Innovation is critical to enable the United Nations World Food Programme to deliver on its mandate to reach Zero Hunger. 

Design. Fail. Iterate. Scale.

 

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WFP is deploying bold new tools and approaches across its global operations to help solve hunger. Explore the tools, technologies and approaches driving change.

Dalili app

Dalili

A sense of home away from home

EMPACT

Connecting youth to the future of work

Building Blocks

Blockchain for Zero Hunger
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Innovation

accelerator

The WFP Innovation Accelerator identifies, supports and scales high-potential solutions to hunger worldwide. We provide WFP entrepreneurs, start-ups, companies and NGOs access to mentorship, training, financial support, expert insights and WFP operations. The Innovation Accelerator is part of WFP's Innovation and Change Management Division.

Thought Leadership
Innovation Sourcing
Innovation Bootcamps
Sprint Programme
Scale-up Enablement
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Blog

The results of the 2019 WFP Innovation Challenge, explained

6 November 2019

This year’s WFP Innovation Challenge sourced 714 applications from 95 countries around the world.

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Blog

You can innovate for gender equality to help end hunger

23 October 2019

In the desert slums of Lima, Peru, where conditions are harsh and water scarce, Merly struggled to provide nutritious food to her children. In 2016, eager to provide her children with a better…

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Innovation Challenge
Blog

The Innovation Accelerator wants your boldest ideas to disrupt hunger

7 October 2019

The WFP Innovation Accelerator has launched the 2019 Innovation Challenge, inviting innovators from around the world to submit out-of-the-box proposals to end hunger. Now in its sixth year,…

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