Are you an innovator or researcher in the agriculture sector? Well, this might just be your golden goose...... The Africa Food Prize committee has announced the launch of 2022 nominations for the Africa Food Prize, a preeminent award recognizing outstanding individuals or institutions that are leading the effort to change the reality of farming in Africa- from a struggle to survive to a business that thrives.
The funding
partners AGRA and UPL are inviting nominations from organizations,
institutions, and businesses that have created opportunities for Africa's
farmers to gain viable livelihoods from their trade. The nomination criteria, procedure, and
online application are available at www.africafoodprize.org/nominate.
Nominations will close on Monday, May 16th, 2022.
The prestigious
US $100,000 Prize puts a spotlight on 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.
Winners will be selected by the
Africa Food Prize committee led by H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of
Nigeria, and will be
announced at the AGRF Summit 2022 to be held in Kigali, Rwanda in September.
“The Africa
Food Prize celebrates Africans who are taking control of Africa’s agriculture
agenda to create wealth and jobs for the continent, its economy, and people,”
said H.E Obasanjo.
In 2021, hundreds of robust nominations
were received and after rigorous evaluation, the Prize was awarded to The
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) for
work that has improved food security across 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Between 2007 and 2019, ICRISAT led a collaboration of partners to deliver the
Tropical Legumes Project. The project, undertaken together with the
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and International
Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), developed 266 improved legume
varieties and almost half a million tons of seed for a range of legume crops,
including cowpeas, pigeon peas, chickpea, common bean, groundnut, and soybean.
These new varieties have helped over 25 million smallholder farmers become more
resilient to climate change, as well as pest and disease outbreaks.
