African Food Innovations:
PARTNERING FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
African Food Innovations:
PARTNERING FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Supporting innovative food systems and innovators:
Living Labs for Africa’s food systems
Within 4 years, leaning on a robust approach that prioritizes interdisciplinary research, stakeholder-led initiatives, and collaboration between Europe and Africa, INCiTiS-FOOD will empower communities and champion environmental justice. Furthermore, the project will empower communities by creating opportunities for them in agri-food supply and value chains. A core part of the INCiTiS-FOOD’s collaborative multi-actor approach are the 8 Living Labs located in 6 countries across 3 African regions: East: Kenya; West: Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone; Central: Cameroon, Gabon. Living labs, in contrast to a traditional laboratory operate in a real-life context with a user-centric approach, will be turned into incubators and accelerators of innovation that will be used beyond the project’s duration.
Transforming Africa's Urban and Peri-urban Food Systems
Prof. Dr Gertrud Buchenrieder,
Universität der Bundeswehr München
” Since current African food systems are failing to deliver desired outcomes and a quarter of those who inhabit African cities remain food insecure and malnourished, we need to redefine and modernize the production and food availability. There are different methods to prevent food instability: availability of nutritious and safe food through local production, food access and affordability, food utilization, reduction of food waste, and food stability at all times. The INCiTiS-FOOD project aims to combine all these pillars and with its circular agri-tech solutions in 8 Living Labs in Africa not only transform African city region food production but also empower communities. ”
The INCiTiS-FOOD Project combines 23 partners with multidisciplinary competencies and experiances from Europe and Africa in sectors of academia, industru, reserch, communication and other varios fileds.
From creating best- fit agri-food technologies and reducing environmental footprint to designing new business models, the INCiTiS-FOOD project will create an inclusive food system in African cities and towns.
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