Food Sustainability Idea / Concept Development Competition
Timeline
- Announcement of Nomination & Guideline – 20 Dec 2021
- Close of Nomination – 30 Apr 2022
- Jury Selection of Finalists – 14-21 May 2022
- Notification of Finalists – 30 May 2022
- Final Judging – 1 Nov 2022
Description
IUFoST considers sustainability issues for food and drinking water as one of the key topics of its current and future agenda. This is emphasized by its involvement in the Future Earth project (www.icsu.org) as well as the IUFoST Sustainability Working Groups. As sustainability of our planet is directly affecting your future and related health and quality of life, we invite each of you to participate in a "Food Sustainability Idea/concept development Competition" at the IUFoST Congress 2022 in Singapore.
Criteria for Consideration
Interested participant is expected to submit a brief description of the idea (up to 2 pages) and the concept development (up to 5 pages, including drawings, introduction, results etc).
Suggested, but not to be limiting your creativity, topics can include:
- Food losses (postharvest, storage, processing, transport and home preparation)
- Food waste (processing, post processing, household levels including consumption as well as technologies dealing with sustainable postharvest and processing condition to increase food safety and food security)
- Energy conserving methods along the entire food chain; and
- Water purification, sanitation and recovery methods
Application
If this is of interest to you them please submit your application(s) by 30 Apr 2022
You may also indicate your interest in the IUFoST sustainability agenda by indicating this at your registration for the congress.
Judging Process
The selected top five proposals will be formally acknowledged with a certificate and a cash award to be announced later and the sustainability champions will be invited to briefly present their contributions during the congress as a registered delegate.
Submission Information Requirements
Please prepare the following information for your submission on our portal:
- Your Information
- Author Name
- Country
- Institution / Organization Name
- Institution / Organization Address
- Title of Sustainability Idea and Concept Development
- Important: Please submit your Idea & Concept Development Proposal as attachment:
- Brief description of the idea (up to 2 pages)
- Concept development (up to 5 pages, including drawings, introduction, results etc) in Word or Word-compatible document, double-spaced only, Times New Roman, letter size 11 and 2 cm margins.
* You will need to submit these attachments separately to [email protected] after your online submission.