The World Food Forum 2024: Good food for all, for today and tomorrow.

Youth Innovation Lab

Youth Innovation Lab

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Youth Innovation for a Better Food Future

The WFF Youth Innovation Lab consists of hands-on competitions for students and young professionals – including research challenges, startup challenges, incubation and acceleration initiatives, bootcamps and networking events – as well as Masterclasses with inspirational and educational content from renowned experts and emerging young leaders on how to nurture innovation for a better food future.

The WFF focuses on transforming agrifood systems to address the climate crisis and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the slogan “Good food for all, today and tomorrow”. The WFF bring innovators together to raise awareness on the importance of these two issues, with the aim of identifying out-of-the-box, actionable solutions to minimize and mitigate the impact of climate change in our lifetime, while simultaneously increasing global access to sustainable and healthy food.

Get involved

The World Food Forum needs youth volunteers, partners and sponsors to participate, help bring the event to life, and spread the word about the WFF and the key issues facing our global food systems.

If you are a young and ambitious innovator who wants to join the movement and create a better food future with us, sign up for our mailing list and follow us on social media to keep up to date on our latest news.

To become a volunteer, partner or sponsor, email us at [email protected].

News

WFF and Penn State University join efforts to advance youth-led innovation
Youth Food Lab North America: WFF and Penn State University join efforts to advance youth-led innovation
06/06/2025

FAO and Penn State University have signed a cooperation agreement which will enhance their collaboration on establishing Youth Food...

Youth-led innovation: Empowering the next generation of agrifood innovators
30/05/2025

On 6 May 2025, the World Food Forum (WFF)’s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative) participated in the 10th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science,...

WFF Youth Food Lab Global Incubator Programme launches its third cohort
09/05/2025

The World Food Forum (WFF) Youth Food Lab (YFL) Global Incubator Programme has launched its third cohort. After two successful years of supporting young...

Feeding the Planet by 2050
Feeding the Planet by 2050
01/05/2025

Feeding the Planet by 2050

Meet the 2024 WFF Transformative Research Challenge winners
Meet the 2024 WFF Transformative Research Challenge winners
18/11/2024

The fourth edition of the World Food Forum Transformative Research Challenge (TRC) concluded at the WFF flagship event in October, at the headquarters...

Meet the 2024 Startup Innovation Awards winners
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Meet the 2024 Startup Innovation Awards winners
28/10/2024

The fourth annual global World Food Forum Startup Innovation Awards competition reached its conclusion with the live finals pitch session, hosted at...