Projects | WFP Innovation

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.

Ancestral Markets

Bridging worlds to guarantee nutritious food for all

Annapurti - GrainATM

Strengthening India’s last-mile access to food

AflaSight

Treating aflatoxin-infected maize at scale

Bancalimentos

You make the difference

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

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

Outsourcing Dignity Through AI

Farm Direct

Bridging the gap for women and youth farmers

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

ImpactAI

Providing inclusive geospatial knowledge-sharing and fast impact analysis response.

Last Mile Ecosystem

Improving the diets of school children in Tunisia

Meridia

Securing land rights for smallholder farmers

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

plugPAY

Enabling people to receive cash assistance through a one-stop shop

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

Fostering financial inclusion and economic participation for women and their communities

School Feeding Management App

Connecting local farmers to school feeding programmes

Toothpick Company Ltd. (The Toothpick Project)

Harnessing bio-herbicide technology to combat the most destructive weed infestation in Africa

SKAI

Unleashing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to revolutionize disaster response and humanitarian aid

Takachar

Turning crop waste into fertilizer

Demonstration of the RA2CE near-real-time flood impact analysis on road networks in Myanmar.

Timely Logistics

Geohazard network analysis (RA2CE) for a faster and better emergency response.

Voice to Text AI

Artificial intelligence for nutrition surveying

Women using charcoaled briquettes to cook. Charcoaled briquettes replace harmful wood-based charcoal and mitigate deforestation.

Sustainable Fuel for Cooking

Training communities to produce and market bio-briquettes: an affordable, improved, and safe alternative cooking fuel out of the abundant and invasive water hyacinth

A brightly-colored storage container converted into a kitchen for delivering healthy school meals in El Salvador.

Kitchen In a Box

Promoting access to safe infrastructure for the preparation and delivery of nutritious school meals

Fonio Machine

Climate-resilient super food for food security and income generation in West Africa

Ignitia

AI powered hyper-local weather forecasts for smallholder farmers

Geotar

A geographic vulnerability analysis for WFP operations using satellite and drone data for cheaper and high precision targeting.

ETC Chatbot

Creating a lifeline of communication between humanitarians and those we serve

UNHAS plane taxis on grass airstrip with palm trees in the background. I © WFP/Sean Rajman

UN AI Smart Mission Planner

Real-time travel options for humanitarians

SurgeStation

Safeguarding Tomorrow, Connecting Today: Enhancing Emergency Coordination with SurgeStation

Route The Meals

Optimizing humanitarian supply chains for efficient delivery networks and routes

ECODASH

Giving our supply chain a greener future

Beneficiaries of cash assistance in Afghanistan

HesabPay

Traceable cash-based transfers in Afghanistan

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

DEFAST

Producing fertilizer and cooking briquettes in refugee camps

Circular Food Assistance

Upcycling waste into useful products

Electric Pressure Cookers for Schools (EPC4S)

Clean cooking solution for school canteens

Rainmaker

Developing solar-powered water pumps and services for regenerative agriculture

Eco-Friendly Cold Storage

Innovative refrigeration systems for fresh food

Mbala Pinda

Improving nutrition and empowering women through traditional snacks

A student in Africa. Photo: WFP/Gabriel Baptista

School Connect

Digitalising inventory management and attendance tracking

Nutri-India

Training India's school cooks on nutrition

Saving Grains

Turning food losses into income