership with XTC, the world’s largest startup competition for entrepreneurs addressing global challenges, these awards aim to elevate the next generation of entrepreneurs who are creating new technologies and innovations to benefit the planet and the agrifood systems they need to thrive.
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Agrifood systems specialists, innovators and entrepreneurs from around the globe have volunteered to become experts and judges for the WFF Startup Innovation Awards.
Thematic Areas
- Sensors to monitor real-time critical control parameters
- Sensor integration and implementation
- Smart data management and analytics – from data to information to action
- Interoperability between food companies and the food value chains
Benefits of participation
Finalists and winners will receive:
- on 14-18 October 2024
- Up to USD 15 000 cash prize for the Award winner
- Virtual communication boot camp for the Final pitches at the WFF flagship event
- Access to a global audience of young leaders and organizations from the public and private sectors, including FAO and the United Nations network
- Branding and promotion through the WFF, FAO communication platforms