Call for Nominations: Women in Ag Award

Categories

• Agriculture
  • This category honors women who actively shape agriculture and make it fit for the future with sustainable farming methods, modern farm management or innovative concepts.
• Agribusiness
  • Women who modernize agriculture and make value chains more efficient with entrepreneurial spirit, digital solutions or new business models are honored in this category.
• Education
  • In this category, women are recognized who impart knowledge as teachers, consultants or communicators, make agriculture more understandable and inspire the next generation.
• Technology and Research
  • Women who create new solutions with research and technological developments and change agriculture sustainably with innovative findings are honored.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applications are open to women from all over the world who work in agriculture, agribusiness, animal farming, research and development, teaching, journalism or as bloggers and influencers.
• The “Women in Ag Award” is organised by DLG (German Agricultural Society) and the “Women in Ag magazine” in order to foster the role of women in the agricultural sector as a whole. The competition participants shall accept these conditions of participation. Incomplete applications or those that fail to comply with the rules and criteria of the competition shall not be taken into consideration.
• The award shall be presented by an international jury in the four categories of “Agriculture”, “Agribusiness”, “Education” and “Technology and research”. It pays tribute to the work of women who are employed in agriculture, in the agribusiness and at schools, universities, research institutes, media and organisations within the agricultural sector.
• Participation in the competition is free of charge. Applications can be submitted online.

Selection Criteria

• Overall presentation of the professional work:
  • Innovative approaches to work
  • Contribution to the improvement of agriculturally relevant topics in the future
  • Positive effects on the farming community, locally or globally
• The award winners shall be selected in the following steps:
  • The jury shall evaluate the short video portraits.
    • The eight best short video portraits in each category shall be nominated.
    • The nominees shall be published in the DLG and AGRITECHNICA printed and online media, in press releases and on the “Women in Ag magazine’s” website.
  • The jury shall select the Women in Ag Award winners from the nominees: first prize, second prize, third prize.
  • The winners shall be announced at the official award ceremony on 12 November 2025 during AGRITECHNICA in Hanover.

For more information, visit DLG.