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2025 Year in Review
WFP Innovation Accelerator
2025 Year in Review
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Our work in 2025

Innovation is at the heart of WFP’s efforts to redefine what is possible in humanitarian response. As humanitarian needs continue to rise and crises become more complex, WFP is accelerating its ability to adapt, respond and deliver impact at scale. Innovation plays a central role in this transformation, enabling efficient and effective solutions for people in need around the world.

Innovation across WFP

At WFP, innovation is embedded in daily operations
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Country offices are the engines of innovation at WFP. Today, innovation activities are active across 19 WFP units, supported by a global community of around 600 Innovation Champions in 165 duty stations. The WFP Innovation Network cultivates innovative mentalities and shares scalable solutions across the organization.

56 WFP operational offices have adopted machine learning, blockchain, artificial intelligence, robotics or drone technologies, spreading cutting-edge solutions across the world. Eight operational offices now include innovation as a key element of their country's strategic plans, revolutionizing how WFP approaches its operations.  

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Who we are

The WFP Innovation Accelerator was launched in 2015 in Munich, Germany, with support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO) and the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism (StMELF).

Its mission is to source, pilot and scale innovations that help reshape the fight against food insecurity and bring us closer to SDG2: Zero Hunger. Today, it works hand in hand with WFP’s vast global network, spanning innovation hubs, global headquarters and country offices in over 120 countries and territories, to develop solutions that are deeply rooted in local needs and designed for real-world impact.
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Innovation spotlights

These innovations showed impressive results and scale in 2025. Read the full report for additional examples.
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Supply Chain
SCOUT
SCOUT is an AI tool that optimizes supply chain planning, helping WFP make informed decisions about where and how to buy, store and deliver assistance.
SCOUT saved WFP USD 6.2 million in just 18 months, and is set to save USD 25 million annually at global scale.
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Nutrition
Sanku
Sanku equips small maize flour mills in Africa with fortification tools, training and premix dosifiers to enable large-scale fortification and fill nutritional gaps.
Sanku reached 59.3 million people in 2025 by equipping millers with what they need to fortify their flour at scale.
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School meals
School Connect
School Connect is a digital tool that helps schools manage and monitor their school feeding programmes, streamlining data collection and enhancing decision making.
School Connect monitors 350 million school meals for 3.6 million children in 11,000 schools. It saved WFP USD 3.6 million in two years.
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Supply chain
People Portal
People Portal enables people in crisis areas to self-register for WFP assistance, update details and get real-time updates, even in low-connectivity settings.
People Portal saved WFP USD 9.4 million in Gaza by digitally registering 2 million people in need of assistance. At scale, it could save USD 115 million annually.
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Blockchain
Building Blocks
Building Blocks is the world’s largest blockchain-based humanitarian platform. It enables organizations to coordinate assistance and avoid unintended duplicated assistance, while protecting personal data.
Across all operations, Building Blocks has helped avoid spending USD 288 million in unintended assistance. In 2025, 159 organizations across Ukraine, Syria and Palestine used Building Blocks.
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Explore our entire innovation portfolio and results
Lessons
Lessons learned
Impactful innovation is driven not just by technology, but by people, partnerships and the ability to adapt.
Solutions scale fastest when they are designed with users from the start, tested in real‑world conditions and embedded into streamlined operations led by country offices and local actors. Advances in digital tools, automation and AI strengthened our efficiency and effectiveness. Implementing a system-wide approach in collaboration with other UN entities, governments, communities, academia and the private sector ensures that innovation is not a standalone function, but a shared capability that empowers WFP teams to deliver better outcomes.
Our innovation stories
Stories of smart tools, resilient people and the solutions shaping the future of humanitarian action.
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A Model for Resilience: The Post-Harvest Loss Venture in Mozamabique
WFP’s Post-Harvest Loss Venture helps smallholder farmers in Mozambique adopt improved storage technologies that protect harvests, boost food security and build resilience.
Waterkit wallet
Two ways innovation is improving access to clean water and sanitation for refugees in Uganda
WaterKit Wallet and Opero Services use innovative financing and sanitation technologies to expand safe, affordable WASH access for refugees in Uganda.
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School Connect’s journey to 10,000 schools
School Connects supports the school’s school meal programme, enhancing data collection, monitoring and reporting.
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How WFP and partners are using AI to support humanitarian response in emergencies
WFP and its partners are using AI tools to rapidly analyze crisis data, helping humanitarian teams anticipate needs, prioritize resources, and respond faster during emergencies.
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Five lessons we can learn from one woman’s journey from waste to resilience in African agriculture
EcoRich founder Joyce Rugano’s journey shows how farmer‑centered design, persistence and community‑driven innovation can transform organic waste into sustainable fertilizer solutions.
Yao Passi Gênea, a farmer in Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire
Bridging the data gap in Africa: Amini’s solution for farmers
Amini uses AI-powered, hyperlocal environmental and agricultural data to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change and improve yields across Africa.
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Conflict Forecast: Predicting and preventing disruptions in humanitarian aid
Conflict Forecast uses machine learning to anticipate conflict‑related access disruptions so humanitarian organizations can plan earlier and protect vulnerable communities.
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How WFP is turning local food prices into trusted data for everyone
WFP is transforming market‑level food price data into transparent, verifiable, blockchain‑backed datasets that strengthen early warning systems and economic decision‑making.

Our partners and collaborators

Thank you to our key partners and collaborators who made our work possible in 2025 and beyond.
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