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Overview
| Donor: | AGRA |
| Application procedure: | Online Application |
| Donor base: | Kenya |
| Reference number: | - |
| Eligible applicants: | Individual, Non-Profit Organisation, Social Business |
| Deadline: | 17.06.2024 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Small - up to $100,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | 100.000$ |
| Total available budget: | 100.000$ |
| Funding type: | Prize |
| Maximum grant size: | 100.000$ |
| Funding ratio: | 100% |
Sectors
- Agriculture & Rural Development
- Food Security
- Research, Technology & Innovation
Project Locations
Africa
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia
Description
1) Objective
The Africa Food Prize is the preeminent award recognising an outstanding individual or institution that is leading the effort to change the reality of farming in Africa—from a struggle to survive to a business that thrives. The $100,000 prize celebrates Africans who are taking control of Africa’s agriculture agenda. It 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. Farmers continue to have difficulty accessing markets. If they are not constrained by distance, limited quantities of produce sees farmers receive low prices for their product. Many farmers also do not have access to storage, which means they usually sell their produce at harvest time when the price is lowest, or risk having the quality of their produce slowly eroded because of poor storage technologies. Limited technical knowledge also means farmers can be slow to adopt modern agricultural practices that are more productive, commercial and sustainable. And with effects of climate change becoming real, this need to continue learning and adopting becomes even more important as farmers counter the increasingly challenging conditions. The Africa Food Prize exists to reward pioneering efforts to overcome these obstacles and encourage others to follow their lead.
The Prize Committee considers the following criteria for the Prize: (1) contribution to reducing poverty and hunger and/or improving food and nutrition security in measurable terms; (2) contribution to providing a vital source of income and/or employment in measurable terms; (3) potential for transformative change through scalability, replication, and sustainability; (4) increased awareness and cooperation among African audiences and organizations; and (5) proven leadership potential of the individual or organization, specifically the ability to persevere despite significant challenges or risks.
2) Eligibility
The Africa Food Prize can 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 overall objectives of the Prize.
3) Location
Actions must take place in Africa.
4) Budget
It is a $100,000 prize.
5) Application
The deadline for submitting nominations for the Africa Food Prize 2024 is (15 June 2024).