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Home»Search by Region»Africa»Al-Sumait Prize in Food Security 2025 ($1,000,000 prize)

Al-Sumait Prize in Food Security 2025 ($1,000,000 prize)

Jude OgarApril 14, 20253 Mins Read
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Deadline: June 30, 2025

Nominations are open for the Al-Sumait Prize in Food Security 2025. Kuwait’s annual Al-Sumait Prize honors individuals or institutions who have, through their work or research, made significant advances in the fields of food security, health, and education in Africa. An initiative of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the late Amir of the State of Kuwait, its goal is to shine a light on those making a positive difference to sustainable development in Africa.

Sponsored by the Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs on behalf of the State of Kuwait and managed by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science (KFAS), the awards celebrate the work and accomplishments of Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sumait, a Kuwaiti physician who spent his lifetime helping the poor in Africa in the fields of health and education. Administered by KFAS and a Board of Trustees, the objective of the prizes is to recognize the best studies, scientific projects, applied research, and innovative initiatives that have a significant impact and lasting influence on advancing progress towards economic and social development in Africa.

Focus Areas

The Prize is to be awarded to individuals or institutions who through their research projects or initiatives have made significant advancement within one or more of the following areas (or other related fields):

  • Developing new seed, crop, or livestock varieties to enhance food security and nutrition in Africa.
  • Increasing the shelf life, caloric, and nutritional value of locally produced and consumed food.
  • Improving smallholder farmers’ access to agricultural inputs, techniques, technologies, and markets to ensure the availability of nutritious food for vulnerable communities.
  • Enhancing farmers’ resilience to climate change and extreme weather variability to secure sustainable food production and nutrition.
  • Reducing food waste and food loss across Africa’s agrifood systems.
  • Advancing alternative agrifood systems to increase productivity while reducing water footprints, especially in marginal environments.
  • Promoting the adoption of modern business strategies, digitalization, and marketing in the field of food security and nutrition.
  • Implementing innovative and sustainable solutions to combat food insecurity and malnutrition.
  • Addressing gender equality and women’s empowerment in achieving food security.
  • Developing strategies to improve agricultural livelihoods, food security, and nutrition during pandemics.

Prize

  • The prize is awarded annually and has a value of $1,000,000 (One million US dollars).

Eligibility

  • The nominated candidates’ research and development work or projects and initiatives must be innovative and have achieved high-impact in the African continent.
  • The submitted work must be of paramount importance in promoting significant economic, social, human resources and infrastructure development within the announced field of the prize.
  • The submitted research work of a nominated candidate should be composed of studies and applied research, published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and recognized at a global level within the announced field. The research outcomes need to have been applied after publication in African countries within the past ten years. Adequate supporting evidence needs to be provided.
  • Nominations are accepted from competent regional and international institutions and scientific centres (universities, institutes and centres of scientific research) as well as from UN organizations, former winners in the field of the prize, or former evaluation members.
  • All submissions must be submitted in English. If the work is carried out is in another language, a comprehensive summary of the nominated work in English must be submitted.

Nomination

The nomination form and submitted works must be received before June 30, 2025.

Click here to nominate

For more information, visit Al-Sumait Prize in Food Security.

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