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Food Planet Prize 2026
Andhra Pradesh’s community-led natural farming program, Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming (APCNF), wins the 2026 Food Planet Prize. The Food Planet Prize is an environmental award focused on transforming global food systems and provides funding for scalable initiatives related to food production, distribution, and consumption.
Food Planet Prize (Established 2019):
| Dimension | Key Details |
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| Nature of prize | The Food Planet Prize is the world's largest environmental award focused on transforming global food systems. |
| Purpose | Provides for funding innovative, scalable initiatives that can reshape how we produce, distribute, and consume food while supporting a resilient biosphere. |
| Establishment | Has been established in 2019. |
| Established by | Has been established by Swedish entrepreneur and philanthropist Curt Bergfors. |
| Foundation | Is set up through the Curt Bergfors Foundation. |
| Funding timeframe | Provides for funding to accelerate solutions that can bring meaningful global impact within a 10-year timeframe. |
| Prize amount | Comprises a prize worth $1.5 million. |
| 2026 winner | Comprises Andhra Pradesh’s APCNF program as the winner for 2026. |
| APCNF launch and authority | Has been launched in 2016 by Rythu Sadhikara Samstha, under Andhra Pradesh’s agriculture department. |
| APCNF programme design | Provides for helping farmers shift to natural farming. |
| Basis for award to APCNF | Provides for promoting farming practices that reduce dependence on synthetic inputs and support climate-resilient agriculture. |
| Stated outcomes of APCNF | Provides for improving soil health, biodiversity, and farm resilience while reducing input costs. |