Scale-Up Enablement Programme

The Scale-Up Enablement Programme supports advanced stage innovations which have already proven their project concepts within WFP field operations, and are working to optimize their impact and reach at regional or global levels.

Nilus

Solving last-mile supply chain challenges in food deserts
Srow and WFP staff member, Yangwasi Sakala, inspect a rain gauge provided by WFP. Photo: WFP/Andy Higgins

The R4 Rural Resilience Initiative

Building resilient food systems through R4’s integrated climate risk management approach

The WFP PHL Venture

Sustainable Post-Harvest Loss Management (PHL) business models to enhance food security and income for smallholder farmers

EMPACT

Connecting youth to the digital economy - Graduated Project

Building Blocks

Blockchain network for humanitarian assistance - Graduated Project
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H2Grow

Growing food in impossible places

Sprint Programme

Our Sprint Programme is an intensive six-month acceleration programme that helps innovators and start-ups reach proof-of-concept and develop prototypes ready for implementation. Teams receive up to US$100,000 in funding, world-class mentors, and access to WFP’s global network of partners field operations.

Photo: WFP/Margalida Rueda

Ancestral Markets

Bridging worlds to guarantee nutritious food for all
Woman fills bag using GrainATM.

Annapurti - GrainATM

Strengthening India’s last-mile access to food

AflaSight

Treating aflatoxin-infected maize at scale
Man holding up a Bancalimentos card; Photo: WFP/Jessika Camargo

Bancalimentos

You make the difference
A man speaking to a group of people

Arable

Increasing smallholder farmer resilience through agronomic advising and micro-insurance
A Farm to Market Alliance Farmer Service Centre, Solomon Muthee, aggregator in Timau, Meru County, collecting potato produce from a farmer. Photo: WFP/WFP/FtMA/Eastman Empire

Boomitra

Accelerating soil carbon removal on a planetary scale
Girl holding up a cookie and looking at a plate; Photo: WFP/Clear Plate

Clear Plate

Save food, get rewards and make a difference!

Cockpit

Data analytics for school feeding programming

Community Inclusion Currencies

Blockchain for community-driven credit

Decapolis

Blockchain traceability platform for smallholder farmers

Digital Microwork

Promoting jobs and financial inclusion for the unbanked
DignifAI participants

DignifAI

Outsourcing Dignity Through AI
Photo: WFP/Producers Direct

Farm Direct

Bridging the gap for women and youth farmers
A Fenik cool box. Photo by WFP/Badre Bahaji

Fenik Cool Box

Longer shelf life for better nutrition and increased food security

HungerMap LIVE

Tracking hunger in near real-time

Imara Tech

Ending manual labour on small farms
Impact AI training in progress.

ImpactAI

Providing inclusive geospatial knowledge-sharing and fast impact analysis response.
Photo: WFP/Rein Skullerud

Last Mile Ecosystem

Improving the diets of school children in Tunisia

Meridia

Securing land rights for smallholder farmers
Paper records

Meza

Digitising paper records for smart phones
Project participants holding up bags of mushrooms

Mushroom Integrated Food Production System

Changing lives one mushroom at a time

Nutrifami

An e-learning app promoting long-term behavioural change in school kitchens
Paying digitally

plugPAY

Enabling people to receive cash assistance through a one-stop shop
The R2C2 drone. Photo: WFP/Peter Opdam

Rapid Response Connectivity Carrier (R2C2)

Using drones for humanitarian emergency response

Retail in a Box

Serving local people, run by local people

SHAPES

Data-driven simulations to enhance humanitarian response
SheCan logo

SheCan

Fostering financial inclusion and economic participation for women and their communities

Alumni

Alumni projects have completed their life cycle with the WFP Innovation Accelerator. Some have scaled-up or were rolled into WFP’s operations, while others may have gone their own way. All have had the chance to test their innovations in WFP’s field projects and gained valuable insights that will inform their future paths.

A solar station being installed in Armenia. Photo: WFP/Mariam Avetisyan

Armenia Project

An asset-backed loan model for agro-businesses in Armenia to install solar stations and reduce the cost of food production

Clean Cooking

Saving up to 70 percent of energy needs in WFP school canteens through heat retention bags
Fortified wheat flour. Photo: WFP/Sayed Asif Mahmud

Chakki

Engaging small-scale producers to fortify wheat flour for the hardest-to-reach

CBT Cash Back

Cash-back incentives to promote healthy food consumption

Apeel Sciences

Extending the shelf life of fresh produce

Kuza One

Reimagining the future of farming

Thrive Agric

Enabling agriculture
WFP, Water for People and UNHCR staff learning at the Gicumbi DEFAST Plant. Photo: WFP/Jean Pierre Bucyensenge

DEFAST

Producing fertilizer and cooking briquettes in refugee camps