UN FAO Challenges Youth to Fix Sri Lanka’s Agrifood Systems

UN FAO challenges youth to fix Sri Lanka’s agrifood systems

ECONOMYNEXT – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, with Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Education, and Hatton National Bank, has launched the World Food Day 2026 Youth Innovation Challenge, for university students to develop solutions for agrifood systems challenges. The initiative seeks to harness the creativity, knowledge and entrepreneurial spirit of young people to generate practical, scalable solutions that contribute to more effic…

FAO launches youth challenge to drive innovation in Sri Lanka’s agrifood sector

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education and Hatton National Bank (HNB) have launched a nationwide innovation challenge for university students to develop solutions to challenges facing the country’s agrifood sector. The World Food Day 2026 Youth Innovation Challenge was launched in Colombo on Wednesday (19) under the theme “Innovate Today – Nourish To…