Description du projet
Cultiver de nouvelles voies durables pour les petites exploitations
Les petits exploitants agricoles sont les plus exposés à l’insécurité alimentaire, aux migrations et aux pratiques non durables. En Afrique subsaharienne, par exemple, les agriculteurs sont particulièrement vulnérables au changement climatique et aux fluctuations des précipitations saisonnières. Un consortium d’organisations européennes et africaines de recherche et développement (R&D) a uni ses forces pour s’attaquer aux limites des systèmes agricoles des petits exploitants, qui n’ont pas les moyens d’investir dans l’amélioration de la productivité. Dans le cadre du projet DIVAGRI, financé par l’UE, elles testeront des technologies biologiques et des solutions commerciales adaptées aux contextes ruraux africains afin d’améliorer les pratiques agricoles, la transformation et l’accès aux marchés. L’objectif est de promouvoir la transition du secteur vers l’agriculture circulaire et la bioéconomie en promouvant des voies durables pour les entreprises, les services et les chaînes de valeur en soutien aux communautés rurales.
Objectif
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.
Champ scientifique
- 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
Mots‑clés
Programme(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
Régime de financement
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinateur
23966 Wismar
Allemagne