"South Africa is a water scarce country and our strategic partnership within the Securing Water for Food Grand Challenge seeks to identify and accelerate science and technology innovations that improve water sustainability, while simultaneously improving food security, creating jobs and ultimately alleviating poverty." Awardees will receive between $100,000 and $2 million in funding and acceleration support to bring their innovations to scale. Awardees must continually demonstrate their progress through milestone-based funding. support we have received to date through the Securing Water for Food has been a game “The changer for scaling our social enterprise. The award is enabling us to test at scale and is providing us with the guidance we need to adapt our business model to better serve the sustainability of our cause. Last year, we were able to positively impact the lives of over 300,000 people all due to the Grand Challenge and our match funding said Claire – partner Unilever,” Reid, Founder and CEO of Reel Gardening, one of Securing Water for round of Food’s first innovators. In its first three rounds, Securing Water for Food selected 30 winners out of nearly 1,000 applications from universities, start-ups, and NGOs in more than 93 countries. Innovations range from crops for saline environments and flying water sensor technologies to organic seed protectants that defend against drought and heat stress. To learn more about the Securing Water for Food Round 4 call for innovations, visit and follow us on Twitter.
"South Africa is a water scarce country and our strategic partnership within the Securing Water for Food Grand Challenge seeks to identify and accelerate science and technology innovations that improve water sustainability, while simultaneously improving food security, creating jobs and ultimately alleviating poverty." Awardees will receive between $100,000 and $2 million in funding and acceleration support to bring their innovations to scale. Awardees must continually demonstrate their progress through milestone-based funding. “The support we have received to date through the Securing Water for Food has been a game changer for scaling our social enterprise. The award is enabling us to test at scale and is providing us with the guidance we need to adapt our business model to better serve the sustainability of our cause. Last year, we were able to positively impact the lives of over 300,000 people – all due to the Grand Challenge and our match funding partner Unilever,” said Claire Reid, Founder and CEO of Reel Gardening, one of Securing Water for Food’s first round of innovators. In its first three rounds, Securing Water for Food selected 30 winners out of nearly 1,000 applications from universities, start-ups, and NGOs in more than 93 countries. Innovations range from crops for saline environments and flying water sensor technologies to organic seed protectants that defend against drought and heat stress. To learn more about the Securing Water for Food Round 4 call for innovations, visit and follow us on Twitter.
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