PRIMA is proud to announce the winners of the 2nd edition of the Woman Greening Food Systems Award, a prize celebrating women who are reshaping the future of food across the Mediterranean region. The first winning initiative combines practical solutions to water scarcity with long-term systemic change with free trainings, preparing the ground for quick adoption of sustainable practices while the second inititative combines urgent biodiversity rescue with community-centered science, protecting both Morocco’s genetic heritage and the food systems that depend on it.

The Winners:

Andrea Abad Bartolome (Terra Viva, TVI), Spain. For her initiative: Farming the Future: Innovation, Education, and Regeneration in Action

Kaoutar Aboukhalid (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), Morocco. For her initiative: MOROREGEN, Conservation and Sustainable Valorization of Moroccan Oregano: From Wild Populations to Cultivation and Habitat Restoration. Khaoutar Aboukhalid is leading MOROREGEN, a cross-border scientific initiative to save Morocco’s endangered endemic oregano species from extinction. With four native oregano varieties facing severe threats from overexploitation, climate change, and habitat loss, her project combines field research with local knowledge to protect and restore these plants that are vital to traditional medicine, local economies, and ecosystem health.

These two winners embody the multi actor approach needed to address the Mediterranean’s food system challenges, and they demonstrate that sustainable change requires both innovation and conservation, new tools and traditional knowledge.