Are you an Agtech entrepreneur offering innovative responses to the challenges facing African agriculture? Do you want to connect with professionals in plant nutrition and farming? Would you like to be more actively engaged in the transformation of African agriculture at a time when we need to produce more, more efficiently?
Background
Millions of people are malnourished and in desperate need of food and water. Communities across Africa including in Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Somalia are facing the worst food crisis seen in 40 years. There is an urgency to innovate sustainable solutions to the African problem of hunger and malnutrition. It is with this in mind that the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) co-organized the African Agtech Showcase.
This international contest is open to entrepreneurs offering innovative responses to the challenges facing African agriculture to showcase their solutions to the plant nutrition industry. The IFA and UM6P judges will evaluate applications based on the competition criteria including impact, innovation and applicability to African smallholder farmers. Final selection will take place in May 2023 at the IFA Annual Conference, the largest gathering of the fertilizer industry, and the winning startup will receive a €20,000 prize (approximately Ksh2.5 million).
Categories
Startups are invited to apply online in one of the following five categories:
- Soil health and plant nutrition solutions to protect and improve soil fertility as well as adaptive mechanisms for nutrient release and plant uptake.
- Advisory and information services for farmers to improve crop yield and quality as well as farm profitability.
- Market access solutions that enable African smallholder farmers to reach off-takers or end consumers as well as suppliers of seeds, fertilizers, equipment and crop protection products.
- Supply chain services for farmers, agribusinesses and cooperatives to better manage their relationships.
Application Deadline: 31st November 2023
To apply and to get more information, click here.
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