{"id":29488,"date":"2019-11-20T03:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T02:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=29488"},"modified":"2019-11-18T14:19:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T13:19:42","slug":"h2020-food-security-sustainable-agriculture-and-forestry-marine-maritime-and-inland-water-research-and-the-bioeconomy-diversifying-revenue-in-rural-africa-through-bio-based-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/h2020-food-security-sustainable-agriculture-and-forestry-marine-maritime-and-inland-water-research-and-the-bioeconomy-diversifying-revenue-in-rural-africa-through-bio-based-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"H2020.Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy: Diversifying revenue in rural Africa through bio-based solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Low productivity and lack of economic diversification makes farmers vulnerable to food insecurity, and contribute to a continuous migration towards urban areas, especially among the younger generations.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Specific challenge<\/h3>\n

En muchas regiones africanas, la agricultura est\u00e1 predominantemente orientada a la subsistencia, por lo tanto, la mayor\u00eda de los agricultores carecen de los medios para invertir en mejorar la productividad de sus actividades de explotaci\u00f3n, o para llevar a cabo una transformaci\u00f3n b\u00e1sica de sus productos.\u00a0En muchos lugares, las pr\u00e1cticas insostenibles generan graves impactos en el medio ambiente, como la deforestaci\u00f3n para obtener energ\u00eda o para nuevas tierras agr\u00edcolas, o la degradaci\u00f3n del suelo, lo que agrava a\u00fan m\u00e1s la vulnerabilidad de las poblaciones rurales.<\/p>\n

Scope<\/h3>\n

Proposals shall screen existing bio-based technologies that can be adapted and successfully transferred to rural African contexts. The focus should be on simple, robust technologies that can be operated and maintained locally, and suitable for operation at farm, village or rural community level (including mobile systems). A variety of end-products can be considered[1]<\/a><\/sup>, and the business models developed should be sustainable and highly circular. Although bio-fuels or bio-energy can be part of the end-products, projects focussing mainly on these outputs are not eligible.<\/p>\n

The selected technologies shall be integrated into one existing agri-food system\u00a0without compromising food production, and without fundamentally changing established agricultural practices, provided that these are sustainable. A thorough assessment shall be performed on the agronomic, environmental, social and economic sustainability of the whole model, including gender issues and an assessment of potential risks.<\/p>\n

Los proyectos deben garantizar una colaboraci\u00f3n s\u00f3lida entre los agricultores, las asociaciones de agricultores, la industria local, los proveedores de tecnolog\u00eda, los centros de investigaci\u00f3n, los servicios de extensi\u00f3n y los encargados de formular pol\u00edticas. Las propuestas deben incluir una tarea para agrupar con otros proyectos relevantes involucrados en la Asociaci\u00f3n de I + I UE-\u00c1frica en FNSSA y con la plataforma de cooperaci\u00f3n establecida bajo SFS-33-2018.<\/p>\n

Projects should ensure solid collaboration between farmers, farmers associations, local industry, technology providers, research centres, extension services and policy makers. Proposals should include a task to cluster with other relevant projects involved in the EU-Africa R&I Partnership on FNSSA and with the cooperation platform established under SFS-33-2018.<\/p>\n

The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of up to EUR 9 million<\/strong> would allow this specific scope to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude the submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts.<\/p>\n

Expected impact<\/h3>\n