Deadline: 28-Jul-21
The Agricultural Projects Accelerator and the Agricultural Development Association (Agricultural Relief), sponsored by many Palestinian institutions and companies, announce the opening of registration for the Future Agriculture Challenge ( FAC ) to create truly sustainable solutions to complex global food insecurity, biodiversity, and climate change by bringing together an integrated ecosystem of impact makers, agro-entrepreneurs, farmers, investors, companies, researchers and industry experts, providing training, capacity building and developing Partnerships .tailored to the needs of startups Competition.
The FAC National will be in collaboration with the Accelerator of Business Agricultural (ABA) and the Association of Agricultural Development (PARC), and under the auspices of several Palestinian institutions and companies sponsoring this competition, where it will be the organization of the event and its implementation to select “entrepreneur national agricultural year.
The competition will provide an opportunity to showcase the local agro-food innovation ecosystem through a national competition. The aim of this competition is to select 10 of the best startups to compete in the finalists with the most innovative offerings for sustainable and scalable agricultural entrepreneurship.
The first place winner will receive the title of “National Agribusiness Entrepreneur of the Year” and will be provided with financial and technical support to have direct access to the Global Entrepreneur Summit for international opportunities and the startup will be part of the FAC World Championships.
The second and third place winner will receive in-kind prizes, and eligible startups and entrepreneurs will receive networking .opportunities, technical support, and investment opportunities from the competition sponsors.
Targeted Sectors
- Food technology
- Agricultural technology
- Agricultural production and processing
- Nutrition and health
- income of farmers
- Food waste
- Food or drink
- Product or retail
- Agricultural education
- Agricultural tourism
- Health and safety
- Packaging and logistics .
Eligibility Criteria
All entrepreneurs in Palestine who meet the following criteria:
- The company or project has existed for a period not exceeding five years
- Has an innovative and scalable business idea in the food, agricultural technology and agriculture sector
- has a / a – partners Minimum Viable Product ( MVP ) (minimum) product .
- Fluent in English or to have someone to represent them
- He/she does not mind talking about his project in front of the public
For more information, visit https://www.foras.ps/opportunity/983
