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AFRICA Research Excellence Award

Candidates must:

  • Be born in or/and be a citizen of an African country conducting research in an Africa-based institution.
  • Have made an outstanding contribution through research that has had a clear impact on reducing hunger and poverty, improving nutritional security, improving agricultural productivity and food safety, reducing food losses and waste, increasing resilience to food system risks and shocks, improving opportunities for jobs and income generation, improving environmental sustainability in Africa, promoting development or agricultural and food supply chains and resilience.
  • Demonstrate readiness to share knowledge, collaborate, and support efforts to increase research and innovation contribution and scale up their innovation to expand its impact on African livelihoods. form

AFRICA Innovation-based Entrepreneurship Award

Candidates must:

  • Be born in or be a citizen of an African country engaged in the agricultural industry.
  • Have made an outstanding contribution by harnessing technology and innovation to significantly improve opportunities for growth, income generation and cost-saving measures in Africa.

AFRICA Impactful Evidence-based Policies Award

Candidates must:

  • Be born in or be a citizen of an African country engaged in formulating or implementing policies that directly impact African agriculture and food.
  • Have made an outstanding contribution through governance and policy-related interventions that have significantly impacted reducing hunger and poverty, improving nutritional security, increasing resilience to food system risks and shocks, improving opportunities for jobs and income generation, and improving environmental sustainability.

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