Winners Announced! Competition Judges have selected eight winners among the 21 competition finalists. Three grand prize winners will each receive $10,000 US in prize money. Five Runners-Up will each receive $3,000 US.
Grand Prize Winners
- Pioneering sustainable change in addressing malnutrition globally
- Small Scale Food Fortification at the Village Level
- Tudabujja: Teaching Farming Skills to Street Children in Uganda
Runners Up
- Urban Farming Reimagined: Creating Large-Scale Distribution Opportunities for Micro-Sized Farms
- Kuli Kuli
- The Green Cuisine Project: transforming organic produce and generating income
- Food & Trees for Africa - Food Gardens for Africa Programme
- Stockbox Neighborhood Grocery, where neighbors and good food meet
As a reminder, all entrants have been provided narrative comments and a baseline comparison on their feedback dashboard. Whether you're embarking on the next stage of the competition, or looking to optimize your project page, be sure to consider these personalized comments.
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Ashoka’s Nutrients for All and Ashoka Changemakers have been seeking innovative solutions that will ensure the availability of nutrients for healthy, natural ecosystems, farms, food, and people. Entrants were competing for a chance to win a total of $45,000 in cash prizes generously offered by the Lemelson Foundation and Aberdare Ventures, among others.
Follow us at #nutrients4all on Twitter and on Facebook to receive updates about the Nutrients for All competition and to send us your feedback. For questions about the competition, email [email protected].
- Up to $45,000 in unrestricted funding to boost your project.Three grand prize winners will each receive $10,000 US in prize money. Five Runners-Up will each receive $3,000 US.
- Early Entry Prize: One of two cash prizes of US $500 and an opportunity to participate in the Ashoka Globalizer conference.
- Special Focus Prizes: NetSuite.org is pleased to offer their cloud business management software, a $44,000/year value, as a prize to innovators who are ready to scale their social enterprises and take their impact on the nutrient value chain to the next level.
Timeline
Winner is Announced
- LaunchApril 17, 2013
- Entry DeadlineJune 19, 2013
- Winner is AnnouncedSeptember 18, 2013
Prize
Total value: 46 000
- Up to $45,000 in unrestricted funding to boost your project.Three grand prize winners will each receive $10,000 US in prize money. Five Runners-Up will each receive $3,000 US.
- Early Entry Prize: One of two cash prizes of US $500 and an opportunity to participate in the Ashoka Globalizer conference.
- Special Focus Prizes: NetSuite.org is pleased to offer their cloud business management software, a $44,000/year value, as a prize to innovators who are ready to scale their social enterprises and take their impact on the nutrient value chain to the next level.
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SOIL is enabling communities in Haiti to transform human waste into a resource for sustainable livelihoods, agriculture, and reforestation. The organization is creating a lasting impact by seeding a new economy based on nutrients—one that a multinational corporation is now pledging to support.