Due date: November 18th 2023 | Call For Applications PARM Stories Challenge In Africa
| Title: | Call For Applications PARM Stories Challenge In Africa |
| Organisation: | Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM) |
| Fund/Benefit: | Travel Grants |
| Deadline: | 18th November 2023 |
| Eligible countries: | All countries |
As part of the commemoration of #WorldFoodDay and International #RuralWomenDay, the Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM) is launching the global campaign “PARM Stories Challenge” alongside media professionals.
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The task at hand is to create a compelling video story that illustrates rural farmers’ ability to cope with agricultural risks and shows how this could be improved in order to boost their output and build more resilient agri-food systems, which would help the world’s population reach its sustainable development targets.
The documentary ought to go over the difficulties they encounter, their creative solutions, and the beneficial effects on their output and the long-term viability of the agri-food industry in their region and/or elsewhere.
The needs of women, young people, and other vulnerable communities should receive special attention.
Themes
- Enhancing one’s own resilience
- Helping to ensure food security
- Lowering of environmental impact
- Sustainable agri-food systems
Prize
- The jury will pre-select 10 finalists, from whom the three top makers of video stories will be chosen as the competition’s winners after the final round of voting. The order of the ultimate winners will be from first to third.
- The following prizes will be given to the 10 finalists:
- The first winning film producer will travel to one or more PARM/IFAD operational nations to get firsthand knowledge of the UN’s agricultural risk management initiatives and operations. They will also have the opportunity to work with PARM/IFAD direct beneficiaries to create a second video.
- Along with the first-place winner, the next two winning video producers will present their works at an international conference. These videos will also be promoted on the institutional platforms of PARM, FARM-D, and Africa 21.
- The names and profiles of the final seven finalists will be included in the challenge publicity materials, and they will receive certificates of participation designating them as finalists of an international challenge.
eligibility
- You must meet the following requirements in order to enter the contest:
- Interested in agricultural challenges on the African continent and a journalist or media professional (including freelance);
- English or French proficiency
- Be willing to travel to any African nation for an international event or field mission.
Guidelines
- Format for Video
- Make a visually appealing, educational, and interesting documentary-style video. The video should be full HD (1920 x 1080) and no more than 7 minutes.
- Storytelling
- Concentrate on the individual or collective stories of farmers. Showcase how they have dealt with hazards including those caused by the weather, market changes, pests, or a lack of resources. Emphasise their tactics, such as crop diversification, soil preservation, water management, or the adoption of environmentally friendly farming methods.
- Local Situation
- Display smallholder farmers and draw attention to the particular difficulties they have in their individual environments, such as harsh weather conditions, market accessibility, a lack of infrastructure, restricted access to technology, etc.
- Innovations and solutions
- Examine the ways that smallholder farmers are enhancing their resilience.
- Showcase the creative strategies they have used, such as utilising cutting-edge agricultural methods, utilising technology, establishing cooperatives or farmer networks, or putting sustainable farming ideas into practise, etc.
- Impact
- Showcase the benefits of their resilience-building activities. Indicate how these strategies have boosted workers’ output, enhanced their standard of living, increased food security, minimised their environmental effect, and helped create sustainable agri-food systems.
- Inclusivity and Diversity
- Make certain that the movie captures the diversity of rural farmers, including their gender, age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Emphasise the contribution of young and female farmers to sustainability and resilience building.
- Language Videos may be submitted in either French or English; the PARM team will add subtitles to the chosen videos.
- Originality
- Send in an original video that you own the rights to that has never been published or broadcast online or in a print publication.
- Videos that are plagiarised will not be accepted.
- Submission
- Send the WeTransfer or Google Drive link to your HD film together with a brief bio, name, photograph, contact information, and the title and description of your video.
Visit PARM for additional details.
