Applications call for Bayer Youth Ag Summit 2021 for Agricultural Changemakers. The Youth Ag Summit is a unique opportunity to connect and empower the next generation of agricultural change-makers. Every two years, we bring together 100 global young leaders for networking, debates, skills training, and project development. The end goal? To equip them to take concrete action on one of humanity’s most pressing problems: how to feed a hungry planet while using fewer natural resources. The first Youth Ag Summit took place in Calgary, Canada, in 2013, followed by Canberra, Australia, in 2015, Brussels, Belgium, in 2017, and Brasilia, Brazil, in 2019.

Background

Today, our planet faces the challenge of using fewer natural resources while feeding a growing population — predicted to reach almost 10 billion by 2050. The day-to-day realities of farming, agricultural production, and food consumption call for new kinds of innovation. Innovations that can transform today’s challenges into tomorrow’s breakthroughs.

It believes that, as the agricultural leaders of tomorrow, young people should be at the forefront of these efforts. The Youth Ag Summit is their platform.

Criteria

• The Bayer Youth Ag Summit is open to applications from young people aged 18-25, who are passionate about agriculture, food security, environmental stewardship, world hunger, biotechnology, farming, or animal husbandry.
• Applicants are not required to be farmers – previous delegates have included lawyers, doctors, teachers, and business management, students.

Application

Applicants need to submit an application through the application portal, consisting of

• An application form where you answer several questions on your experience and motivation.
• A 2 minutes video pitch where you explain your specific project idea on “how to feed a hungry planet”. They do not accept handwritten applications.

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