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

Youth Food Lab Nepal launches Agrifood Incubation Programme
23/07/2025

On 4 July 2025, the Youth Food Lab (YFL) Nepal officially launched its 2025 Agrifood Incubation Programme with a virtual kick-off session. Part of the...

Announcing the 2025 Startup Innovation Awards Semi-Finalists
03/07/2025

The World Food Forum (WFF) Global Youth Action Initiative’s Startup Innovation Awards (SIA), powered by Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), is a global competition...

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