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Food Loss and Waste Hackathon

A national hackathon run by Qassim University with the General Authority for Food Security, where teams build practical solutions to food loss and waste across the food value chain, from digital tools to processing, supply chains, business models and behaviour change.

Deadline10 October 20263 days left
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[ Key terms ]

Funding
SAR 125,000 total prize pool
Equity
No equity taken
Duration
2 days, 22–23 Oct 2026
Cohort starts
22 October 2026
Format
Hybrid · Buraydah

[ What you get ]

SAR 125,000 in total prizes: five innovation tracks with four winners each (two in-person, two remote), from SAR 10,000+ for first place in-person per track to SAR 1,500 for second place remote. In-person teams also get meetings with companies and agencies, incubation opportunities for selected teams, specialised training with challenge partners, a place in the closing exhibition and media coverage. Real challenges come from food-sector entities; technical data is shared with accepted teams. No commitment to funding, adoption or implementation.

[ Who it's for ]

Teams of university and college students, researchers in agriculture and supply chains, entrepreneurs, developers and designers, food-sector specialists, charities and food banks, and others working on sustainability. Participation in person in Buraydah or remotely.

Run by
Qassim University – Institute of Studies and Consulting Services, with the General Authority for Food Security (GFSA)
Stages
Idea · Pre-seed
Sectors
Food · Agriculture · Logistics · Sustainability

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