The World Food Forum

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 “ Hand in Hand for betters foods and a better future”. 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].

TRANSFORMATIVE
RESEARCH CHALLENGE
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Idea-stage research proposals

Identifying and supporting the best research projects aligned to agrifood systems transformation.

YOUTH
FOOD LAB
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Early-stage projects

Incubator programme launched with Wageningen University & Research to scale early-stage projects.

STARTUP
INNOVATION AWARDS
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Advanced startups

Identifying and scaling up advanced, youth-led startups that are already driving impact.

News

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...

Phurpa Dorji’s AI-Powered Precision Agriculture wins Best Innovative Idea at Regional Youth Innovation Championship in Thailand
Phurpa Dorji’s AI-Powered Precision Agriculture wins Best Innovative Idea at Regional Youth Innovation Championship in Thailand
21/10/2024

Phurpa Dorji’s AI-powered crop monitoring system won the best Innovative Idea at the Regional Youth Innovation Championship for agrifood system transformation...

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Announcing the 2024 WFF Startup Innovation Awards Semi-Finalists
20/08/2024

The  WFF Startup Innovation Awards, powered by Extreme Tech Challenge  are a global startup competition established to support and showcase young innovators...

Cultivating youth-led Innovation in the Latin America and the Caribbean region
Cultivating youth-led Innovation in the Latin America and the Caribbean region
28/06/2024

The World Food Forum (WFF) is proud to announce the launch of the Youth Food Lab program at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’...

WFF at the STI Forum 2024 - Youth-led Innovation: Ensuring good food for all, for today and tomorrow
WFF at the STI Forum 2024 - Youth-led Innovation: Ensuring good food for all, for today and tomorrow
09/05/2024

The World Food Forum (WFF) joined the 9th United Nations STI Forum in New York to advocate for the support of youth-led innovation for sustainable agrifood...