WASHINGTON, D.C. (RFD-TV) — Startups around the world are developing tools that could help farmers become more productive and resilient.
The efforts are part of the World Food Prize Foundation’s Innovate for Impact program.
Foundation President and former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the program has received a strong response.
“This year, we had 1,700 applications, again, from all over the world. We had companies that have done just extraordinary work with genetic research in terms of how can you create the ability of seeds potentially to require fewer inputs, fewer synthetic inputs, which, of course, reduces the reliance on chemicals, reduces the environmental challenges that some of those chemicals can sometimes present, and obviously reduce the cost to farmers, and particularly smallholder farmers.”
The winning startup will receive $50,000 to further its impact on global food security.
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