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World Food Prize Foundation

The Challenge runs as a yearly competition rather than a continuous scheme, open worldwide to early-stage, for-profit AgTech startups with at least one full-time founder.

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The World Food Prize Foundation is a Des Moines, Iowa-based foundation built around the legacy of Dr. Norman Borlaug, the plant scientist who won the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on hunger and crop yields. Its flagship award, the World Food Prize, recognises achievement in improving the quality, quantity or availability of food worldwide and is given through an annual nomination and selecti…

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Innovate for Impact Challenge

Awards $50,000 to the top early-stage AgTech startup pitching at the Borlaug Dialogue.

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Innovate for Impact Challenge

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