six food challenges facing the South West region of
Nigeria.
A Nigerian, Adefolami Agunbiade has made the Rockefeller
Foundation Top 10 Finalists for the Food System Vision
Prize.
Agunbiade and nine others were picked from a pool of over 1, 300
applicants from 110 nations with plans of developing a plan of the
generative and nourishing food system that they aspire to create by
2050.
“The Top 10 Finalists, whose Visions focus on Canada, China,
India, Kenya, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, and the U.S., were
selected based on their potential to inspire real, positive and
bold transformation of a specific food system that is actionable,
concrete and believed to be attainable by 2050,” the Rockefeller
Foundation explained in a post on its website.
“These Visions aim to tackle challenges tied to six themes
(environment, diets, economics, culture, technology, and policy),
while showing the systemic inter-dependencies between these
themes.”
The Nigerian who is the Project Lead at Food Innovation
Nervecenter, identified six major food challenges facing the
country with focus on the South Western states of Lagos, Ekiti,
Ogun, Ondo, Oyo and Osun.
“This vision from Lagos, Nigeria identifies six key food
challenges for the region, from food waste to aging farmers, and
outlines a multi-faceted plan to build a more regenerative and
nourishing food system,” the organization said.
The other finalists for the Rockefeller Foundation Food System
Vision Prize have their ‘Visions Focus’ on Canada, China, India,
Kenya, the Netherlands, Peru, and the U.S.
In September, the shortlisted persons will go on a three-month
virtual ‘Accelerator,’ a period where they are billed to get
support to refine their visions and find ways for
implementation.
The ‘Accelerator’ will also focus on stakeholder engagement,
communications, action planning and storytelling and will provide
mentorship opportunities for the finalists.
Following its launch about a year ago, the Rockefeller
Foundation Food System Vision Prize seeks to develop actionable
solutions for the global food systems with the ‘Top Visionary’
going home with a prize of $200,000 USD.
The ‘Top Visionaries’ will be announced in December 2020, the
Rockefeller Foundation explained.