UN FAO Innovation Award 2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( UN FAO) is inviting the general public to submit nominations for the Partnership, Innovation and Achievement Awards. Candidates who meet the necessary requirements stated below can apply. Deadline for submitting applications is extended to 10 March 2024.

UN FAO Innovation Award

Benefits of UN FAO Innovation Award

• A scroll describing the recipient’s achievements and/or award
• A cash prize of USD $10,000.

Requirements for UN FAO Innovation Award

• The FAO Award for Innovation will be conferred for ground-breaking innovation in areas under FAO’s mandate to a broad spectrum of awardees, including Members, institutions, individuals, international/regional organizations, academic or research entities, civil society organizations private sector entities.
• The Award will recognize but not be limited, for example, to innovations on agri-food systems, digital agriculture, agri-food innovation systems, advances in biotechnology, innovation in sustainable production practices such as Agroecology, new business models, etc.
• The innovations could fall under different categories such as technological, institutional, social, policy and financial innovations.

Selection Process

Award specific criteria:

• Have an impact on more than one level of the supply chain from agricultural producers (e.g. farmers, herders, fishers) to consumers.
• Strengthen the link between agricultural producers and consumers through innovative mechanisms (e.g innovative institutional arrangements, policy and financial mechanisms, social processes, innovative technological solutions including digital tools, platforms connecting producers and consumers, innovative ways of access to markets and consumers etc.,) with due consideration to environmental, economic and social dimensions of sustainability.

General criteria:

• Quality and merit of the innovation
• Potential benefit, impact and sustainability
• Accessibility and affordability of the innovation
• Scalability
• Value for money
• Role of youth (under 35), and/or women, and/or marginalized groups

Application Deadline

March 10th, 2024

How to Apply