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.
Participants should be 18 years old or above.
Each participant can submit up to five photographs by filling in and submitting the registration form. Each photo should be submitted separately by filling in the form.
Participants must own the copyright and must have taken the photographs themselves. The photos may have been taken within the five-year period prior to the deadline of the contest (e.g. after 1 October2018).
Each submitted photograph must have a title and a short description/caption explaining what the photo represents, considering one or more of the aspects mentioned, and where/when the photo was taken (max. 150 words).
Participants are invited to post their photos on social media accounts, using the IYM hashtag/s: #IYM2023 #YearofMillets and tagging @FAO.
Photographs must be submitted in .jpeg format. Images should be of high quality (e.g. 300 dpi and 5000 pixels and a file size that does not exceed 2 MB). Both colour and/or black and white images will be accepted.
The material must not violate or infringe third party’s rights including but not limited to trademark, privacy, publicity or other intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement.
The submission must not contain dates, texts, brand names, logos or trademarks.
The IYM Secretariat respects photographers’ rights and does not claim copyright over images submitted to this contest. The author retains full copyright for each entry. Whenever the image is published by FAO, the author will be credited.
By participating in the contest, the contestant grants FAO permission to use the image in FAO material and on FAO digital channels for non-commercial purposes. FAO does NOT own the copyright and authors are free to use the image for other purposes at their choosing.
The top five photos will be posted by FAO corporate social media accounts and the four runners up will undergo a popular vote to determine the second prize winner.
