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Announcement

Winners Announcement: Otto Bayer Award and Early Excellence in Science Awards 2024

Professor Meritxell Huch, a director of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany receives this year’s Otto Bayer Award for her pioneering research on human organoids. Four early career scientists are honored with the Early Excellence in Science Awards for their boundary breaking research in the fields of Biology, Chemistry, Data Science and Medical Science.

Program Highlight

Using digital technology to serve female farmers in Peru

As the gatekeepers to family nutrition and the guardians of crop diversity, women play a defining yet underappreciated role in Peru’s food system. To solve this issue, Producers Direct, a global smallholder owned not-for profit organization is pioneering Farm Direct, an AgriTech solution serving female smallholders in Peru.

Report Launch

Climate and Health: The Social Innovation Landscape in Latin America and Asia-Pacific

Successful innovation in climate and health requires coordinated efforts to address social inequities in the regions. The report identifies 21 main barriers hindering progress toward inclusive health, sustainable agriculture, and a healthy environment.

Announcement

Challenge Accepted: Increasing incomes by 30% for more than 100,000 African women!

A big congratulations to our winners of the Million Lives Collective challenge: 4Life Solutions x Maendeleo ya Wanawake, and Medic x D-tree International! They will receive USD $100k grant funding for each joint project, technical assistance support and networking opportunities in their mission to increase incomes by 30% for more than 100,000 women in Africa. This opportunity is funded by Bayer Foundation through the Women’s Economic Empowerment collaboration grant.

Health for All and Hunger for None

Winners Announcement: Otto Bayer Award and Early Excellence in Science Awards 2024

Using digital technology to serve female farmers in Peru

Climate and Health: The Social Innovation Landscape in Latin America and Asia-Pacific

Challenge Accepted: Increasing incomes by 30% for more than 100,000 African women!

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