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WFP Innovation Accelerator
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The World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator sources, supports and scales high-impact innovations to #DisruptHunger.
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator sources, supports, and scales high-impact innovations to disrupt hunger and address the sustainable development goals. Based in Munich, Germany, we provide WFP employees, entrepreneurs, and startups with funding, hands-on support and access to WFP’s global operations. Through the Innovation Accelerator, WFP is leveraging unprecedented advances in digital innovation—such as mobile technology, artificial intelligence, big data, and blockchain—and new business models to transform the way we serve vulnerable communities across the world. Building on WFP’s legacy of innovation, the Innovation Accelerator was launched in 2015 to pilot new solutions and scale promising innovations to achieve Zero Hunger. Today, the Innovation Accelerator has grown to become one of the world's leading social impact startup accelerators. In 2023 the Innovation Accelerator is running 14 programmes addressing a wide range of social impact and sustainability issues, including climate change, primary healthcare, gender equality, and emergency response. In 2023 alone, its portfolio of over 150 innovations reached 60.7 million people worldwide.
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- Gemeinnützige Organisationen
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- 11–50 Beschäftigte
- Hauptsitz
- Munich
- Gegründet
- 2015
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DEADLINE FAST APPROACHING! 😱 Does your solution: 🌱 promote sustainable and climate-smart agriculture 🍎 help reduce of post-harvest losses 🌍 tackle water scarcity in Iraq? 💡 APPLY by 20 October 11:59pm (AST) to the PALM Innovation Challenge: bit.ly/3XwBsS2
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Technology is transforming how we deliver life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable people around the globe. 🌍 Here at the World Food Programme, we’re leveraging innovations like blockchain, AI and mobile data to enhance humanitarian aid and ensure no one is left behind. This piece, by Head of WFP Innovation Accelerator Bernhard Kowatsch and Chief Information Officer and Director of Technology at WFP Jay Mahanand in the Diplomatic Courier explores how these cutting-edge tools are revolutionizing humanitarian efforts. 💡 From predictive analytics that help us anticipate crises to digital identity systems that make food distribution more efficient and transparent, learn how tech is reshaping the future of humanitarian assistance ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/dfdsDigS
Tech trends transforming humanitarian aid
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It’s #WorldFoodDay today, and we're taking this opportunity to celebrate the vital contributions of smallholder farmers in bringing food from their farms to our plates! 🌾 Smallholder #farmers play a crucial role in building sustainable #foodsystems, but many of them face significant challenges, including: - Limited agricultural knowledge, especially regarding post-harvest loss reduction - Low access to inputs - Increased threats to their yields and livelihoods due to #climatechange and conflicts In northern #Ethiopia, these issues have severely impacted food security in the #Amhara region. To address this, with support from BASF Stiftung, the WFP Innovation Accelerator and World Food Programme #Ethiopia are excited to introduce the Integrated Risk and Post-harvest Management (IRMA) initiative. This programme combines two impactful innovations from our portfolio to help Ethiopian farmers build climate resilience and strengthen their livelihoods. Swipe the carousal to learn more about this initiative! #WFD2024
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Strengthening emergency response with AI 🌍 On today’s World Food Day, the WFP Innovation Accelerator is proud to announce a new partnership with MAA, Luxemburg, CERN, and the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST). The goal: Strengthen our mission for a world with #ZeroHunger. 🤝 By bringing together CERN's AI expertise and LIST’s Earth Observation and AI capabilities, we aim to develop high-impact solutions that make WFP’s humanitarian actions and emergency response even faster, more efficient and effective. Our focus will be on assessing damages, monitoring cash-based assistance and building secure platforms for data sharing – all to ensure we can save more lives and feed those who need it most. 🌾 We look forward to creating lasting change together and supporting communities where it’s needed most. Jorge Fernandes Rizwan Sadiq Emeka Madubuko Antonella Del Rosso Olivier Marquis Anne Nicolas 📷 MAA, Luxemburg
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Passionate about the intersection of finance and food security? You won’t want to miss this! As part of Accion’s Financial Inclusion Week, World Food Programme is participating in panel discussion, moderated by Citi on a crucial topic: Financial Inclusion for Food Security. Our very own Charity Ngulube from WFP Zambia will be presenting our joint project with Citi Foundation, aimed at enhancing the Maano platform with an innovative access to finance module and e-learning solutions. 📱 💡 There are also plenty of other interesting discussions around financial inclusion, so feel free to explore the full agenda and find the topics that speak to you. 💡 📅 October 16th ⏲️ 3:15 PM (CEST) 📌 ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/dT9CshD7
Financial Inclusion for Food Security
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🌍 Today is International Day of Rural Women, a perfect moment to highlight SheCan! 💪 SheCan is a blended #finance initiative uniting donors, philanthropists, private lenders, and impact #investors to create inclusive economic opportunities for smallholder farmers and micro-entrepreneurs in areas supported by the World Food Programme. In #Iraq, where conflict and the challenges of rebuilding persist, SheCan is at the forefront of financial inclusion, empowering vulnerable communities and building economic resilience. With a strong focus on people who identify as women, SheCan is breaking down the systemic barriers that limit their access to the financing and resources they need to succeed. Learn about #SheCan by clicking the link in the comments ⤵️ #RuralWomenDay #FinancialInclusion
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After the COVID-19 pandemic turned humanitarian operations on their head, the World Food Programme faced increased uncertainty and the pressure to do more with less. To rethink our operations, we embraced data and analytics to optimize, streamline and implement cost-efficient, data-driven operations. 📈 On Resoundingly Human by INFORMS, Koen Peters from WFP Supply Chain discusses WFP’s transformational journey toward integrating data and analytics throughout its operations. 📢 Listen below! 📢
As the countdown to #INFORMS2024 continues, the latest episode of Resoundingly Human features plenary speaker Koen Peters, World Food Programme, sharing how analytics is tackling food insecurity across the globe. https://bit.ly/3UmZEpp #INFORMS2024 #WFP
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🌍 This week it's #WorldFoodDay! Do you wonder about all the actors involved in getting food from farms to your plate? Nothing could be possible without the incredible contributions of smallholder farmers, who continue to grow food despite facing #climatechange and conflict around the world. Many still lack sustainable livelihoods 👨🌾 Farm to Market Alliance participated in WFP Innovation Accelerator 2017 sprint cohort and today, they continue to drive agricultural innovation and have become a platform for other agricultural innovations such as Kuvu Bio Solutions (Toothpick platform) and Viamo to pilot and scale their solutions within World Food Programme. Swipe this carousal and click the link in the comments to learn more ⤵️ #FoodSystems #SmallholderFarmers #Agriculture
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🚨 DEADLINE EXTENDED 🚨 Do you have a local solution that builds resilience and enhances climate adaptation in Iraq? If so, the Promoting Adaptation through Localized Methods (PALM) Innovation Challenge is looking for you! 💰 Apply by 20 October for a chance to secure up to US$25,000 in funding and drive change where it matters most! 🔗Apply now: bit.ly/3XwBsS2