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START-UPS: Join the Global Dairy Challenge to win €100,000 and help drive sustainable innovation in the industry
Animal AgTech Innovation Summit partners The Yield Lab are giving start-ups in the animal agriculture sector the chance to pitch in front of a panel of industry leaders and win €100,000.
Applications are now closed! Six finalists will be chosen from the 100 entrants to pitch at the final hosted ahead of the Animal AgTech Innovation Summit (October 8). The final is by invitation only – let us know if you would like to attend.
Request an invite to the final
The Challenge
Dairy is a truly global industry. From a morning glass of milk to a pizza Margherita, dairy is a part of many countries culinary and cultural heritage, in addition to a critical livelihood for farmers across the world. Globally there are more than 100 million dairy farms facing common pressures, though often in very different local environmental or economic contexts: squeezed margins, changing climate, and the fact that dairy production itself has a significant environmental footprint.
The Yield Lab Global Dairy Sustainability Challenge is organised in partnership with leading stakeholders of the global dairy supply chain, Nestle, GOKE, Wageningen University.
Discussions on sustainability in dairy increasingly centre around dairy alternatives. While it is worth exploring and investing in dairy alternatives, dairy is here to stay and the Yield Lab is interested in the technologies that can enable more efficient production, for a sustainable and equitable dairy supply chain. The challenge was open to the following areas:
- Breeding and genomics: identifying and selecting for mutations of ruminants that emit less
- Pasture and soil management: optimizing varieties, growth, and resilience to climate change; Encouraging outdoor and rotational grazing for reduced emissions, and regeneration of soils
- Animal health and nutrition: healthier animals are more productive, meeting yields with a smaller number, which overall reduces their footprint, Innovation on feed can reduce emissions and improve animal health
- Manure management: technologies to process, and repurpose, while mitigating emissions
- Production and processing: optimizing processing and transportation and stability and shelf-life to reduce waste
- Dairy alternatives: alternative dairy ingredients to reduce pressure on supply chain
The Details
When? Final held on 8 October 2024, 5-7pm – a pre-summit event of the Animal AgTech Innovation Summit
Where? Leonardo Royal Hotel Amsterdam
Deadlines for Entry? 31 August, 2024 (NOW CLOSED)
The winning start-up will be announced live at the Animal AgTech Innovation Summit, and all participating start-ups will receive complimentary summit passes.