Deadline:20 July, 2023
The 2023 Youth Hackathon for Green Low-Carbon Agriculture (#YouthforGLCA) aims to bring forth the creativity and problem-solving nature of young people to provide solutions for global agricultural green development, as well as agricultural carbon emissions reduction and carbon sequestration by adopting innovative and inclusive methods with the sense of “New Technology, New Pattern, and New Service.” To promote and advocate sustainable and green agriculture, all young people are encouraged to contribute wisdom and solutions towards a green low-carbon agriculture society, by the given deadline.
This is a joint effort of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) China Office, the Department of International Cooperation of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), the Center for International Agricultural Research of CAAS, and the Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD).
The 2023 Youth Hackathon places stress on the following three dimensions, namely the “environmental protection technology, green market, and ecological society”, encouraging young people, from 3-tracks of “New Technology, New Pattern, and New Service,” to focus on the potentiality of energy conservation and emission reduction, as well as the decrease of carbon and the enhancement of sink in the whole agricultural value chain of forestation, herding, fishing and comprehensive third industries.
Benefits
- A generous cash prize and a certificate provided by the FAO and CAAS.
- Comprehensive experience of an independent innovation and entrepreneurship activity along with partners who share the same values.
- Networking with other teams, UN agencies, CAAS, and partners in the field for future collaboration.
- Feedback and support from industry experts and mentors and gaining valuable insight and ideas on strategic thinking on sustainable agriculture and carbon mitigation under the new paradigm.
- Inspiring workspace where perspectives from different cultural backgrounds are welcomed.
- Referral to pursuing educational opportunities for graduate or Ph.D. degrees in CAAS, and preferential access to internships within the Center for International Agricultural Research (CIAR).
Eligibility
- Open to all young professionals, team members would ideally be between 18 and 40 years old, of any nationality,
- Participants will form teams of 2-5 people depending on the needs of their projects.
- The team lead must be below 40 years old.
Selection Criteria
The projects and their proposals will be assessed according to the following criteria:
(i) Creativity and innovation
(ii) Possibility of landing and scalability
(iii) Sustainability
(iv) Business model
(v) Use of open data
(vi) Technical difficulties
(vii) Design and user experience
(viii) The effects when applied or demonstrated.
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