“Listening to these innovators gives me renewed hope and determination to find game-changing solutions that can power our progress towards a world free from hunger.”
- Cindy McCain (Executive Director, World Food Programme)
The WFP Innovation Forum 2025 in Munich showcased groundbreaking solutions to combat global food insecurity. From AI-powered disaster response to sustainable farming innovations, discover how cutting-edge technologies are revolutionizing the fight against hunger.
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Scaling innovation for a hunger-free future
Dive into our blog for a full event summary of the WFP Innovation Forum 2025 and explore the groundbreaking innovations on display, from AI-powered disaster response to sustainable agriculture, all driving forward the fight against global hunger.
Meet the teams that pitched at the WFP Innovation Forum!
Meet the innovators that showcased bold solutions to tackle hunger and crises head on.
SCOUT
SCOUT is a web tool designed to help WFP supply chain officers deliver food more efficiently and effectively. It analyses vast amounts of data and leverages optimization AI to determine the best delivery plan.
Building Blocks
Building Blocks is revolutionizing humanitarian aid by driving inter-agency collaboration and ensuring fair, efficient and transparent distribution. Powered by blockchain, it optimizes limited resources to reach those most in need.
SKAI
SKAI, developed by WFP in collaboration with Google Research, is an open-source AI tool that rapidly assesses post-disaster building damage using satellite imagery. By automating damage assessments, SKAI can deliver results in less than 48 hours, up to 13 times faster and at 77 percent lower cost than traditional manual methods.
Food Security Cat Bond
In partnership with the World Bank, WFP is pioneering a food security catastrophe (cat) bond to provide rapid financial relief for drought-induced disasters. Cat bonds shift risk from humanitarian organizations to private investors, ensuring that emergency funds are prepositioned and immediately available when disasters like droughts strike.
Partners with Sun
Partners with Sun has created an industrial solar-powered convection oven with hydrogen backup, providing an off-grid alternative for bakeries in crisis-affected regions. One oven can produce enough bread to feed 15,000 people per day while cutting fuel costs.
P-Vita
P-Vita is tackling agricultural waste in Egypt by transforming 600,000 tons of palm waste into high-value natural extracts for the food and cosmetics industries.This circular economy model reduces pollution and increases farmers’ yields.
Responsive Drip Irrigation
Responsive Drip Irrigation (RDI) offers a breakthrough approach to water efficiency in agriculture. Using plant-responsive technology, it delivers water only when crops need it, reducing water use by 40 percent while increasing yields.
Adaptive Symbiotic Technologies
Adaptive Symbiotic Technologies has developed a microbial-based solution that enhances crop resilience to extreme weather. By applying this innovation, farmers can protect their crops from drought, heat, and poor soil conditions.