Descrizione del progetto
Coltivare nuovi percorsi sostenibili per le piccole aziende agricole
I piccoli agricoltori sono quelli più esposti all’insicurezza alimentare, alla migrazione e alle pratiche non sostenibili. Nell’Africa subsahariana, ad esempio, gli agricoltori sono particolarmente vulnerabili ai cambiamenti climatici e alle fluttuazioni delle precipitazioni stagionali. Un consorzio di organizzazioni europee e africane di ricerca e sviluppo (R&S) ha unito le forze per affrontare i limiti dei sistemi agricoli dei piccoli agricoltori nei luoghi in cui questi ultimi non dispongono dei mezzi per investire in un miglioramento della produttività. All’interno del progetto DIVAGRI, finanziato dall’UE, le organizzazioni collauderanno tecnologie biologiche e soluzioni di impresa adattate ai contesti rurali africani per migliorare le pratiche agricole, l’elaborazione e l’accesso al mercato. Il progetto farà avanzare la transizione del settore verso l’agricoltura circolare e la bioeconomia coltivando percorsi sostenibili per le imprese, i servizi e le catene di valore a sostegno delle comunità rurali.
Obiettivo
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.
Campo scientifico
- 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
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- 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
Meccanismo di finanziamento
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinatore
23966 Wismar
Germania