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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.
Meet the 2025 Startup Innovation Awards finalists
28/07/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF) Global Youth Action Initiative’s Startup Innovation Awards (SIA), powered by Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), is a global competition that supports and showcases young innovators and entrepreneurs using technology to accelerate the sustainable transformation of agrifood systems and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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 that supports and showcases young innovators and entrepreneurs using technology to accelerate the sustainable transformation of agrifood systems and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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.
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, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (STI Forum) at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York.
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 and entrepreneurs who are harnessing the power of technology to drive the sustainable transformation of agrifood systems.
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 systems transformation.
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.
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2023 Startup Innovation Awards (SIA) Finalists Announcement
12/09/2023
The WFF Startup Innovation Awards, powered by Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), selected the eight finalists for the 2023 edition.
2023 Semifinalists Selected for WFF Startup Innovation Awards
02/08/2023
Congratulations to the 34 semi-finalists of The WFF Startup Innovation Awards
World Food Forum: Young entrepreneurs harness the power of technology to drive agrifood systems transformation
19/10/2023
Startup Innovation Awards acknowledge groundbreaking ventures from innovators from India, Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Young researchers and startups honoured and mentored by private sector at World Food Forum
11/10/2021
Fostering innovation and entrepreneurship for food systems transformation took centre-stage at the World Food Forum, with awards presented to young researchers and entrepreneurs. Masterclasses hosted by United Nations organizations, the OECD, the Clinton Foundation, the Slow Food Coffee Coalition, Kimbal Musk, Bill Tai, and others also took place.
Sponsor us to empower young innovators for a better food future
23/03/2023
We invite sponsors to join WFF in empowering young innovators and entrepreneurs for a better food future.
Finalists Announced for 2021 World Food Forum Startup Innovation Awards
09/09/2021
The World Food Forum (WFF), in partnership with Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), announce the 2021 finalists for the WFF Startup Innovation Awards. The WFF Startup Innovation Awards are a global startup competition established to support and showcase innovation.
World Food Forum 2022: Innovation Lab Highlights
08/11/2022
During the WFF annual flagship event, the Innovation Lab hosted its Transformative Research Challenge Finals, the Startup Innovation Awards finals, a Private Sector Innovation Afternoon and a Masterclass on Sustainable Packaging, and launched an Innovation Alliance with Wageningen University & Research.
WFF Startup Innovation Awards Winners Announced
19/10/2022
In the finals of the World Food Forum Startup Innovation Awards, 4 winners were chosen from 8 finalists who pitched their research ideas to a global audience and a panel of judges on the mainstage of the World Food Forum flagship event.
Semifinalists Selected for WFF Startup Innovation Awards
13/09/2022
The first-round review of the World Food Forum (WFF) Startup Innovation Awards, powered by our partner Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), has been completed and the semifinalistas have been selected. The Evaluation Committee reviewed over 140 applications from more than 60 countries around the world.
World Food Forum and Extreme Tech Challenge launch 2022 ‘Startup Innovation Awards’ at Stockholm+50 Side Event
08/06/2022
The World Food Forum (WFF) and Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) have launched the second annual WFF Startup Innovation Awards, powered by XTC. The launch was preceded by a Stockholm+50 associated event on 2 June, entitled “Agrifood Tech Innovations for a Healthy Planet: Creating opportunities and empowering the next generation of agripreneurs".
World Food Forum launches ‘Startup Innovation Awards’ in partnership with the Extreme Tech Challenge
22/07/2021
The World Food Forum powered by Global Youth, today announced a partnership with the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) to launch an international competition - the World Food Forum Startup Innovation Awards - to support and showcase innovating entrepreneurs.
Stockholm +50 Associated Event
24/05/2022
Agrifood Tech Innovations for a Healthy Planet: Creating opportunities and empowering the next generation of agripreneurs Hosted by In 2021, the Youth Committee of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) la