To watch the Pitch Event of the Global AgriInno Challenge 2022
16 December Friday | 13:00-15:00 CET 20:00-22:00 Beijing Time
The Global AgriInno Challenge 2022, co-organized by FAO and Zhejiang University, encourages youth and women to harness innovation, entrepreneurship, and technologies to address challenges related to agrifood transformation.
The youth led-innovation solutions are selected for their standout entrepreneurship and promising potential for a positive impact on agrifood systems contributing to the Four Betters: better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life.
This year there are eight youth-led innovation solutions selected out of 98 applications from 20 countries. The final teams pitch their solutions online to worldwide judges and audiences on 16 December 2022.
Agenda
Pitch Event | 16th Dec. 2022, Friday | |||
13:00 - 13:10 (CET) 20:00 - 20:10 (Beijing time) | Welcome speech | · Introduction · Welcome speech | Facilitator: · Thembani Malapela, Knowledge/Information Officer, Office of Innovation, FAO Welcome speech: · Zhiping Li, Deputy Director General. Foreign Economic Cooperation Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China (tbc) · Lianzhen He, Vice President, Zhejiang University (tbc) · Bingjun Liu, Deputy Mayor, Hangzhou Municipal Government, China (tbc) |
13:10-14:30 (CET) 20:10-21:30 (Beijing Time) | Pitch | Pitching · One team pitches the innovation solution (5 min) · Q&A between judges and pitching team (5 min) · *repeat the process with all eight champion teams | · Judging panel Chair · Beth Crawford, Director of Office of Innovation, FAO · Judges · Professor Longbao Wei, Director, Institute of Food and Agribusiness Management, Zhejiang University · Walter Ge, Founding Partner, Green Leaf Venture · Guanxi Wu, Burea of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Hangzhou, China · Erik Vanlngen, Digital Agriculture and Innovation Specialist, Office of Innovation, FAO |
14:30-14:50 (CET) 21:30-21:50 (Beijing Time) | Keynote speech | Youth Voice | Jury meeting to decide winner team | · GAC 2021 - First prize: Grow For Me from Ghana · GAC 2020 - Second prize: the "Digital Beekeeping Project" of the Tianfu Fenggu Team from China |
14:50-15:00 (CET) 21:50-22:00 (Beijing Time) | Awards ceremony | Winner announcement and Closing speech | Judging panel Chair · Beth Crawford, Director of Office of Innovation, FAO |
