Youth Food Lab

The Youth Food Lab (YFL) is a global platform that supports youth-led innovations to develop and scale solutions for sustainable food systems. The programme runs a Global Incubator which delivers an eight-month online capacity development and mentorship programme connecting early-stage projects with experts, governments and potential investors. Top teams are invited to pitch at the World Food Forum flagship event to gain visibility and stakeholder engagement. The YFL operates through a network of regional and national Youth Food Labs to support context-specific innovations.

Eight-month capacity development and mentorship; connection to experts, governments and potential investors; access to the WFF Innovation Network for networking and matchmaking; opportunity to pitch at the WFF flagship event and visibility via WFF Youth Initiative channels.

Eligibility requires prior selection as a finalist in one of the partner-led challenges: the WFF Transformative Research Challenge, the WUR Food Systems Innovation Challenge or the IAAS Global Project Competition.

Teams are selected for the YFL Global annual cohort from finalists of the WFF Transformative Research Challenge, the WUR Food Systems Innovation Challenge and the IAAS Global Project Competition.