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flag Four global startups win $2M in UAE FoodTech Challenge for innovations boosting food security.

flag The UAE FoodTech Challenge 2026 has named four global startups—HyveGeo, Permia Sensing, Flybox, and Akorn Technology—as winners, selected from 1,215 applications across 113 countries. flag The winners will receive $2 million in funding and join the UAE’s national agri-tech ecosystem to scale innovations aimed at improving food security. flag Their technologies include AI-driven tree health monitoring, biochar from agricultural waste, edible coatings to extend produce shelf life, and black soldier fly larvae processing of crop byproducts into protein and fertilizer. flag The initiative supports sustainable agriculture and aims to expand solutions across the Global South.

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