Innovation challenges and prizes are mechanisms that use incentives and rewards to encourage innovation. They generally have one problem, however. While they should aim to bring about innovation that is sustainable long term, they generally fall short because of their limited timeframes and one-off approach. From 2017 to 2019, I worked for Nesta Challenges with Development Alternatives Inc (DAI), supporting the delivery of two agricultural prizes ‒ the Data Driven Farming Prize and the Fall Armyworm Tech Prize ‒ run by the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Feed The...
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An insight into evaluating agricultural innovation challenges and prizes