Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UN FAO) Innovation Award 2026 ($10,000 prize) – YOA

Deadline: February 28, 2026

Applications are open for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UN FAO) Innovation Award 2026. Innovation is altering the method meals is produced, processed, traded and consumed and constructing extra environment friendly, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood methods.

The FAO Award for Innovation acknowledges floor-breaking improvements in areas beneath FAO’s mandate to Members or non-state companions, together with establishments, people, worldwide/regional organizations, educational or analysis entities, civil society teams, personal sector entities and FAO staff.

Award

Award contains:

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

Eligibility

• The FAO Award for Innovation might be conferred for floor-breaking innovation in areas beneath FAO’s mandate to a broad spectrum of awardees, together with Members, establishments, people, worldwide/regional organizations, educational or analysis entities, civil society organizations personal sector entities.
• The Award will recognise, however not be restricted to, all kinds of improvements in agrifood methods, technological (together with digital and biotechnological improvements) in addition to social, monetary, coverage, and institutional improvements. It may even cowl sustainable manufacturing practices comparable to agroecology, new approaches, new enterprise fashions, and so forth. The improvements might fall beneath numerous classes together with technological, institutional, social, coverage, and monetary improvements.

Criteria

Award particular standards

• Demonstrate affect on a couple of degree of the provide chain, from small-scale agricultural producers (e.g. farmers, herders, fishers) to customers.
• Strengthen the hyperlink between small-scale producers and customers by means of progressive mechanisms comparable to progressive institutional preparations, coverage and monetary mechanisms, social processes, progressive technological options together with digital instruments, innovation hubs, platforms connecting producers and customers, progressive methods of entry to markets and customers and so forth.,) with due consideration to environmental, financial and social dimensions of sustainability.

General standards

• Quality and benefit of the innovation
• Potential profit, affect and sustainability
• Accessibility and affordability of the innovation
• Scalability
• Value for cash
• Role of youth (beneath 35), and/or ladies, and/or marginalized teams

Application

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For extra data, go to Innovation Award.