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FAO has awarded funding to eight innovation proposals under a pioneering new scheme named the “Innovation Fund Incubator,” which aims to enhance FAO’s culture of continuous innovation by nurturing the development, and piloting of innovative ideas, as well as learning from their implementation and impact.

The selected proposals range from working with larvae for sustainable protein production, utilizing drones to prevent the spread of pandemics in remote areas to establishing indicators to accelerate policies to narrow the gender gap.

The project pitches are all interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary and teams are composed of members of four FAO regions and seven...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is working with its Member Nations and development partners to reverse the current trend of worsening food insecurity and malnutrition as a means to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially SDG 2 on zero hunger, by 2030. FAO’s work is guided by its new Strategic Framework, which seeks the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind.

Agricultural biotechnologies are an integral part of the ‘toolbox’ for achieving much needed significant...