1,500+
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ATTENDEES
30+
LOCAL & INTL
SPEAKERS
15+
EXHIBITING
PARTNERS
60+
INNOVATIVE
STARTUPS & SMEs
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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
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WITH THE SUPPORT OF
THE MOST ANTICIPATED AGRI-FOOD EVENT OF THE YEAR
THE MOST ANTICIPATED GREEN INNOVATION EVENT IN LEBANON
Gathering agrifood leaders, corporates, entrepreneurs, startups, investors, researchers and visionaries under one roof.
Come network with industry experts and key players. Meet with new businesses and investors, discuss the evolution of the agrifood sector in uncertain times, exchange the latest innovations and opportunities, build the right partnerships, and put your agrifood ventures on the fast track to innovation, growth, and success.
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Join the conversation on the evolution, strengths & export potential of the agrifood sector
Thought leaders, experts, partners, and inspiring speakers will be featured on the main stage to address pressing argifood topics — from innovation, to trade and export, to the future of food, to financing agrifood ventures, and much more.
PANEL
Sustainable Agriculture Production: Technology For A Better Future
DAY 1 · 12:30 PM - 01:15 PM
KEYNOTE
Keynote Speech
DAY 1 · 01:15 PM - 01:30 PM
KEYNOTE
Keynote Speech
DAY 1 · 01:30 PM - 01:45 PM
KEYNOTE
Keynote Speaker: Peter Kruger - Managing Partner at AgFood Ventures
DAY 1 · 01:15 PM - 01:30 PM
KEYNOTE
Keynote Speaker: Aline Bsaibes, Entrepreneur at Agtech Expert
DAY 1 · 01:30 PM - 01:45 PM
FIRESIDE CHAT
Future of Food: Alternative, Blue Economy and Beyond
DAY 1 · 01:45 PM - 02:15 PM
INTERVENTION
Italian Trade Agency's Support for Innovation
DAY 1 · 02:15 PM - 02:30 PM
FIRESIDE CHAT
Startup Fundraising Journey
DAY 1 · 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
PANEL
Applied Science & Knowledge Transfer in Agrifood
DAY 1 · 03:00 PM - 03:45 PM
FIRESIDE CHAT
Promoting Gender Inclusion in the MENA Region in Agrifood
DAY 1 · 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM
PANEL
Insights on Accessing New Markets
DAY 1 · 04:15 PM - 05:00 PM
DEMO SESSION
Agrytech Startups Special Edition Demo Session
DAY 1 · 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
FIRESIDE CHAT
Lebanon Innovate: Knowledge Innovation Communities
DAY 2 · 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
CEREMONY
Rural Entrepreneurs In Agrifood (REAF) Program: Featuring Impact in Rural Areas
DAY 2 · 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
PANEL
Innovation in Rural Development
DAY 2 · 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
INNOVATION INSPIRATION
Innovation in Waste and Side Stream Valorization
DAY 2 · 12:45 PM - 01:15 PM
INNOVATION INSPIRATION
Innovation in Wheat and Vegetable Value Chains
DAY 2 · 01:15 PM - 01:45 PM
CEREMONY
Lebanon Export Academy Graduation Ceremony
DAY 2 · 01:45 PM - 02:15 PM
PANEL
Empowering AgriFood SMEs under the USAID-funded Scaling-Up Agri-Food Innovations (SAFI) Project
DAY 2 · 02:15 PM - 02:30 PM
PANEL
The Agrifood Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in the MENA Region
DAY 2 · 02:30 PM - 03:15 PM
PRESENTATION
FAO Digitization Projects in the Lebanese Agrifood Sector
DAY 2 · 03:15 PM - 03:30 PM
CEREMONY
The Food System Challenge Closing Ceremony
DAY 2 · 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
PANEL
Innovation Through Clustering
DAY 2 · 04:00 PM - 04:45 PM
AWARD CEREMONY
Agrifood Innovation Award (AFIA)
DAY 2 · 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Alejandro Rodarte
Senior Manager Food Safety, Research & Innovation (R&I)
FoodDrinkEurope
Aline Bsaibes
Entrepreneur
Agtech Expert
Carla Moukarzel
Program Director
The USAID-funded Agriculture and Rural Empowerment (ARE) Activity
Carl Safi
Senior Project Manager
Wageningen University and Research
Christian Kamel
Managing Director
Fair Trade Lebanon
Claudio Pasqualucci
Director
Italian Trade Agency (ITA)
Dalia Abulfotuh
Economist
FAO
Elie Akhrass
Fund Manager
iSME Fund
Elie Harfouche
Agriculture Field Officer
FAO
Giordano Dichter
Advisor
CIHEAM Bari
Hadi Jaafar
Chairman and Associate Professor
American University of Beirut
Hania Chahal
Business Export Coach
CBI
Hany Ayaad
Assistant Professor and Vice Dean
Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport
Hassan Ezzeldine
Executive Chairman
Gray Mackenzie Retail Lebanon
Imad Bou-Hamad
Associate Professor
American University of Beirut
Karim Ghamrawi
Co-Founder
Seed in a Box & Agri-Movement
Kassem Jouni
Programme Policy Officer
WFP - World Food Programme
Lara Hanna-Wakim
Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology, Canada
Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK)
Malek Ghanem
Business Development Specialist – REAF
Berytech
Marc Beyrouthy
CEO
Nature by Marc Beyrouthy
Mario Mrad
Co-Founder
Nat Bio
Maxence Duault
General Director
ESA Business School
Michelle Iseminger
Head of Programmes
WFP Lebanon
Mohab Anis
CEO
Innovety
Nada Ghanem
Founder
Douda Solutions
Nadine El Khoury
COO & President
Robinson Agri and QOOT Cluster
Nancy Saliba
Director
Asher Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship- ACIE
Nicolas Gholam
Rural Development Researcher & Practitioner
Mawsam Beirut | LEAD Expertise
Nizar Hani
Manager
Shouf Biosphere Reserve
Patricia Hakim Massamiri
Founder & Principal Consultant
DDD Consulting (Distill, Discover, Design)
Peter Kruger
Chairman
Agrifood-tech Italia
Pierre Angot
Accelerator Program Lead
Hectar / Incubateur HEC
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Reem Nejdawi
Chief, Food and Environment Policies Team
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Richardos Lebbos
Founder and CTO
Startchy Inc.
Rima Saad Azar
Partner-General Manager
Sea Sky Services SARL & Sea Sky Services UK LTD
Rimane Aziz
Co-Founder and Factory Director
Agrofitt SAL
Roger van Hoesel
Managing Partner
Ecosystem Navigators
Sally El Armaly Yacoub
Head of Food and Beverage
Fattal Group
Sandro Allouche
Owner
Beirut Farm
Sandra Sarkis
Lebanon SoftShore Cluster-Manager
Industrial Research Institute
Soha Nasser
Program Manager
ACT Smart Innovation Hub
Soraya El Khalil
Social Protection Specialist
FAO
Suhad Hamad
Founder
Dimples
Sven Van de Wynkele
Managing Partner
Libons
Thomas Mueller
Country Director
GIZ
Wafaa ElDikah Hamze
Member of Executive Council
Arab Women Organization (AWO)
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Yara Hamdar
Accelerator Manager
Berytech
Yasmine Ossaily
General Consultant
International Finance Corporation
Zeina Hobaika
Head of Department of Life and Earth Sciences-Biochemistry
Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ)
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Explore opportunities with multiple agrifood support programs & discover budding startups & SMES
Discover more than 15 local and regional agrifood programs managed by Berytech and learn about the different values each can offer you in your journey.
The expo also features a selection of highly innovative startups showcasing technology-driven agrifood solutions and successful SMEs with high growth potential.
CEWAS Middle East
Supporting entrepreneurship in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Palestine with a positive social and environmental impact.
ACT Smart
The ACT Smart Innovation Hub is a comprehensive initiative launched by Berytech and co-funded by the Kingdom of the Netherlands to enable the Lebanese entrepreneurial ecosystem and stimulate innovation and startup creation in the agriculture, food, and clean technology sectors.
Agrytech
Berytech sources startups with technology-based solutions across the agrifood value chain and provides them with the support they need to scale into successful businesses with global impact.
ARYAF
The ARYAF program supports MSMEs operating in food processing, local hospitality, tourism, the restaurant industry, eco-tourism, and agri-tourism within Bekaa and Mount Lebanon to increase their sales volume, implement a business continuity plan, and provide training to their staff — including youth, women, and disabled individuals.
Basatine
A 4-year consortium programme to support vulnerable farmers and related value chain actors in cereals, legumes and vegetables in Bekaa and Akkar regions.
ESDU AUB
An inter-disciplinary research and development center specializing in community development and sustainable agriculture hosted at the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (FAFS) at the American University of Beirut (AUB).
BestMedGrape Project
Berytech is an implementing partner in Lebanon of the EU-Funded BESTMEDGRAPE project, giving support to education, research, technological development and innovation.
Lebanon Innovate
Lebanon Innovate is a 42-month program funded by the European Union to revitalize the Lebanese entrepreneurial ecosystem. The program fosters innovation through supporting Intellectual Property (IP) and knowledge transfer allowing the country to become a knowledge-driven digital nation at the front end of innovation.
INJAZ
Aiming to educate and prepare Lebanon’s youth to become qualified professionals and successful entrepreneurs in a growing economy.
NCC Dawwera
Promoting the local food system and fostering food security through circular economy by adopting a holistic and integrated approach.
Partner Growth
Berytech is an implementing partner in Lebanon of the EU-Funded BESTMEDGRAPE project, giving support to education, research, technological development and innovation.
PHEMAC Project
The PHEMAC project, co-funded by the EU under the PRIMA program, consists of creating an interactive IHUB platform which aims to capitalize on the results and best practices of innovative projects linked to NEXUS in water and agriculture in the Euro-Mediterranean region.
QOOT Cluster
QOOT is Lebanon’s leading agrifood cluster, catalyzing sustainable growth, enhancing capabilities and competitiveness, and opening world markets to Lebanese agrifood businesses.
Rural Entrepreneurs in Agri-food (REAF) Program
The Rural Entrepreneurs in Agri-Food (REAF) program aims at strengthening the business and product viability of agri-food startups.
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The Food System Challenge
Berytech and the World Food Program have launched The Food System Challenge to improve food security and increase resilience in the food system in Lebanon through business support, technical assistance, in-kind grants, and support packages to SMEs to enable their ideas and boost their growth.
Transdairy Project
Berytech is an implementing partner in Lebanon of the TRANSDAIRY project funded by the EU under the ENI CBC Med Programme working to enhance technology transfer among research, industry, and SMEs in the Dairy Value Chain.
UNDP
A United Nations agency leading international development to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality. Developing policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities, and building resilience to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
aGREEN Organics
AGREEN manages, supervises, sponsors and trains lebanese farmers and producers to reach better quality produce at cheaper cost, while respecting the environment.
Agrifresh
A wide selection of ready-to-eat vegetables and dehydrated herbs, vegetables, and fruits.
agSAT
AgSAT is the world’s first mobile application that optimizes food production by calculating and forecasting crop water requirements in near real-time by using remote sensing technology.
Atyab - Zeit Boulos
Zeit Boulos, part of ATYAB company, holds long experience in the entire manufacturing cycle of olive oil, from the olive tree in its groves to the bottle on the consumer’s table.
Breeze Ice Cream
Lebanese ice cream made from grape waste, eco-friendly and healthy, with polyphenols reducing the risk of many diseases.
Beirut Roma Beirut
BRB created the perfect recipe for a convenient, natural, free-from-preservatives, tasty, wholesome, and high-quality fresh pasta, using local ingredients directly from farmers and employing exclusively Lebanese labor.
Be Salim
A startup working on promoting awareness, using local organic fertilizers and pesticides, and practicing IPM, as well as offering lectures and farm visits.
Cedars Trail Riding Club
Cedars Trail Riding Club offers a unique and authentic equestrian experience in Lebanon. As the first of its kind in the country, it allows visitors to explore the stunning region of Shouf in an environmentally sustainable way.
ChocoZoo by Mama's Bakes
ChocoZoo created by Mama’s Bakes, is a healthy and delicious chocolate bar made specifically for kids. It is created with nutritious and locally sourced ingredients, free of harmful additives, artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives.
Crispy Fried Onions
Crispy Fried Onions is a new startup founded by a group of five with a vision to use the excess onion crop in Lebanon to manufacture crispy fried onions. These ready-to-use onions have a long shelf life and are ideal for seasoning, cooking, and garnishing dishes from any cuisine.
Cultiva
Cultiva Soil is a local producer of potting soil coming from natural products, and rich in nutrients.
dairiday
Levant Beverage and Dairy Industries (LBDI) is a leading supplier of dairy products manufactured in Lebanon. They are committed to total customer satisfaction by providing quality products with competitive prices and aim to be a globally innovative developer and competitive exporter, providing genuine products & services to our customers.
Del Libano S.A.L.
A Lebanese factory that produces all types of pasta using pure Lebanese Durum Wheat using a skilled Lebanese labor force.
Drayké
A startup that offers a wide and multi-flavored range of baked Crackers, made 100% from corn and plant based ingredients with thermal dying and without preservatives.
eshmoon Holistics
Production of healthy treats for health-conscious people gluten-free, sugar-free dairy, and organic.
Farming Bee
Farming Bee is a startup committed to developing and implementing a bee breeding program that benefits beekeepers and promotes the health of bee populations.
Go Baladi
Natural and organic goat dairy products, producing authentic and innovative products in a sustainable ecosystem.
Green TaQa
Green Taqa is a team of experts from various backgrounds in agricultural and mechanical engineering, sales, and marketing.
Gudtolli
A startup that produces fresh pasta from local ingredients, naturally colored from fresh vegetables and herbs is their specialty.
hommos Hummus
A unique product by Nutco that offers an effortless solution for making fresh hummus. It comes in a preparation bundle with simple and clear ingredients and easy-to-follow steps, enabling customers to prepare hummus in less than a minute.
JAR (Jar of Jam)
Transforming grape pomace, a source of antioxidants and fiber, into a valuable ingredient for traditional jam recipes.
Judi Lebanon
Specialized in producing, packing, and storing fruits and vegetables, and all that arises from these value chains.
Kamakian
High-quality planet-friendly food products that evoke the Armenian culinary heritage are sourced from more than 400 farmers all around Lebanon.
Kanz
Kanz partners with the women of rural Lebanon to rediscover authentic terroir recipes, and to promote Lebanese Mouneh as a global and premium culinary art.
Kwikeez
Offers nutritious and tasty snacks that are made from high quality, natural ingredients designed to cater to health-conscious individuals.
L'arome By Bon Choix
BON CHOIX Company is one of the leading Lebanese manufacturers of all natural cookies and crackers with no preservatives, additives, or processed sugars.
Lebotanica
Lebotanica is a group of co-founders who are passionate about Lebanon’s environment. They aim to transform abandoned and ruined lands into productive food forests using permaculture design.
Mooneh - Societe Robert Jabbour
Ets. Jabbour is a Lebanese company that operates in the agrifood industry, specializing in the production of olive oil, pickles, jams, and other related products.
Mounet Nmeir
A vast range of products, such as Lebanese traditional mouneh, pulses, spices, and herbs.
My Daily Basket
A healthy basket concept that started in 2003, taking organic produce from farmers & delivering it to consumers in parts of Lebanon.
Najjar Modern Mills Company
Established over 70 years ago in the heart of the Bekaa Valley, Matahen Naijar Modern Company has become known for the production and retail of all the original Lebanese grains, beans, and burghul in Lebanon.
Natagri
Natagri S.A.L is specialized in the agribusiness field. With an innovative concept for the Lebanese 2030 agricultural sector, we aim at developing a sustainable agriculture system in Lebanon in order to access international markets.
Natura Spoon
Natura Spoon is a Lebanese baby food brand. Their products are displayed in small puree jars produced from fresh and residue-free fruits & veggies, without any additives or any other preservatives.
PepperNaut
PepperNaut creates specialized flavored hot sauces, using 15 different vegetables and spices in each of their sauces.
Sheghel Emmeh
Sheghel Emeh, has focused on the growth of the traditional Lebanese food sector and emphasized its values and health advantages by offering handcrafted Lebanese “Mouneh” in an innovative way.
Soul of Agrifood
Soul of Agrifood company was established and registered officially to produce kishk under an official trademark, with a main objective to implement agri-food priorities and to improve this sector based on a sustainable strategic plan.
The Good Thymes
The Good Thymes is a Lebanese agricultural company that brings a fresh breath to traditional Lebanese savors through modern and inspired culinary creations, all based around the unequalled wild Lebanese Zaatar.
Zayytech
Zayytech transforms olive and garden waste into fuel pellets for heating in rural areas. We also produce by-products of fertilizers and animal bedding.
Zejd
House of Zejd, Olive Trade® flagship store, designed to create an immersive experience in the exclusive universe of Zejd coveted brand, was opened in Beirut since 2013, and is a franchise-ready concept.
3a Droub Zahle
3a Droub Zahle is a startup that aims to improve the livelihood of the local community in Zahle city by reviving the local tourism industry.
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Hear promising agrifood startups share their disruptive solutions
Startups enrolled in the Agrytech Accelerator Program will debut their products and services for the first time to the public. The six startups have worked to solve agrifood challenges across the entire value-chain with the plan to scale internationally.
brisky
Brisky provides functional snacks made from freeze-dried fruits and vegetables that retain up to 97% of their nutritional value, flavor, shape, and color.
Kenza Kitchen
Vegetable-flavored wraps using local organic or natural vegetables and fruits.
Legendairy
Plant-based alternatives for dairy products to vegan consumers, health enthusiasts, and lactose-intolerant individuals.
Little Melly
Healthy food essentials for 6 months to 6-year-olds, from oat cereal and toddler snacks to freshly cooked main meals.
REMER
A bio-stimulant composed of necessary micro-organisms that improve soil fertility and water retention with better quality and higher yields.
Whitelogs
Whitelogs promotes mushroom cultivation by providing products and services for mushroom farmers, focusing on medicinal mushrooms to produce medicinal mushroom products.
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Network with leading agri-food businesses & professionals
Industry experts, academia, and professionals, just like you, are there to make things happen. Activities are designed to get you talking, making introductions, offering collaborations, and connecting. Closed matchmaking sessions are spearheaded by QOOT to match Berytech startups & SMEs with buyers, economic attachés, and private sector representatives.
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Celebrate Lebanese excellence at QOOT’s Agrifood Innovation Award Ceremony
QOOT – Lebanon Agrifood Innovation Cluster – is honoring trailblazing Lebanese agrifood innovations at the Agrifood Innovation Award Ceremony happening during #AFID2023. Join us to applaud groundbreaking ventures and connect with industry pioneers shaping the agrifood sector.
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BEIRUT · MAY 24/25
The Agrifood Innovation Days 2023 event is organized by Berytech in partnership with QOOT Cluster, co-funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Lebanon and ENI CBC MED with the support of the Italian Trade Agency (ITA).
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This event is organized as part of Berytech’s mission to nurture Lebanese innovations in the green and circular economy and its commitment to applying the Sustainable Development Goals.
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