Transforming the Agrifood System
through Youth Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Dr. QU Dongyu,
FAO Director-General
19 countries
Algeria | Bahrain | Egypt | Iraq | Jordan | Kuwait | Lebanon | Libya | Mauritania | Morocco | Oman | Palestine | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Sudan | Syria | Tunisia | United Arab Emirates | Yemen
NENA REGION IN NUMBERS
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AGRINATION STARTUP CUP
BE PART OF A GLOBAL NETWORK
for Agripreneurs
Βenefit from business tools, validation and growth opportunities
Tailor-made incubation and mentoring program designed according to your specific needs
Access to networks of market opportunities, partnerships, investors to enhance growth
Visibility to potential collaborators, investors and customers across regional platforms
AGRIPREUNERS
CREATE innovative solutions | BUILD a successful company | LEARN from the best | ACCESS new opportunities
2022 Finalists of AgriNation Startup Cup:
we help transformative ideas
become a reality
IMPACT MAKERS
Our Impact Makers are agribusiness ecosystem builders and agents of change. They are dynamic organizations focused on promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in the agrifood sector.
WHO WE ARE
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and ensures food security for all while preserving the integrity of the natural environment and strengthening resilience to climate change. Their goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. With over 194 member states, FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide. They believe that everyone, especially young people, can play a part in ending hunger and achieve sustainable development globally.
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Industry Disruptors Game Changers (IDGC) holds cumulative experience and a proven record of promoting innovation and entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ecosystem building through various activities & means. Leading among those is Future Agro Challenge (FAC), a global innovation platform, active in over 60 countries across 5 continents, founded with the mission to unlock capabilities to improve agriculture for the future, discover agri-food technology ventures across the globe and help solve local, regional or global challenges.
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Berytech is the leading Entrepreneurship Support Ecosystem in Lebanon and a key player in the MENA. Agrytech, an Agri-Food Innovation Accelerator launched by Berytech in 2017, has been a leading player in MENA supporting entrepreneurs, start and launch their ventures and scale them up. Another flagship program, the Water and Energy for Food Regional Innovation Hub for MENA www.we4f.org, is supporting innovators across 10 countries in the MENA.
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