WFF Startup Innovation Awards- World Food Forum (Deadline June 2024)
WFF Startup Innovation Awards- World Food Forum (Deadline June 2024)
WFF Startup Innovation Awards Overview
The WFF Startup Innovation Awards, powered by Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), is a global competition designed to support and showcase startups that leverage technology to transform agrifood systems sustainably. This initiative aligns with the mission to end global hunger and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The awards are part of a strategic partnership with XTC, the largest startup competition for entrepreneurs tackling global challenges.
Objectives and Mission
The awards aim to:
- Identify and Elevate: Recognize startups with the potential for significant positive impact on agrifood systems.
- Accelerate Growth: Provide platforms for startups to grow through networking, funding opportunities, and global visibility.
- Promote Innovation: Encourage technological and digital innovation to address complex challenges in agrifood systems
Categories and Focus Areas
- Digital Innovation in Food Processing
- Objective: Recognize startups that use digital and data-driven solutions to improve the efficiency, quality, sustainability, safety, and labor conditions in the food processing industry.
- Key Areas: Efficiency improvements, sustainable production, food safety enhancements, and better labor conditions.
- Empowering Women in Agrifood Systems
- Objective: Highlight startups that significantly enhance women’s access to resources such as land, inputs, services, finance, and digital technology, especially in the Global South.
- Key Areas: Women’s access to agrifood resources, digital technology integration, and gender equality in agrifood systems.
- Food Loss
- Objective: Award startups developing innovative technologies to reduce food loss across the agrifood supply chain, from post-harvest to retail.
- Key Areas: Technological solutions for reducing food waste, efficiency in supply chains, and interventions from post-harvest to retail.
- Good Food for All, for Today and Tomorrow
- Objective: Support startups that develop technology-based solutions addressing food insecurity and ensuring access to healthy diets through sustainable production and resource management.
- Key Areas: Sustainable production of livestock, fisheries, crops, responsible management of natural resources, and scaling up clean energy for sustainable agrifood systems.
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Benefits for Finalists
Finalists in the WFF Startup Innovation Awards will receive several benefits designed to elevate their startups and provide substantial support:
- Travel Allowance: Funding to attend the finals in Rome.
- Global Visibility: Increased exposure through WFF’s global platforms.
- Funding Opportunities: Potential to raise capital through connections with investors.
- Networking: Opportunities to network with key global entities, including UN agencies, governments, corporations, and partners.
- Accelerator Programs: Access to WFF startup accelerator programs to scale innovative solutions.
- Monetary Prizes: Total of USD 30,000 in prizes distributed among winners.
Participation and Eligibility
The competition is open to startups that have developed innovative solutions impacting one of the four award categories. The selection process includes:
- Desk Review: Assessment of applications based on innovation, impact potential, and alignment with category goals.
- Pitch Presentation: Shortlisted startups present their innovations to a panel of expert judges.
- Final Selection: Winners selected based on the pitch presentations and the potential impact of their innovations.
Judging Panel
The judging panel comprises agrifood systems specialists, innovators, and entrepreneurs from around the globe who volunteer their expertise to evaluate the submissions. This panel ensures a comprehensive assessment of each startup’s potential to contribute to sustainable agrifood systems transformation.
How to Stay Informed
To stay updated on the WFF Startup Innovation Awards:
- Subscribe: Join the WFF mailing list for the latest updates and announcements.
- Follow: Engage with WFF on social media platforms to receive real-time information about the competition, deadlines, and events.
Conclusion
The WFF Startup Innovation Awards serve as a catalyst for innovation in agrifood systems by recognizing and supporting startups with groundbreaking solutions. By participating in this competition, startups gain invaluable resources, visibility, and opportunities to scale their innovations, ultimately contributing to a sustainable and hunger-free world.
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