SFS-41-2016
EU-Africa Research and Innovation partnership on food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture -
About the connections
The graph above was generated based on the following links
Call text (as on F&T portal)
View on F&T portalAccess to food remains a global challenge, with 805 million people not having enough to eat (global hunger index 2014). Nutritional imbalances in Europe and Africa are increasing, characterised by persistent under-nutrition and growing diet-related diseases. It is projected that the global population will increase from 7 billion to more than 9 billion by 2050. The majority of this growth is expected to take place in Africa. Food availability needs to increase in the context of a changing climate with agricultural production systems under threat from extreme weather events, as well as in view of declining natural resources, particularly water, soil and biodiversity. Food losses from harvest to consumer households have to be reduced. Increasing the quantity of food produced will not be a sufficient answer in itself as food security is an issue not only of food production but also of access to food, affordability, stability of the food supply and the quality of that supply, beyond its basic calorie value. Hence there is a need to harness science and farmer knowledge to advance an innovation process.
Scope
Proposals should pool the necessary financial resources from the participating national or international research programmes with a view to implementing a joint call for proposals. The call should result in grants to third parties with EU co-funding. To achieve these objectives, a long-term research and innovation partnership would lead to a joint and coordinated effort of African and European actors in an innovation system along the lines of three broad thematic areas:
Sustainable intensification: Providing food in a sustainable manner is a challenge in both Europe and Africa. They therefore have a common interest in research on sustainable intensification. Research and innovation actions are needed to both improve the production of food/fibre/biomass and of services (social, economic and environmental) and to reduce the environmental impact of such production and the depletion of natural resources. Ecological intensification approaches such as conservation agriculture, integrated pest management, organic agriculture, which optimise the use of ecosystem services to produce quality food in a competitive manner, include breeding of crops and animals, nutrient management and research on institutional innovations.
Agriculture and food systems for nutrition: Agricultural and food systems need to be changed to reduce waste and improve diets. Aquaculture and coastal fisheries should be part of the approach. Both under-nutrition and obesity are associated with micronutrient deficiency (food intake is low in minerals and vitamins), which affects two billion people worldwide. Research and innovation actions would look at developing low-waste food value chains to deliver more nutritionally-rich food to consumers. This should include urban agriculture and better rural-urban linkages. A better understanding of consumer behaviour in relation to healthy diets could help improve regulations, the education and incentive system.
Improvement of agricultural markets and trade: Agriculture remains a primary means of economic growth for many African countries. Market and trade development will play an important role in the creation of future jobs and growth, especially in rural areas. Europe is a major growth market for African agricultural exports. Research into improved global value chains would benefit small farmers and consumers alike and would expand the market opportunities for organic, fair-trade and other quality label production. It could also help operators in developing countries adapt to new regulatory conditions, such as the new rules on organic production currently being discussed.
The joint call must be implemented jointly by European and African countries and could include other national or international funders such as foundations, public and non-governmental agencies or international research programmes (e.g. CGIAR research programmes). The joint call should also build on earlier experiences of this kind of cooperation, such as the international ERA-NET, ERAfrica or the ERA-NET ERA-ARD. It should also launch calls for innovation projects building on research results obtained from previous projects in the domain. Proposals will be expected to establish relevant links with other projects concerning the preparation of the EU-Africa Research and Innovation Partnership on food and nutrition and sustainable agriculture.
The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of up to EUR 10 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude the submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.
Expected Impact:- Effective trans-national, European-African research and innovation networking and better coordination and synergies between national, international and EU research programmes relevant to food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture.
- Support for the development of a long-term EU-Africa Research and Innovation Partnership on food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture, connecting research and innovation networks to local multi-stakeholder research and innovation processes.
News flashes
An overview of the evaluation results - including SFS-47 - (Flash Call Information) is now available under the tab 'Additional documents'.
An overview of the evaluation results (Flash Call Information) is now available under the tab 'Additional documents'.
H2020-SFS-2017-2 call has closed on the 13rd September 2017. 88 proposals have been submitted in response to this call. The breakdown per topic is indicated below:
- SFS-07-2016-2017 RIA: 7
- SFS-08-2017 RIA: 4
- SFS-10-2017 RIA: 10
- SFS-15-2016-2017 RIA: 5
- SFS-16-2017 RIA: 3
- SFS-17-2017 RIA: 9
- SFS-20-2017 RIA: 0
- SFS-21-2016-2017 RIA: 3
- SFS-27-2017 RIA: 2
- SFS-28-2017 RIA: 4
- SFS-29-2017 RIA: 3
- SFS-30-2017 RIA: 6
- SFS-32-2017 RIA: 6
- SFS-34-2017 RIA: 3
- SFS-39-2017 RIA: 12
- SFS-40-2017 RIA: 4
- SFS-46-2017 RIA: 4
- SFS-47-2017 RIA: 3
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in December 2017.
Call for proposals: H2020-Sustainable Food Security – Resilient and resource-efficient value chains (H2020-SFS-2017- 1, single stage).
The Commission and the REA Agency has now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the above-mentioned call and informed the applicants the 23rd June 2017. Evaluation results are summarized on the flash info under the relevant topics:
- SFS-04-2017 New partnerships and tools to enhance European capacities for in-situ conservation
- SFS-05-2017 Robotics Advances for Precision Farming
- SFS-13-2017 Validation of diagnostic tools for animal and plant health
- SFS-18-2017 Support to the development and implementation of FOOD 2030 - a European research and innovation policy framework for food and nutrition security
- SFS-19-2017 ERA-NET Cofund: Public-Public Partnerships in the bioeconomy
- SFS-22-2017 Smart fisheries technologies for an efficient, compliant and environmentally friendly fishing sector
- SFS-35-2017 Innovative solutions for sustainable food packaging
- SFS-36-2017 Co-fund on "One Health" (zoonoses – emerging threats)
- SFS-43-2017 Earth observation services for the monitoring of agricultural production in Africa
- SFS-48-2017 Resource-efficient urban agriculture for multiple benefits - Contribution to the EU-China Urbanisation Partnership
- SFS-49-2017 Better understanding the challenges facing agriculture and the impacts of policies - A European platform to support modelling in agriculture
- SFS-50-2017 Supporting international cooperation activities on agriculture soil contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation
It is expected that the first grant agreements will be signed by October 2017.
For the 2017 two-stage topics of this call (i.e. SFS-07, SFS-08, SFS-10, SFS-15, SFS-16, SFS-17, SFS-21, SFS-27, SFS-28, SFS-29, SFS-30, SFS-32, SFS-34, SFS-39, SFS-40, SFS-46 and SFS-47) , related generalised feedbacks are published. Please see the update on the topic page.
SFS-2017-2 first stage call
The REA Agency has now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the H2020-SFS-2017-2 first stage call. The following overall thresholds were applied:• SFS-07-2016-2017 Organic Breeding – Increasing the competitiveness of the organic breeding and farming sector 9• SFS-08-2017 Organic Inputs – Critical inputs in organic farming 8• SFS-10-2017 Research and approaches for newly emerging diseases in plants and terrestrial livestock 8.5• SFS-15-2016-2017 Breeding livestock for resilience and efficiency 8• SFS-16-2017 Bee health and sustainable pollination 9• SFS-17-2017 Innovations in plant protection 9• SFS-20-2017 Towards a science-based regionalisation of the Common Fisheries Policy No proposal admitted to stage 2• SFS-21-2016-2017 Advancing basic biological knowledge and improving management tools on commercially important fish and other seafood species 8• SFS-27-2017 Permanent grassland – farming systems and policies 8• SFS-28-2017 Functional Biodiversity – Productivity gains through functional biodiversity – effective crop pollinators and pest predators interplay 8• SFS-29-2017 Socio-Eco-Economics – Socio economics in ecological approaches 8.5• SFS-30-2017 Closing loops at farm and regional levels to mitigate climate GHG emissions and environmental contamination: focus on carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in agro ecosystems 8.5• SFS-32-2017 Promoting and supporting innovation in aquaculture production systems: inland (including fresh water), coastal zone and offshore 8.5• SFS-34-2017 Innovative agro-food chains: unlocking the competitiveness and sustainability potential 10• SFS-39-2017 How to tackle the obesity epidemic? 8• SFS-40-2017 Sweeteners and sweetness enhancers 8.5• SFS-46-2017 Alternative Production System to address animal welfare and its impact on health 8.5• SFS-47-2017 Soil water resources management in the EU and China and its impact on agro-ecosystem functions 9
The results of the evaluation are as follows:• SFS-07 RIA: 15 submitted proposals. 7 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-08 RIA: 6 submitted proposals. 4 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-10 RIA: 27 submitted proposals. 10 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-15 RIA: 10 submitted proposals. 5 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-16 RIA: 9 submitted proposals. 3 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-17 RIA: 57 submitted proposals. 9 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-20 RIA: 1 submitted proposals. 0 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-21 RIA: 5 submitted proposals. 3 proposals are above threshold • SFS-27 RIA: 7 submitted proposals. 2 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-28 RIA: 8 submitted proposals. 4 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-29 RIA: 13 submitted proposals. 3 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-30 RIA: 27 submitted proposals. 6 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-32 RIA: 28 submitted proposals. 6 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-34 RIA: 37 submitted proposals. 3 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-39 RIA: 44 submitted proposals. 12 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-40 RIA: 13 submitted proposals. 4 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-46 RIA: 13 submitted proposals. 4 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-47 RIA: 18 submitted proposals. 3 proposals are above threshold
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals. It is expected that the first grant agreements will be signed around April 2018. Information on the selected projects will be published on CORDIS (available at http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/home_en.html) after that date.Please note that the number of proposals that can finally be funded will depend on the finally available budget and the formal selection by the REA Agency.For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service (available at http://ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries)
H2020-SFS-2017-1 call has closed on the 14th February 2017. 139 proposals have been submitted in response to this call. The breakdown per topic is indicated below:SFS-04-2017 CSA: 4SFS-05-2017 RIA: 49SFS-13-2017 IA: 13SFS-18-2017 CSA: 8SFS-19-2016-2017 ERA-NET-Cofund: 2SFS-22-2017 IA: 4SFS-35-2017 IA: 29SFS-36-2017 COFUND-EJP: 1SFS-43-2017 RIA: 9SFS-48-2017 IA: 16SFS-49-2017 CSA: 2SFS-50-2017 CSA: 2Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in June 2017.
H2020-SFS-2017-2 call has closed on the 14th February 2017. 338 proposals have been submitted in response to this call. The breakdown per topic is indicated below:SFS-07-2016-2017 RIA: 15SFS-08-2017 RIA: 6SFS-10-2017 RIA: 27SFS-15-2016-2017 RIA: 10SFS-16-2017 RIA: 9SFS-17-2017 RIA: 57SFS-20-2017 RIA: 1SFS-21-2016-2017 RIA: 5SFS-27-2017 RIA: 7SFS-28-2017 RIA: 8SFS-29-2017 RIA: 13SFS-30-2017 RIA: 27SFS-32-2017 RIA: 28SFS-34-2017 RIA: 37SFS-39-2017 RIA: 44SFS-40-2017 RIA: 13SFS-46-2017 RIA: 13SFS-47-2017 RIA: 18Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in May 2017.
H2020-SFS-2016-2 (second stage) call has closed on the 13th September 2016. 59 proposals have been submitted in response to this call. The breakdown per topic is indicated below:
SFS-01 RIA: 4 proposalsSFS-02 RIA: 2 proposalsSFS-03 RIA: 2 proposalsSFS-06 RIA: 4 proposalsSFS-07 RIA: 2 proposalsSFS-11 RIA: 6 proposalsSFS-14 RIA: 5 proposalsSFS-15 RIA: 4 proposalsSFS-21 RIA: 2 proposalsSFS-23 RIA: 3 proposalsSFS-26 RIA: 5 proposalsSFS-31 RIA: 2 proposalsSFS-33 RIA: 3 proposalsSFS-37 RIA: 3 proposalsSFS-38 RIA: 2 proposalsSFS-42 RIA: 4 proposalsSFS-44 RIA: 3 proposalsSFS-45 RIA: 3 proposals
Evaluation results will be tentatively communicated in December 2016 and in any case, not later than mid-February 2017.
Call for proposals: H2020-Sustainable Food Security – Resilient and resource-efficient value chains (H2020-SFS-2016- 3, single stage).
The REA Agency has now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the above-mentioned call and informed the applicants the 24th June 2016. Evaluation results are summarized on the flash info under the relevant topic:
- SFS-09-2016:Spotlight on critical outbreak of pests: the case of Xylella fastidiosa.
It is expected that the first grant agreements will be signed by October 2016.
Call for proposals: H2020-Sustainable Food Security – Resilient and resource-efficient value chains (H2020-SFS-2016- 1, single stage).
The Commission and the REA Agency has now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the above-mentioned call and informed the applicants the 24th June 2016. Evaluation results are summarized on the flash info under the relevant topics:
- SFS-12-2016: Support for international research on animal health.
- SFS-19-2016: Public-Public Partnerships in the bioeconomy.
- SFS-24-2016: Reinforcing international cooperation on sustainable aquaculture production with countries from South-East Asia.
- SFS-25-2016: Support Action to a common agricultural and wider bioeconomy research agenda
- SFS-41-2016: EU-Africa Research and Innovation partnership on food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture.
It is expected that the first grant agreements will be signed by October 2016.
The REA Agency has now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the H2020-SFS-2016-2 first stage call. The following overall thresholds were applied:
- SFS-01-2016 Solutions to multiple and combined stresses in crop production:overall threshold applied9
- SFS-02-2016 Teaming up for good: Exploiting the benefits of species diversity in cropping systems: overall threshold applied 8
- SFS-03-2016 Testing and breeding for sustainability and resilience in crops: overall threshold applied 8.5
- SFS-06-2016 Weeding - strategies, tools and technologies for sustainable weed management:overall threshold applied8
- SFS-07-2016 Organic breeding – Increasing the competitiveness of the organic breeding and farming sectors: overall threshold applied 8
- SFS-11-2016 Challenges for disease management: Perennial crops in the tropics and sub-tropics:overall threshold applied 8
- SFS-14-2016 Understanding host-pathogen-environment interactions:overall threshold applied 9.5
- SFS-15-2016 Breeding livestock for resilience and efficiency:overall threshold applied 8
- SFS-21-2016 Advancing basic biological knowledge and improving management tools for commercially important fish and other seafood species:overall threshold applied8
- SFS-23-2016 Improving the technical performance of the Mediterranean aquaculture:overall threshold applied8
- SFS-26-2016 Legumes - transition paths to sustainable legume-based farming systems and agri-feed and food chains: overall threshold applied 8
- SFS-31-2016 Farming for tomorrow - developing an enabling environment for resilient and sustainable agricultural systems: overall threshold applied 8.5
- SFS-33-2016 Understanding food value chain and network dynamics:overall threshold applied8.5
- SFS-37-2016 The impact of consumer practices in food safety: risks and mitigation strategies:overall threshold applied8
- SFS-38-2016 Impulsivity and compulsivity and the link with nutrition, lifestyle and the socio-economic environment: overall threshold applied 8
- SFS-42-2016 Promoting food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture in Africa: the role of innovation:overall threshold applied 8
- SFS-44-2016 A joint plant breeding programme to decrease the EU's and China's dependency on protein imports:overall threshold applied 8 SFS-45-2016 Increase overall transparency of processed agri-food products:overall threshold applied 8
The results of the evaluation are as follows :
• SFS-01 RIA: 39 submitted proposals. 4 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-02 RIA: 4 submitted proposals. 2 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-03 RIA: 22 submitted proposals. 2 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-06 RIA: 15 submitted proposals. 4 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-07 RIA: 4 submitted proposals. 2 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-11 RIA: 13 submitted proposals. 6 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-14 RIA: 27 submitted proposals. 5 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-15 RIA: 9 submitted proposals. 4 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-21 RIA: 3 submitted proposals. 2 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-23 RIA: 6 submitted proposals. 3 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-26 RIA: 10 submitted proposals. 5 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-31 RIA: 12 submitted proposals. 2 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-33 RIA: 12 submitted proposals. 3 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-37 RIA: 12 submitted proposals. 3 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-38 RIA: 9 submitted proposals. 2 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-42 RIA: 21 submitted proposals. 4 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-44 RIA: 4 submitted proposals. 3 proposals are above threshold.• SFS-45 RIA: 12 submitted proposals. 3 proposals are above threshold.We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals. It is expected that the first grant agreements will be signed by May 2017. Information on the selected projects will be published on CORDIS (available athttp://cordis.europa.eu/projects/home_en.html ) after that date.Please note that the number of proposals that can finally be funded will depend on the finally available budget and the formal selection by the REA Agency.For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service (available at http://ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries)
H2020-SFS-2016-1 call has closed on the 17th February 2016. 12 proposals have been submitted in response to this call. The breakdown per topic is indicated below:
SFS-12 CSA: 2 proposalsSFS-19-ERANET A-E-F: 4 proposalsSFS-24 CSA: 2 proposalsSFS-25 CSA: 1 proposalSFS-41 ERANET: 3 proposals
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in June 2016.
H2020-SFS-2016-2 call has closed on the 17th February 2016. 235 proposals have been submitted in response to this call. The breakdown per topic is indicated below:
SFS-01 RIA: 40 proposalsSFS-02 RIA: 4 proposalsSFS-03 RIA: 22 proposalsSFS-06 RIA: 15 proposalsSFS-07 RIA: 4 proposalsSFS-11 RIA: 13 proposalsSFS-14 RIA: 27 proposalsSFS-15 RIA: 9 proposalsSFS-21 RIA: 3 proposalsSFS-23 RIA: 6 proposalsSFS-26 RIA: 10 proposalsSFS-31 RIA: 12 proposalsSFS-33 RIA: 12 proposalsSFS-37 RIA: 12 proposalsSFS-38 RIA: 9 proposalsSFS-42 RIA: 21 proposalsSFS-44 RIA: 4 proposalsSFS-45 RIA: 12 proposals
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in May 2016.
H2020-SFS-2016-3 call has closed on the 17th February 2016. 5 proposals have been submitted in response to this call. The breakdown per topic is indicated below:
SFS-09 RIA: 5 proposals
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in June 2016.
Opening date: 2015-10-27 (10 years ago)
Closing date: 2016-02-17 (10 years ago)
Procedure: single-stage
Budget: 10,000,000
Expected grants: not specified
This call topic has been appended 15 times by the EC with news.
-
2018-01-30
an overview of the evaluation results -... -
2017-12-19
an overview of the evaluation results (f... -
2017-09-15
h2020-sfs-2017-2 call has closed on the... -
2017-06-27
call for proposals: h2020-sustainable fo... -
2017-06-14
for the 2017 two-stage topics of this ca... -
2017-05-24
sfs-2017-2 first stage callthe rea agenc... -
2017-02-15
h2020-sfs-2017-1 call has closed on the... -
2016-10-05
the submission session is now available... -
2016-10-05
the submission session is now available... -
2016-09-26
h2020-sfs-2016-2 (second stage) call has... -
2016-06-27
call for proposals: h2020-sustainable fo... -
2016-06-27
call for proposals: h2020-sustainable fo... -
2016-05-19
the rea agency has now completed the eva... -
2016-02-18
h2020-sfs-2016-1 call has closed on the... -
2015-10-27
the submission session is now available...
H2020-SFS-2016-2017
Call topics are often grouped together in a call. Sometimes this is for a thematic reason, but often it is also for practical reasons.
There are 49 other topics in this call:
- SFS-01-2016
- SFS-02-2016
- SFS-03-2016
- SFS-04-2017
- SFS-05-2017
- SFS-06-2016
- SFS-07-2016-2017
- SFS-08-2017
- SFS-09-2016
- SFS-10-2017
- SFS-11-2016
- SFS-12-2016
- SFS-13-2017
- SFS-14-2016
- SFS-15-2016-2017
- SFS-16-2017
- SFS-17-2017
- SFS-18-2017
- SFS-19-2016-2017
- SFS-20-2017
- SFS-21-2016-2017
- SFS-22-2017
- SFS-23-2016
- SFS-24-2016
- SFS-25-2016
- SFS-26-2016
- SFS-27-2017
- SFS-28-2017
- SFS-29-2017
- SFS-30-2017
- SFS-31-2016
- SFS-32-2017
- SFS-33-2016
- SFS-34-2017
- SFS-35-2017
- SFS-36-2017
- SFS-37-2016
- SFS-38-2016
- SFS-39-2017
- SFS-40-2017
- SFS-42-2016
- SFS-43-2017
- SFS-44-2016
- SFS-45-2016
- SFS-46-2017
- SFS-47-2017
- SFS-48-2017
- SFS-49-2017
- SFS-50-2017
Showing the latest information. Found 1 version of this call topic in the F&T portal.
Information from
- 2024-03-30_14-24-44
Annotations
Events
Events are added by the ideal-ist NCP community and are hand-picked. If you would like to suggest an event, please contact idealist@ffg.at.
Call topic timeline
-
Work programme available
- 10 years agoThe call topics are published first in the Work Programme, which is available a while before the call opens. By following up the Work Programme publications, you can get a headstart.
-
Opening date
- 10 years agoThe call opened for submissions.
-
Closing date
- 10 years agoDeadline for submitting a project.
-
Time to inform applicants Estimate
- 9 years agoThe maximum time to inform applicants (TTI) of the outcome of the evaluation is five months from the call closure date.
-
Sign grant agreement Estimate
- 9 years agoThe maximum time to sign grant agreements (TTG) is three months from the date of informing applicants.
-
Publication date
- 1 year agoThe call was first imported in TopicTree.
-
Today
Funded Projects
Loading...
Project information comes from CORDIS (for Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe) and will be sourced from F&T Portal (for Digital Europe projects)