Authorities of Switzerland, with the technical help of FAO, established the Worldwide Innovation Award for Sustainable Meals and Agriculture in 2019 and is happy to announce the second version. The award is open to people, non-public firms or establishments and includes two classes:
- Class A awards excellence in digitization and innovation for sustainable meals techniques (USD 30 000)
- Class B recognises an innovation that empowers youth in sustainable meals techniques (USD 30 000).
Agricultural innovation is the method whereby people or organizations convey new or present merchandise, processes or methods of group into use for the primary time in a particular context with a purpose to enhance effectiveness, competitiveness, resilience to shocks or environmental sustainability and thereby contribute to meals safety and vitamin, financial improvement or sustainable pure useful resource administration.
WORTH
- a scroll describing the achievements of the recipient and/or an award;
- a money prize of USD 30 000 for excellence in digitization and innovation for sustainable meals techniques
- a money prize of USD 30 000 for an innovation that empowers youth in agriculture and meals techniques
ELIGIBILITY
- People, non-public firms and establishments answerable for an innovation that has demonstrated specific effectivity and used novel instruments, services or products to reinforce and promote sustainable meals and agriculture. Each classes of the award take into account improvements which have been efficiently carried out and validated.
- The Award is conferred for improvements carried out in the course of the biennium previous the present one. In step with the necessities and technical competencies of the Federal Workplace of Agriculture of Switzerland, all improvements should apply to agriculture and pastoral techniques solely.
- Software types which are incomplete, don’t adjust to the phrases and situations specified, or are submitted past the deadline, in response to the directions offered, is not going to be thought-about.
- No candidates beneath the age of 18 might be thought-about for the Award.
DEADLINE: March 19 2021
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