Feeding the Next Billion Food Innovation Fellowship 2026 – YOA

Deadline: March 10, 2026

Applications are open for the Feeding the Next Billion Food Innovation Fellowship 2026. The “Feeding the Next Billion” Food Innovation Fellowship is a transformative 5-day residential program designed to empower younger Nigerian innovators in the essential space of meals worth addition. Organized by Farm Central Intelligence (FarmCI), supported by UNESCO and Nestlé by means of the “Because You Matter” Program, with technical experience from Soilless Farm Lab, this fellowship addresses the twin challenges of meals waste and youth unemployment in Nigeria.

Participants will interact in intensive, fingers-on coaching centered on changing uncooked agricultural produce—particularly greens, spices, and peppers—into excessive-worth, market-prepared merchandise. The curriculum is meticulously crafted to equip fellows with sensible abilities in processing, preservation, packaging, branding, and primary enterprise administration. Beyond technical abilities, the program fosters an entrepreneurial mindset, selling sustainable practices that scale back publish-harvest losses and contribute to nationwide meals safety.

The fellowship is dedicated to fostering a various and inclusive setting, actively encouraging purposes from youths and people from Lagos, Ogun, and Oyo states. It goals to domesticate a brand new technology of meals entrepreneurs who can drive financial development, create native employment, and construct resilient meals techniques inside their communities.

Benefits

Selected fellows for the “Feeding the Next Billion” Food Innovation Fellowship will obtain a complete bundle of assist designed to facilitate their studying and kick-begin their entrepreneurial journey:

• Fully Sponsored Residential Training: All prices related to the 5-day intensive residential program, together with lodging, meals, and coaching supplies, will likely be absolutely coated.
• Transportation Support: Fellows will obtain monetary help to cowl their transportation prices to and from the coaching venue in Ogun State.
• Hands-on Training & Mentorship: Access to skilled trainers and mentors from FarmCI and Soilless Farm Lab, offering sensible steerage and business insights.
• Starter Kit: Each fellow will obtain a personalised setup equipment containing important instruments and supplies to right away start implementing their meals worth addition enterprise upon returning to their communities.
• Networking Opportunities: Connect with a vibrant neighborhood of fellow innovators, business specialists, and program companions, fostering collaborations and peer assist.
• Certificate of Completion: A proper recognition of their participation and profitable completion of the fellowship program.
• Post-Program Support: Access to ongoing mentorship and sources to assist the institution and development of their companies.

Eligibility

• Open to youths and people from Lagos, Ogun, and Oyo states;
• Applicants must be aged 18-35 years;
• Females are strongly inspired to apply.

Application

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For extra data, go to Feeding the Next Billion Food Innovation Fellowship.