African Food Innovations: Partnering For A Sustainable Future
I NCiTiS-FOOD is a 4-year project that aims to improve food and nutrition security (FNS) in African city regions and reduce the food-system-related environmental footprint while contributing to circularity by co-create circular agri-food technologies, practices, and business models for an inclusive food system in African cities and towns. The project aims to empower communities by opening up opportunities for them in agri-food supply and value chains, and by achieving environmental justice through transformative food policies achieved through interdisciplinary research, integrated best-fit technologies,stakeholder led action, capacity-building, research-practitioner-policy collaborative engagement, and Europe-Africa partnership.
Funding Program:
Horizon EuropeCall:
HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-14GA No.:
101083790Duration:
2023-2026EC Funding:
€ 5,999,980.50Website:
incitis-food.euINtegrated and Circular Technologies for Sustainable city region FOOD systems in Africa
Our role in the project
Foodscale Hub role is twofold: leading task and activities dedicated to Open Call management, overseeing the financial management of third parties as the project’s Treasurer on one hand, and planning and coordinating all dissemination, communication and exploitation activities of the project to ensure that the results will reach targeted stakeholders.
INCiTiS-FOOD by numbers
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Partners
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Countries
Living Labs
- 23 partners from 13 countries with 8 Living Labs (LLs) in 6 countries from 3 African regions (East: Kenya; West: Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone; Central: Cameroon, Gabon).
- 1,000,000 EUR will be distributed through 2 types of the Open Calls (Financial support to third parties) amounting 117,500 EUR per winner in Open Call for Local Innovation Hub (LIH) and based on the position of the Independent Innovator in the Open Call 3,500€ (1st place), 2,500€ (2nd place), or 1,500€ (3rd place).
- Through the Open Calls, 8 external Local Innovation Hubs (2-3 consortium members) and 24 Independent Innovators from 6 countries from 3 African regions will receive financial support from the InCiTiS-FOOD project.
- INCiTiS-FOOD dedicates 20,000€ in supporting participation of marginalised and vulnerable groups in focus group discussions (FGDs) and capacity building workshops.
