Learn about the award-winning initiatives from the 2020 and 2021 editions. The Award was a project implemented by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Center for Knowledge and South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Latin America and the Caribbean. The project was funded by the China-IFAD South-South and Triangular Cooperation Mechanism.
The first edition identified innovative and sustainable initiatives with the potential for scaling up. It focused on key categories such as Climate Action, Communication and Technology, Conservation, Education, Income Generation, Financial Inclusion, Food Security, and Sustainability.
An agtech company that developed a platform connecting and directly supporting 251 family farmers with the fruit, vegetable, and legume market.
It develops nutritious products for children and promotes the inclusion of vulnerable people throughout its supply chain, directly benefiting indigenous children and families in rural areas.
It develops highly efficient organic products and promotes the proper use of microorganisms in agricultural activities.
A collaborative tourism network that offers adventure sports and cultural tours to indigenous and Quilombola communities. In this way, it provides income for families, young people, and small businesses in the community.
An organization that supports traditional communities in preserving native species of the Cerrado.
It promotes natural food and sustainable agriculture as a path toward a more just society. Its agroforestry work aims to link organic food production with local marketing.
A company that produces animal feed sustainably by harnessing the physiological processes of the black soldier fly.
A company that offers rural financial education programs using an educational approach based on accessible language, real-life rural scenarios, and games.
They support the operation of a tree nursery that benefits single mothers and young people displaced by violence who have returned to their community.
An organization that carries out activities to strengthen the social fabric and the Zapotec indigenous identity, including workshops on reviving traditional crafts, cultural tours, and community education programs.
For the second edition, five new categories were created to identify initiatives that address the challenges posed by COVID-19. The categories were: Marketing and Market Access Solutions, Connectivity Solutions, Financial Inclusion, Recycling and Alternative Energy, and Women’s Empowerment and Gender Inclusion.
A Colombian platform that offers the opportunity to invest in agriculture to support agricultural development projects led by small farmers.
It develops rural entrepreneurship models that enable communities to directly participate in the revenue generated from the sale of fuel.
It promotes access to clean energy by providing solar lamps and systems to rural communities that have no or limited access to the power grid.
It distributes solar power kits to the homes of rural Colombian families, giving them the opportunity to power light bulbs and charge cell phones, radios, and televisions.
It promotes strategies to market products made by rural youth and, at the same time, to access basic household food items without having to travel to the town center.
It trains rural women in the preparation and preservation of products made from local fruits and vegetables.
It promotes the hiring of female heads of households as weavers: they produce garments using local raw materials and natural dyes derived from native trees that they plant in areas affected by deforestation.
A platform that connects producers and markets to bypass middlemen and ensure fair prices and transparency in marketing processes.
A telehealth network that enables access to healthcare services in isolated communities by connecting remote healthcare facilities with specialized hospitals.
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