After the success of the previous four editions, the 2016 edition of the international contest BCFN YES! was updated, aimed atPhD students and post-doc researchers under 35, inviting them to design research projects to tackle the three food paradoxes, working towards a model ofsustainable development. The winners of BCFN YES! 2016 are Anne-Teresa BirthwrightandShaneica Lester (University of the West Indies in Jamaica) who were awarded a research grant to finance their study Surviving the Drought: An Irrigation Curriculum for Jamaica’s Small-Scale Farmers.