Deadline: 1 March 2024
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is seeking applications for the FAO Award for Innovation to recognize ground-breaking innovations in areas under FAO’s mandate to Members or non-state partners, including institutions, individuals, international/regional organizations, academic or research entities, civil society groups, private sector entities and FAO employees.
Innovation is changing the way food is produced, processed, traded and consumed and building more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems.
The new annual Award acknowledge progress in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They want to hear your story about how you are transforming agrifood systems, advocating for change, or bringing about a chain reaction towards better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life.
The Award will be presented by the Director-General to the individual or representative of the recipient institution during a special ceremony at the 176th session of the FAO Council on 2-6 December 2024.
Basic Criteria
- The winning institution/organization demonstrates that they successfully contributed to an area of work related to FAO’s mandate, meeting one or all of the following criteria:
- Award specific criteria:
- Have an impact on more than one level of the supply chain from farmers to consumers.
- Strengthen the link between farmers and consumers, e.g., through tracking sustainability features of traded food and agriculture products on labels, innovative institutional mechanisms etc.
- General criteria:
- Quality and merit of the innovation
- Potential benefit, impact and sustainability
- Scalability
- Value for money
- Role of youth (under 35), and/or women, and/or marginalized groups
- Award specific criteria:
Eligibility Criteria
- The Award is open to individuals, organizations, governments, foundations, academia or private sector leaders across the world.
For more information, visit FAO.
