Are you a professional or amateur photographer, or simply passionate about millets? Do you produce, process or promote millets and are you willing to share your experience? Join the IYM 2023 Photo Contest and help spread the word about the many benefits of millets, from their diversity to the variety of nutritious dishes they can produce, their ability to thrive on arid lands, and their market potential.
Your photograph should illustrate one or more of the following aspects:
Millets can fight hunger and contribute to food security;
Millets are climate-resilient;
Millets are tasty and can contribute to a healthy diet;
Millets offer promising livelihood opportunities for small-scale farmers and small and medium enterprises for post-harvest and processing services;
Millets are rich in heritage;
Millets can be used in many innovative ways.
Join the contest!
Step 1: Choose up to 5 of your own photos and prepare their captions.
Step 2: Fill in and submit the registration form before 31 October 2023 for each photo.
Step 3: Share your photos on social media with the hashtags #IYM2023 and #YearOfMillets tagging @FAO.
Step 4: Stay tuned to find out who the winners are!
Who can take part?
Participants should be 18 years old or above.
Prizes
The first prize winner of the photo contest will be invited to the official closing ceremony of the International Year of Millets in 2024. Travel expenses will be covered for the winner, according to FAO rules.
Winners will be announced on the International Year of Millets website at the beginning of December 2023.
Winners will be promoted on FAO social media, by FAO offices around the world and partner websites.
All 5 winners will receive a certificate of recognition and surprise gift bag.
In the event that any of the selected winner(s) of any prize (that is/are ineligible in accordance with these Contest rules and/or the General Rules, Copyright and Privacy) cannot be traced, or refuses the prize, the prize will be forfeited and it will be in the sole discretion of FAO to choose whether to award the prize to another eligible entry.
When winning photos are published, only the first and family name will be published. No other personal information about the contestants will be published or shared.
The last date of submission is October 31, 2023.
