The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and the Seeding The Future Foundation announced 2021 winners for the inaugural Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge.

This initiative inspires and supports innovative, diverse, and multidisciplinary teams to create game-changing innovations that will help transform the food system.

We are please to announce that ACTS  has been awarded Growth Grant Winners in collaboration with the Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute and United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi Office for its project to promote enhanced access to solar drying technologies to smallholder farmers; thus, providing optimal dehydration of fresh produce for enhanced product quality and post-harvest management.

To incentivize innovation at all levels, including idea generation, development, and scale-up, the Challenge offers three awards levels: Seeding The Future Grand Prizes, Growth Grants, and Seed Grants, totaling more than $1 million.

More information can be accessed through this link: https://www.seedingthefuture.org/challenge