Objective
The aim of SUSFOOD2 is to foster research and innovation in the field of sustainable food systems through enhanced cooperation and coordination between EU member and associated states. It will thereby contribute to the overall EU objective of building the European Research Area as well as a newly emerging Food Research Area.
Major challenges will influence future food chains asking for innovative solutions to
- respond to increased demand for food by increasing production sustainably (Food and Nutrition Security)
- make optimal use of resources while mitigating impact on the environment
- reducing losses and waste
- follow a whole food chain approach from production to consumption
- improving competitiveness of the European agri-food-business
SUSFOOD2 focusses on sustainability in post-harvest food production, thus covering relevant fields from natural sciences to food engineering and social sciences.
Building on the achievements of its predecessor in FP7, SUSFOOD2 Cofund will strengthen efforts to support and fund excellent research in the food area by one co-funded call of around 11.4 Mio. €. The consortium also aims at implementing other additional activities in a three-fold approach:
i) strengthening networking and knowledge transfer among various stakeholders (i.e. by workshops, stakeholder events etc.)
ii) additional funding activities without EU co-fund (preferably linked with other initiatives)
iii) implementation and further advancement of the SUSFOOD SRA (developed in FP7)
With the outlined approach SUSFOOD2 will contribute to
- maximizing impact of transnational cooperation pooling resources (material and intellectual) and implementing best practice
- using synergies and reducing overlap by interacting with related (international) initiatives (especially JPIs HDHL and FACCE)
- Promoting the outputs of SUSFOOD2 network and funded projects via targeted dissemination thus sharing common vision and creating awareness for the field of food sustainability.
Field of science
- /social sciences
- /social sciences/other social sciences/social sciences interdisciplinary/sustainable development
- /natural sciences
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-SFS-2016-1
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Funding Scheme
ERA-NET-Cofund - ERA-NET CofundCoordinator
52428 Julich
Germany
Participants (27)
53175 Bonn
9820 Merelbeke
1030 Bruxelles
28001 Madrid
53179 Bonn
D-53107 Bonn
00790 Helsinki
00023 Helsinki
75231 Paris
75012 Paris
00187 Roma
06000 Ankara
Participation ended
2595 AC The Hague
2593 CE Den Haag
11182 Stockholm
SW1P 3JR London
NA Dublin 2
28040 Madrid
47195 Arroyo De La Encomienda
0283 Oslo
010362 Bucharest
10133 Tallinn
00153 Roma
Participation ended
28046 Madrid
01103 Vilnius
2594 AC Den Haag
28071 Madrid
