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Young changemakers drive agrifood systems innovation: Meet the 2025 Youth Food Lab winners
17/11/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF)’s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative) celebrated the 2025 Youth Food Lab (YFL) cohort, at the YFL Global finals, held at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 16 October 2025, during the WFF flagship event.
Meet the 2025 WFF Startup Innovation Awards winners
07/11/2025
Young innovators from all around the globe took center stage at the 2025 World Food Forum (WFF) Startup Innovation Awards finals. The fifth edition of the annual competition reached a successful conclusion with a live pitch session at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters on 15 October 2025, as part of the 2025 WFF flagship event.
Young researchers awarded at the 2025 WFF Transformative Research Challenge finals
28/10/2025
The fifth edition of the World Food Forum (WFF) Transformative Research Challenge (TRC) concluded at the 2025 WFF flagship event on 14 October at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy.
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 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations headquarters, as part of the 2024 WFF flagship event.
The WFF Youth Food Lab incubator programme concludes its second cycle
14/11/2024
The second cycle of the World Food Forum (WFF) Youth Food Lab (YFL) incubator programme concluded during the 2024 WFF flagship event.
Meet the Youth Policy and Deliberation Challenge winners!
13/11/2024
The World Food Forum (WFF) flagship event welcomed the finalists of the first ever Youth Policy and Deliberation Challenge (PDC) of the Education programme.
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 of FAO in Rome, Italy, where the finalist young researchers showcased their innovative proposals to a global audience.
Brown Technology is the winner of the first WFF Global Youth Hackathon on Food Waste
20/11/2024
The Brown Technology team won first place in the Global Youth Hackathon on Food Waste during the World Food Forum (WFF) flagship event.
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Meet our Transformative Research Challenge (TRC) 2023 winners
29/11/2023
Innovative researchers took center stage at the World Food Forum 2023, where the third edition of the Transformative Research Challenge (TRC) concluded.
Meet Our 2023 Startup Innovation Awards Winners
30/11/2023
Young entrepreneurs were celebrated at the center stage of the World Food Forum Startup Innovation Awards 2023.
Youth Food Lab: from idea to implementation
23/11/2023
The Youth Food Lab teams graced the main stage of the World Food Forum in Rome.
Meet the winners of FAO Geneva’s World Food Forum Photo Contest
07/11/2023
The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva organized its first Photo Exhibition, celebrating the 2023 World Food Forum (WFF).
Meet the Winners of the Third Annual World Food Forum Film Festival 2023
18/10/2023
This year, the WFF Film Festival reached a record high of about 500 films submitted by young talented directors from over 70 countries.
Framing the future: World Food Forum Photo Exhibition on Climate Action and Agrifood Systems Transformation
17/10/2023
The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva joined hands with the United Nations (UN) Organizations in Geneva to open the World Food Forum (WFF) photo exhibition at the Palais des Nations.