About the FoodTech Challenge
The FoodTech Challenge is a global competition that identifies and supports leading early-stage, tech-driven solutions poised to transform food systems in arid, hot, and increasingly challenging environments.
It has garnered over 1,100 applications from start-ups across 98 countries in just two editions.
Now in its third edition, the FoodTech Challenge is offering its largest prize yet – $2m in cash – to help winners make tangible progress in scaling their start-ups.
In addition to an emphasis on the UAE market, the competition includes explicit pathways for impact in underserved markets in the Global South.
Our Partners
The FoodTech Challenge has partnered with leading local entities that are driving forward the UAE’s food security agenda through advanced R&D, start-up support, investment, policy, education, and more.
UAE Food Security
Food security exists when people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
