AgriShare Takes Jury Award at Pitch Night

14 November 2017

Last Thursday, 9 November, AgriShare won the 'Jury's Choice' award at the latest WFP Innovation Pitch Night. Developed by Welthungerhilfe, a German NGO, AgriShare is an online platform that helps smallholder farmers buy or loan tools and machinery from local vendors.

AgriShare was one of six up-and-coming start-ups to pitch their idea at the event, held at the Google Campus in Munich, Germany. In front of a full house, teams shared their solutions to hunger with the aim of securing up to USD 100,000 in support from the WFP Innovation Accelerator.

Pitch Night was the closing act of an intensive five day boot camp held at the Accelerator. Participating teams, who had fought off competition from more than 400 applicants in the Summer, worked with innovation and humanitarian experts to tailor their solutions to field level challenges, refine project plans and discover the new tools and approaches that could help them.

If you missed the event, you can watch it again through WFP Berlin's Facebook page.

Meet The Start-Ups

FarmDrive

FarmDrive uses mobile phones, alternative data, and machine learning to close the critical data gap that prevents financial institutions from lending to creditworthy smallholder farmers. Visit their website

Wings for Aid & DLR

Developed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Wings for Aid, this initiative hopes to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to deliver large quantities of humanitarian assistance to areas affected by conflict or disaster. Visit their website

Agri-Share by Deutsche Welthungerhilfe

Supported by Welthungerhilfe, Agri-Share is an online platform that provides smallholder farmers with critical market information and helps them buy or loan tools and machinery from local vendors. Read more...

Post-Harvest Loss Prevention by WFP

Zero Post-Harvest Losses is a WFP initiative helping smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa preserve their harvests from spoilage and pests with simple, but superior, airtight storage equipment and appropriate training. Read more...

Safety-Nets Alert Platform (SNAP) by WFP

The Safety-Nets Alert Platform (SNAP) is a demand driven, innovative household behaviour and market monitoring system that serves to enhance food security early warning, risk management, and social protection. Read more...

Digital Children's Nutrition Map by WFP

Led by WFP's China Country Office, the Children’s Digital Nutrition Map is an interactive learning tool that helps children and parents learn about good nutrition and improve their eating habits.