Impact maker
Agripreneur

Transforming the Agrifood System

through Youth Innovation & Entrepreneurship

The Agrination Startup Cup is an initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Regionally focused in the NENA countries, the initiative is working to make the agrifood system more sustainable, healthy and equitable.

Through Youth Entrepreneurship & Innovation

The Agrination Startup Cup is an initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Regionally focused in the NENA countries, the initiative is working to make the agrifood system more sustainable, healthy and equitable.

Agrination Startup Cup aims to support youth-led early-stage startups in the field of agrifood and rural development.

With the technical collaboration of 
and implemented by    and 

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BOOTCAMP

  • 38 participants
  • Skills development
  • Guidance
  • Practice

PITCHING

  • 1 milestone event
  • 38 startups competing for 10 spots in the incubation program

INCUBATION

  • 10 winning startups
  • Tailor-made incubation program
  • Startup kits & workshops
  • Networking, mentorship and consulting support
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Youth are eager for change & ready to take charge! We must empower & engage them. This year we will work with them to expand our regional focus, support & challenge local policymakers & expand scientific evidence in our work.
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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JOIN THE
AGRINATION STARTUP CUP

BE PART OF A GLOBAL NETWORK

Incubation | Mentorship | Business Skills Development
Media Exposure | Networking Opportunities

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

we help transformative ideas
become a reality

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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