The role of women in agriculture, in the agribusiness and in the agricultural sciences is changing worldwide. The Women in Ag Awards pay tribute to this commitment and tell the stories behind these inspiring women.
For the fourth time, we are organizing this competition together with the “Women in Ag magazine”, which gives women from all over the world the opportunity to tell their stories and present their impressive achievements. In recent years, women from more than 40 nations have applied, and they all have one thing in common: they are heard and build a strong network that supports and connects them.
The international prize is awarded jointly by “Women in Ag magazine” and the DLG in four categories and is presented at AGRITECHNICA or EuroTier.
The “Women in Ag Award” is organised by DLG (German Agricultural Society) and the “Women in Ag magazine” in order to foster the role of women in the agricultural sector as a whole. The competition participants shall accept these conditions of participation. Incomplete applications or those that fail to comply with the rules and criteria of the competition shall not be taken into consideration.
The award shall be presented by an international jury in the four categories of “Agriculture”, “Agribusiness”, “Education” and “Technology and research”. It pays tribute to the work of women who are employed in agriculture, in the agribusiness and at schools, universities, research institutes, media and organisations within the agricultural sector.
Women from all over the world can take part in the international competition insofar as their profile matches one of the categories.
Participation in the competition is free of charge. Applications can be submitted online.
Each candidate may only apply for one category. Multiple submissions are not permitted. In the event of contraventions, the participant shall be excluded from the competition.
- The application may only be submitted by the person herself.
- The closing date for applications is 31 July 2025.
Only complete applications shall be taken into consideration:
- Online form
- A portrait photo
- At least two high-resolution photos of her agriculture activities
- A video about herself and her contribution to the agricultural sector (max. 2 min)
Both the application and video should be in English. The video can be recorded in your native language and provided with English subtitles.
The competition participant expressly consents to the use of her submitted profile texts, images and videos for communicating and advertising the competition in printed and online media.
Applications that are still incomplete by the close of applications shall be automatically excluded from participation.
All properly registered participants shall receive an email confirming the receipt of their registration.
The participants undertake to provide the jury with truthful facts only and to avoid any inaccuracies or omissions that could lead to an incorrect assessment. If an irregularity if determined, the jury reserves the right to revoke any award that has been presented.
The jury for the competition shall be composed as follows: a chairperson and experts from the agricultural sector.
The committee chairperson can delegate his/her tasks in whole or in part to another member of his/her choosing.
The jury’s consultations shall be strictly confidential and its decisions shall be final. If a contribution is rejected, no reasons shall be required.
Under no circumstances can a rejection entitle the participant to compensation.
All information that is provided to the jury by the participants is confidential and shall not be passed on or published without the express consent of the parties concerned. The profile texts, images and videos that have been submitted shall constitute an exception to this rule. The members of the jury and the appointed experts shall be obliged to maintain professional secrecy.
The jury shall select the contributions and winners according to the final criteria:
Overall presentation of the professional work
- Innovative approaches to work
- Contribution to the improvement of agriculturally relevant topics in the future
- Positive effects on the farming community, locally or globally
The jury shall give consideration to differences between regions, countries and continents.
The award winners shall be selected in the following steps:
1. The jury shall evaluate the short video portraits.
- The eight best short video portraits in each category shall be nominated.
- The nominees shall be published in the DLG and AGRITECHNICA printed and online media, in press releases and on the “Women in Ag magazine’s" website.
2. The jury shall select the Women in Ag Award winners from the nominees: first prize, second prize, third prize.
3. The winners shall be announced at the official award ceremony on 12 November 2025 during AGRITECHNICA in Hanover.
Participants who win an award shall be encouraged to publish this on their own communication/social media channels. Publication as a nominee on the shortlist or as the winner in a category (1st, 2nd, 3rd place) may only take place following the official announcement by DLG and the “Woman in Ag magazine”.
The personal data that is collected with respect to each participant both during participation in the competition and possibly for the presentation of an award shall be collected and processed pursuant to the regulations concerning the protection and the collection of personal data.
The collected data is intended exclusively for DLG and the “Women in Ag magazine". It can be transferred to media partners, service providers and subcontractors which the organiser may use for the requirements of the organiser and/or to conduct the competition.
As the data collected from each participant in the context of the competition is essential to give consideration to their participation and for the presentation of any award that is won, exercising the right of withdrawal prior to the end of the competition shall automatically lead to the termination of participation in the competition.
Each participant shall have the right of access to their data and to its rectification as well as the right to erasure if necessary, the right to object to the processing of this data, the right to erasure and the restriction of processing as well as the right to data portability, which they can assert at any time by electronic means or by post by writing to the following address: DLG e.V., Eschborner Landstrasse 122, 60489 Frankfurt am Main (Germany).
DLG e.V. reserves the right to shorten, extend, postpone or cancel the competition irrespective of the reason. DLG e.V. shall be obliged to notify the participants, but cannot be held responsible in this respect.
