Descripción del proyecto
Favorecer nuevas vías sostenibles para las pequeñas explotaciones agrícolas
Los pequeños agricultores son los que están más expuestos a la inseguridad alimentaria, la migración y las prácticas insostenibles. En el África subsahariana, por ejemplo, los agricultores son especialmente vulnerables al cambio climático y a las fluctuaciones de las lluvias estacionales. Organizaciones de investigación y desarrollo (I+D) europeas y africanas han unido sus fuerzas en un consorcio a fin de abordar las limitaciones de los sistemas agrícolas de los pequeños agricultores, que carecen de medios para invertir en la mejora de la productividad. En el marco del proyecto DIVAGRI, financiado con fondos europeos, probarán tecnologías de base biológica y soluciones comerciales adaptadas a los contextos rurales africanos para mejorar las prácticas agrícolas, la transformación y el acceso a los mercados. Esto permitirá que el sector avance hacia la agricultura circular y la bioeconomía favoreciendo unas vías sostenibles para las empresas, los servicios y las cadenas de valor en apoyo de las comunidades rurales.
Objetivo
Water-scarce regions in Sub-Saharan Africa are most vulnerable to climate change and fluctuations in seasonal rainfall patterns. Agriculture is the most important economic sector in those areas and adaptation strategies must include technical support to subsistence and smallholder farmers who need to apply innovative technologies and practices to cope with environmental stresses and create revenue generating activities. The DIVAGRI project proposes a wide range of bio-based innovative solutions adapted to specific conditions in target countries. Ecosystem restoration in combination with diverse crop production in regenerative agricultural systems, mobile biorefineries for biomass conversion to high-value compounds and bioenergy, and the highly innovative clay-based micro-irrigation system “SLECI” (Self-regulating, Low Energy, Clay-based Irrigation) are solutions developed by DIVAGRI. In addition, building on community participation and co-development of collaborative business models, the project will enable smallholder farmers to increase income and generate new economic opportunities while guaranteeing food security, real rural opportunities, and sustainability. The focus of this project is not only on the primary production sector but also on the food and bio-based industries, thus promoting new partnerships between producers, processors, retailers and consumers and opening new sustainable avenues for businesses, services and value chains in support of rural communities. Developing innovative bio-based technologies characterised by the efficient use of resources and utilisation of waste and by-products, DIVAGRI contributes to the EU research priority of making the transition towards circular agriculture and bioeconomy.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringwater engineeringirrigation
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutrition
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsbioeconomy
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- agricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomass
Palabras clave
Programa(s)
- H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy Main Programme
- H2020-EU.3.2.4.3. - Supporting market development for bio-based products and processes
- H2020-EU.3.2.1.3. - Empowerment of rural areas, support to policies and rural innovation
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-SFS-2020-2
Régimen de financiación
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinador
23966 Wismar
Alemania