Answer and get the prize: How can we feed 9 billion people nutritiously and sustainably in 2050?

Win a chance to attend Feeding the World: Africa’s role in solving the global food crisis or a digital subscription to The Economist.

Ahead of the conference, The Economist invites you to respond in no more than 150 words to the question:

How can we feed 9 billion people nutritiously and sustainably in 2050?

The prize:

A complimentary pass to attend Feeding the World: Africa’s role in solving the global food crisis* event in Johannesburg on November 15th and 16th or a year's digital subscription to The Economist.

Shortlisted entries will be showcased at The Economist's Feeding the World: Africa’s role in solving the global food crisis attended by business leaders, policy-makers, leading thinkers and experts from across the global food community
*Travel and accommodation will be covered, courtesy of Sight and Life, please see terms and conditions for details.


How to enter?

To enter the competition email your ideas to: Africa@economist.com together with your full contact details and preference of first prize: event attendance or digital subscription to The Economist.

Competition closes on August 31st 2012.

We seek original, thought-provoking submissions that demonstrate careful consideration of how we can feed world’s growing population nutritiously and sustainably in the future.

Selected entries will be uploaded onto the Feeding the World Facebook page. This does not mean that entry has necessarily been shortlisted.

View our terms and conditions. If you submit an entry you agree that your entry will be subject to such terms and conditions.