Project description
Studying climate change impact on food security
Climate change will affect food security: food availability, food accessibility, food utilisation and food systems stability. Designing sustainable food processes under climate change evolution is complex, encompassing many sectors. The EU-funded FOSC project is the ERA-NET Cofund on Food Systems and Climate. It will implement a range of joint activities to contribute to the creation of a strong and effective research and innovation network between Africa, Europe, and Latin America, as well as the coordination and synergism between national, international and EU research programmes relevant to food security under climate change. It will assess climate change-related risks for food value chains, reduce volatility in agri-food production, and develop novel approaches to valorise side streams and reduce food waste.
Objective
Building on earlier experiences such as LEAP-Agri, Belmont Forum and JPI FACCE, the project will implement a range of joint activities, contributing to the creation of a strong and effective trans-national, European-African-Latin America and the Caribbean research and innovation network and the better coordination and synergising of national, international and EU research programmes relevant to food security under climate change evolution.
The joint call will focus on regional food systems within a global perspective and addressing:
- Assessing climate change-related risks for food value chains, including impacts on prices, international trade and food security, and resulting changes in consumer behaviours. The three dimensions of sustainability will be adressed: social-cultural, economic, and environmental (including climate change mitigation);
- Improving resilience and reducing volatility in agri-food production and food markets to sustainably improve food security in the context of climatic variation;
- Reducing food losses under climate change including through novel approaches to valorise side streams and reduce food waste.
The first pillar of the proposal relates to the preparation and implementation of a joint call for proposals for collaborative research and innovation projects, funded by European, African and South American national research funding agencies, with additional support from the European Commission. In addition, the call will be co-funded by some Belmont Forum members. These countries does not want to participate to the EU project but will be surely, as Belmont forum, member participating to the call, funding their national teams without any top up from the European Commission. The projects selected through the call will focus on achieving goals of mutual benefit for Member States, Associated Countries and Africa and South America countries, based on a balanced and cooperative approach.
Fields of science
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.3.2.1.1. - Increasing production efficiency and coping with climate change, while ensuring sustainability and resilience
- H2020-EU.3.2.1.4. - Sustainable forestry
Topic(s)
Funding Scheme
ERA-NET-Cofund - ERA-NET CofundCoordinator
75013 Paris
France
See on map
Participants (29)
75007 Paris
See on map
53179 Bonn
See on map
D-53107 Bonn
See on map
70010 Valenzano
See on map
SW1P 4DF LONDON
See on map
9820 Merelbeke
See on map
1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
See on map
1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
See on map
11182 Stockholm
See on map
11516 Cairo
See on map
00187 Roma
See on map
1055 Budapest
See on map
1077 Budapest
See on map
06000 Ankara
See on map
0283 Oslo
See on map
06100 Ankara
See on map
01 Ouagadougou
See on map
36005 Dakar
See on map
00200 Nairobi
See on map
NA Dublin 2
See on map
2594 AC Den Haag
See on map
6708 PB Wageningen
See on map
00051 San Pedro Sula
See on map
0001 Pretoria
See on map
- Alger
See on map
0816 02852 Panama City
See on map
Participation ended
11500 Montevideo
See on map
10020 Rabat
See on map
11516 CAIRO
See on map