EU:n ja Afrikan maiden yhteinen Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture and Aquaculture ERA-NET Cofund -haku avautuu tammikuussa

CALL PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT

Call Budget: €27,6 million
Call opens: January 2017 (tbc)
Call closes: April 2017 (tbc)
Funding period: 36 months, starting in 2018

The ERA-NET Cofund LEAP-AGRI is preparing a two-stage Call for Proposals on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture and Aquaculture. The preliminary themes of the call are:

Sustainable intensification of agriculture
Agriculture and food systems for nutrition 
Expansion and improvement of agricultural markets and trade. 

Each application must include partners from at least two participating European countries and at least two participating Africa countries. 

Call Topics

The objective of the call is to develop scientifically-based practical solutions in a research process to improve the agricultural sector and the African population food security and nutrition. The Call will consider three main topics and applicants are asked to submit proposals for research projects developing solutions to address:

Sustainable agricultural production intensification, in relation to social, economic and environmental aspects, including aquaculture;
Population nutrition and health in relation to agriculture and food systems;
Access to food, expansion and improvement of agricultural markets and trade, including local and territorial dynamics. 

Project proposals should take into consideration the different niches of agricultural production and trade covering the range of family farmers, as well as medium- and large-scale producers, their multicriterial performances, their contribution to local, regional, and international markets, as well as the processing of food and grocery marketing, with a focus on rural and urban African population food security. All projects will have to include collaborative research. To focus and connect the knowledge sharing and research uptake activities, projects will be asked to design a Theory of Change with a related Impact Pathway which mentions well-specified outputs and outcomes. Other actions related to innovation and mobility are strongly encouraged.

Participating Countries and Funding Agencies

African countries: Algeria (DGRSTD-MESRS), Burkina Faso (FONRID), Cameroun (MINRESI), Egypt (MHESR), Ghana (STEPRI-CSIR), Kenya (MOEST), Senegal (MESR), South Africa (NRF), Uganda (UNCST);

European countries: Belgium (FWO, FNRS, BELSPO), Finland (AKA), France (ANR, AFD), Germany (BLE, DLR-PT), Nederland (NWO, MINEZ), Norway (RCN), Portugal (FCT), Spain (MINECO), Turkey (TUBITAK);

International organizations: CIHEAM-IAMB (based in Italy)
 

More Information:
From the LEAP-AGRI Website: www.leapagri.com
From the Academy of Finland, Science Advisor Päivi Lindfors, tel. +358 295 335 028
From UniPID, Melissa Plath, tel. +358 40 024 8075

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