Awarded for its project “Scaling Climate-Smart Farming Solutions: Bundling Pay-Per-Use Irrigation with Sustainable Advisory Services for Smallholders.” Oorja provides a Pay-Per-Use farm-based service package to smallholder farmer in India, including water pumps powered by decentralized solar energy. Oorja’s comprehensive package also includes soil testing, seed supply, on-site training in sustainable practices, and a mobile app.

Awarded for its project “KENYA MARA Regenerating Traditional Foods, Lands & Livelihoods through Maasai Conservancies.” Savory Institute’s Kenya MARA program helps Maasai herders graze their livestock on nature conservancies, supporting land regeneration and their traditional animal-based diet.

Awarded for its project “Developing an NIR Tool for Rapid Screening of Aflatoxin-Resistant Groundnuts to Combat Aflatoxin Contamination.” The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute’s goal is to use near-infrared technology (NIR) tool to identify aflatoxin contamination in peanuts and reduce it with two naturally occurring antifungal metabolites found in peanut seed coats. This two-pronged approach is a sustainable solution to farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially northern Ghana.

Awarded for its project “Breakthrough Bioherbicide Technology Improves Food and Economic Security for Small-scale Farmers.” Toothpick Project produces an innovative bioherbicide from fungus to protect crops in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Ghana from Striga witchweed, a devastating pest for small-scale farmers. This safe and affordable herbicide is applied as a seed coating to restore crop yield.

Awarded for its project “PANGAN Program: Revitalizing Indigenous Farming and Building a Sustainable Food System for a Climate-resistant Bioeconomy and Community.” The PANGAN Program addresses food insecurity in West Timor by revitalizing indigenous farming practices, including promoting diverse and nutritious local food. PANGAN’s next phase pilots Local Food Hub, a scalable model connecting farmers and micro-agribusiness produce to local markets, building community and improving access to nutritious food.

Alpha Omega Foundation, "Ultrasonic Locus Repellent: A Sustainable Solution for Crop Protection and Food Security in Africa (Cameroon)."

Baobaby: "Improve Climate-Resilient Supply Chains for Indigenous Baby Food to Combat Malnutrition and Empower Female Famers (Togo)."

Bio Planet TMC Ltd.: "Production and Distribution of Quality and Pest Control Organic Fertilizer for Farmlands Restoration and Increased Yields (Benin)."

Mamlo Foods, Ltd.: "Scaling MAMLO FOODS Micro-Factory Model to Empower Women Smallholder farmers and Transform Peanut Processing (Kenya)."

National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) – National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI): "Enhancing Household Nutrition Through Adoption of Climate Resilient Greengram and Sorghum Varieties and Biodynamic Manures (Uganda)."

Safi International Technologies: "Building Capacity for a Safe and Transparent Dairy Supply Chain in the Rwandan Eastern Province (Canada)."

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: "Empowering Rural Communities of Namibia through Introducing Sustainable Kalahari Melon Oil Processing Methodology (United States)."

Vexxel: "Smart Biocapsules for Sustainable Agriculture: Reducing Agrochemical Use and Enhancing Food Safety Globally (United States)."

• The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): Awarded on behalf of its HarvestPlus program for their development of nutrient-dense porridges for use in school feeding programs in Zambia. These porridges utilize biofortified traditional food crops such that are often farmed and produced by women as additional contributions to the household income. IFPRI and HarvestPlus aim to uplift and equip vulnerable youth to grow into healthy, productive adults.
• Naandi Foundation: Awarded for its implementation of ReGen, a synergistic regenerative agriculture model to support farmers transitioning away from conventional, chemical-based farming approaches in India. Prioritizing biodiversity over monocultures, regeneration over extraction, and biological agri-inputs over chemical, Naandi Foundation provides a variety of free materials and knowledge tools to help eliminate dependence on high-cost chemical fertilizers and pesticides and improve the health of soil ecosystems and the foods produced.

• Association 3535: Awarded for establishing four solar cooling hubs and offering cold storage as a service to smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. By installing large, cold storage refrigerated containers and standalone cooling systems that are attachable to existing storehouses, Association 3535 – a 2021 Seed Grant winner – provides smallholder farmers and small-scale fishermen with the ability to keep produce fresh, reducing post-harvest losses and increasing food security and potential income.
• Kopernik: Awarded for its PANGAN Initiative, addressing food insecurity in West Timor, Indonesia. By adopting an innovative approach that prioritizes the return to and use of indigenous farming practices, food preservation technologies, and a circular economy utilizing black soldier flies to convert organic and food waste into animal feed and compost for farming, The PANGAN Initiative seeks to create a more climate-resilient and self-sustaining food system and community.
• Nurture Posterity International: Awarded for its development of NutriPosh, nutritious and affordable composite flours for use in school feeding programs in Uganda. In addition to providing enhanced nutrition through the inclusion of pumpkin seeds in a composite Maize flour, NutriPosh sources ingredients produced through regenerative agricultural practices, utilizes solar powered dehydration technologies in their flour production, and uses biodegradable packaging to ensure environmental sustainability at every point in the supply chain. Nurture Posterity International is a 2022 Seed Grant winner.

• Aquagenius, “Small-scale Fish Farming Enhanced by a Circular Economy and Innovative, Eco-friendly Food Strategy”
• Feeding Albania Foundation, “Sustainable Egg Production for NGOs and the Impoverished in Albania”
• Global Seed Savers, “Empowering Communities for Sustainable, Equitable, Ecological, and Diverse Food Systems through Seed Sovereignty”
• Ndalo Heritage Trust, “Sorghum Value-addition: Scaling Up Nutrition, Human and Climate Health for At-risk Populations in Siaya County, Kenya”
• Safe Environment Hub, “Black Soldier Fly Farming: Changing Trash to Cash”
• Tiny Seed Project, “PISCES: Permaculture Institute, Cultivating Resistance: Promoting Cover Crops for Sustainable Agriculture in Northern Togo, West Africa”
• Urban Being Inc., “JRDN-URBN: Building Food Autonomy into the City”
• UV4Good, “UVC LED-based Systems to Clean Water in the Field and Other Emergency Situations Across the World”

• Acceso: Awarded for its work to eliminate Aflatoxin from smallholder supply chains. Acceso is working to eradicate dangerous aflatoxins in smallholder supply chains, starting with peanuts in Haiti. This system utilizes an innovative combination of economic incentives, rigorous testing, and strategic logistics which prevents aflatoxin contamination at the farmer, buyer, and consumer levels. 
• Food Systems for the Future Institute: Awarded for their work in commercializing black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) as chicken feed to enhance egg nutrition and lower the cost of eggs in Rwanda.  FSF Institute is working with the Rwanda Ministry of Agriculture and technical partner Protix Ltd. to develop Africa's first fully automated black soldier fly larvae production facility. This innovative facility will sustainably and cost-effectively scale poultry production and make it easier and more affordable for consumers to access nutritious, protein-rich eggs. FSF Institute was awarded the Growth Grant in 2021.

• INMED Partnerships for Children: Awarded for its Aquaponics Social Enterprise program which accelerates the deployment of a simplified, adaptable form of aquaponics, combining soilless crop production and fish farming in a closed symbiotic system, to increase global food production in the face of climate change and transition historically marginalized populations from subsistence to sustainable livelihoods. INMED Partnerships for Children was awarded the Seed Grant in 2021.
• Smart Villages Resource Group: Awarded for their Smart Agri-Centres, a community-led solar powered cold storage program that uses energy as a catalyst for rural development. Smart Villages focuses on using energy to enable access to improved agricultural techniques and practices, which in turn can improve quality of life in multiple ways.
• World Wildlife Fund: Awarded for its Farmers Post Program, which leverages the US Postal Service (USPS) as a significant yet underutilized asset to help bring fresh produce from farms to front doors across the United States. Farmers Post has the potential to transform how we get food from farms to consumers, benefitting farmers, consumers, the environment, and the USPS. WWF’s Farmer’s Post project was awarded the Seed Grant in 2021.

• Chandra Associates, “CAFRESH-Connecting the Food Supply Chain”
• Kly, “Upcycling Food Waste Through Fermentation”
• MAVUNOLAB, “Preventing Postharvest Fish Losses through Low-cost and Mobile Solar-Drying Technologies in Tanzania”
• Nurture Posterity International,  “NutriPosh composite flour for improved school diet in Uganda”
• QuantumHeights GmbH, “Innovative Contributions for Process Improvement of the National School Feeding Programme in Mozambique”
• Radices Bio, “Commercialization of a Novel Microbiome-based Synbiotic Food Ingredient to Support Heart Health in Aging and Minority Populations”
• University of Dar es Salaam, “Micronutrient Profile and Household Use of Indigenous Crops in Tanzania”
• Welthungerhilfe, “Mobile Vertical Gardens for Refugees and Internally Displaced People”
• Yayasan Kopernik, “Farmer's Livelihood Support”

• International Rice Research Institute: Awarded for its arsenic safe rice project which will deploy newly developed arsenic-excluding rice varieties that are much safer for human consumption in target arsenic-polluted regions to create socioeconomic and human health benefits. 
• Solar Freeze: Awarded for its project on portable, solar-powered cold storage units for rural smallholder farmers of perishable produce, reducing post-harvest food loss that currently accounts for over 45% of fresh produce waste among rural farmers in developing countries.
• WorldFish: Awarded for its homestead aquaculture project to bring sustainable, nutrient-rich small fish production to small scale actors for a healthy and affordable option for consumers especially those who need it most such as young children, and pregnant and lactating women.

• African Centre for Technology Studies: Awarded for its project which promotes access to solar drying technologies to smallholder farmers; thus, providing optimal dehydration of fresh produce.
• Food Systems for the Future Institute (FSF) and Afya Feed Ltd: Awarded for its use of black soldier fly larvae to overcome the poultry and aquaculture industry feed affordability challenge.
• iDE: Awarded for its community-managed vermicompost fertilizer enterprises that incorporate Trichoderma - speeding up the composting process.

• ASSOCIATION 3535
• Center for Nanoscience and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (Supported by O-PSA to GoI)
• EatWell Meal Kits
• INMED Partnerships for Children
• Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute
• Tanzania Environment Management Catalyst
• University of Missouri
• World Wildlife Fund