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Prix ​​Africain de l'Alimentation
African Food Prize: Raising the Heroes of Agriculture

The African Food Prize Committee invites applications from individuals or institutions that are improving food security; catalysing innovation and transformative change in Africa's agricultural sector.

Important dates :

Deadline: 17 June 2023

Name of donor : Africa Food Prize

Amount of the grant : 10,000 $ to 100,000 $

Category: Awards, Prizes and Challenges

Reference URL : https://africafoodprize.org/about/

Area(s) of interest

The Africa Food Prize is the pre-eminent award recognising an outstanding individual or institution that is leading the effort to change the reality of agriculture in Africa - from a struggle to survive to a thriving business.

Objectives

The Africa Food Prize rewards extraordinary women, men and institutions whose outstanding contributions to African agriculture are forging a new era of sustainable food security and economic opportunities that uplift all Africans.

Building on the values and principles established by the Yara Prize, the Africa Food Prize highlights transformative achievements and innovations that can be scaled up and replicated across the continent to eliminate hunger and poverty and provide a vital new source of employment and income.

New category Regenerative agriculture

There will also be a special category on regenerative agriculture, which will award USD 10,000 for achievements and innovations that advance regenerative food systems on the African continent.

The Prize Committee will consider the following criteria for the Regenerative Agriculture Prize, for entries that:

  • Helping to protect and regenerate natural resources, primarily soil, water and biodiversity;
  • Improving the resilience of agricultural land to climate change and farmers' livelihoods;
  • Support locally adapted and context-specific solutions inspired by empirical wisdom;
  • Engage the network of existing communities and local governance in a landscape approach;
  • Increase knowledge and awareness of regenerative agriculture, particularly among young people.
Price information
  • The US$100,000 prize celebrates Africans who are taking control of Africa's agricultural agenda. It highlights bold initiatives and technical innovations that can be replicated across the continent to create a new era of food security and economic opportunity for all Africans.
  • The prize is awarded at a special ceremony attended by the winner(s), the Africa Food Prize Committee and invited guests. The winner(s) undertake(s) to attend this ceremony.
  • The African Food Prize 2023 will be awarded at the AGRF Summit in September.
Eligibility criteria
  • The African Food Prize may be awarded to any individual or identifiable group of individuals, as well as to established institutions, associations, organisations or government bodies with a formal and recognised judicial and organisational structure contributing to the general objectives of the Prize.
  • The prize may be awarded to any qualified candidate, regardless of nationality, profession or place of residence, whose work and resulting contributions have had a clear impact on the African situation, at national, regional or continental level.
  • The prize may be awarded in reference to a specific contribution or achievement, or a series of efforts and results in the recent past, preferably within the last few years.
  • Current or recent members of the African Food Prize Committee, or an institution/organisation headed by such a member, are not eligible for the Prize. The Prize may not be awarded to a person who has already died, but will be awarded in the event that a Prize winner dies before receiving the Prize.
  • The prize may be awarded to more than one winner, but no more than two. In the event of a tie, each winner will receive an equal prize (USD 100,000 divided in two), a diploma and a trophy.
The selection criteria
  • The African Food Prize will reward outstanding contributions in all aspects of agriculture and food production that are clearly linked to the fight against hunger and poverty reduction in Africa. Decisions will be based on the Prize Committee's research and deliberations on the work of the nominees and an assessment of their achievements.
  • In its assessments, the Africa Food Prize Committee will place particular emphasis on the proven and tangible results, scalability and value creation arising from the nominee's work, directly or indirectly, in improving sustainable agriculture and food and nutrition security in Africa. In its deliberations, the African Food Prize Committee will also emphasise the value of the nominees' achievements in visionary thinking, their motivational and rallying role in the campaign against hunger and poverty, and their propensity to share knowledge and cooperate. . The African Food Prize Committee will also look at the circumstances in which the work was carried out and the results achieved, i.e. the complexity of the problem and the difficulties, hostilities or prejudices encountered.
  • The Prize Committee will consider the following criteria for the Prize:
    • Contribution to reducing poverty and hunger and/or improving food and nutritional security in measurable terms.
    • Contribution to providing a vital source of income and/or employment in measurable terms.
    • Potential for transformative change thanks to scalability, replication and sustainability.
    • Increased awareness and cooperation between audiences and African organisations.
    • Proven leadership potential of the individual or organisation, in particular the ability to.
    • Persevere despite major challenges or risks.

For more information, please visit Africa Food Prize.

 

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