Contributors Acknowledgements Sincere appreciation is extended to the following Food Innovators Network working group members, who spent numerous hours providing critical input and feedback to the draft. Their diverse insights are fundamental to the success of this work. Adam Amoussou Global Shaper, Cotonou Hub Heike Baumüller Strategic Advisor to the Executive Director, Crop Trust Shreejit Borthakur Lead, Agritech, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, World Economic Forum Federica Brunetta Associate Professor, Department of Business and Management, Luiss Guido Carli Henry Burgsteden Senior Innovation Officer, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Maria Bustamante Postdoctoral Researcher, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Marcello Carmignani Director, Operational Excellence Public, Deloitte Hila Cohen Deputy Head, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator Avery Cohn Partner, Food and Agriculture, Ode Partners Andrea Felici Innovation Management Analyst, United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Katherine Foster Finance Innovation Lead, EIT FoodWorld Economic Forum Levi Orero Hoffmann Fellow, Data and Digital Solutions, Food, Water and Clean Air, World Economic Forum Federico Ronca Lead, Data and Digital Solutions, Food, Water and Clean Air, World Economic ForumNTT Data Francesca Di Caprio Consulting Manager, NTT Data Evgeny Pesotskiy Director, NTT Data Harith Talikota Consultant, NTT Data Data and Digital Readiness in Food Systems 12

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