One of the greatest challenges of our generation is achieving universal food and nutrition security. Whilst this appears to be an achievable goal owing to the knowledge we have today about how to grow more food and eat more nutritious meals, ironically a preponderance of the nearly 800 million most hungry and malnourished people on earth are themselves farmers.

  Worldwide, nearly 800 million people suffer from hunger and malnutrition – that’s one in every nine people – with the majority being women and children. A radical 32-hour hackathon will bring together young, next generation innovators to contribute to finding an end to world hunger.