{"id":235504,"date":"2025-05-12T07:43:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T11:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=235504"},"modified":"2025-05-12T09:03:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:03:45","slug":"dr-company-makes-finals-of-seeding-the-future-growth-grant-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/05\/12\/dr-company-makes-finals-of-seeding-the-future-growth-grant-award\/","title":{"rendered":"DR company makes finals of Seeding the Future Growth Grant award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dominican Republic’s SOS (Sea-Land Symbiosis) is included in the finalists for the Institute of Food Technologists and Seeding The Future Foundations\u2019s Growth Prize. The competition gathers proponents of solutions to some of the biggest issues impacting the global ag\/food space today. SOS is working on solutions to dealing with seaweed that is impacting fishing and the tourism industry in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winners will be announced in June 2025. The three Growth Grant winners will receive US$100,000 each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The five growth grant finalists are:
\u2022 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Institute \u2013 Savanah Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI): Developing an NIR Tool for Rapid Screening of Aflatoxin-Resistant Groundnuts to Combat Aflatoxin Contamination (Ghana).
\u2022 Munakyalo Agrofresh: Reducing Post-harvest Losses with Solar-Powered IoT Cooling Hubs and Sustainable Preservation Technologies (Uganda).
\u2022 Smartel: Transforming Food Security with IoT-Smart Hydroponic Systems for Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Agriculture (Rwanda).
\u2022 SOS: Sea-Land Symbiosis (Dominican Republic), harnessing the power of seaweed.
\u2022 Toothpick Company Ltd.: Breakthrough Bioherbicide Technology Improves Food and Economic Security for Small-scale Farmers (Kenya).
\u2022 Yayasan Kopernik: PANGAN Program: Revitalizing Indigenous Farming and Building a Sustainable Food System for a Climate-resilient Bioeconomy and Community (Indonesia).
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The Seeding The Future Foundation is a private, non-profit organization motivated by its core value that everyone should always have equitable access to safe, nutritious, affordable, appealing, and trusted food. It seeks to inspire innovative solutions that can help transform food systems globally to be more sustainable and benefit the health of people and the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) serves as the voice of the global food science community. IFT advocates for science, technology, and research to address the world\u2019s greatest food challenges, guiding our community of more than 200,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12 May 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dominican Republic’s SOS (Sea-Land Symbiosis) is included in the finalists for the Institute of Food Technologists and Seeding The Future Foundations\u2019s Growth Prize. The competition gathers proponents of solutions to some of the biggest issues impacting the global ag\/food space today. SOS is working on solutions to dealing with seaweed that is impacting fishing and … <\/p>\n

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