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Titre : SAFOODS : Strengthening African FOOD Systems in the face of climate change and food insecurity

Pays/Région : Senegal ; Cote d’Ivoire

Date : Start date 2021-07-01 // End date 2024-06-30

Identifiant : 303-SAFOODS
Type de projet : Development and innovation oriented (research) project

Contexte
Food and nutrition insecurity is a worldwide problem that particularly affects Sub-Saharan Africa today. By 2050 West African countries will face rapid demographic growth and urbanization while stronger climate-related constraints on food systems ; hence there is an urgent need to propose ways to make food systems more resilient. Despite their importance for health, fruits and vegetables have mostly been neglected in studies addressing food security and climate change.

Objectif
SAFOODS’ goal is to enhance the resilience of food systems through developing adaptation strategies. Objectives are to assess climate change-related risks on fruits & vegetables food systems and to co-design innovations with food chain stakeholders.

Présentation
The project will focus on two city-region food systems in two countries with diverse climate conditions facing food security and climate related challenges : Dakar and Ziguinchor in Senegal, Yamoussoukro and Abidjan in Ivory Coast. Risks of climate change in international food systems will also be studied through the case of fruits & vegetables imported to the UK.

SAFOODS’ original approach is to work downstream to upstream, starting from urban consumers’ diets then tracing back to the production areas. This includes mapping of food chains, and identifying critical points where climate change may threaten production flows and increase food loss and waste. Using mixed methods (focus groups, surveys, maps, food chains and food system analysis, simulations with quantitative models, foresights with actors) outputs will include prediction models, identification of innovations, capacity building, and the inclusion of an overall shared vision with various actors of city-region to strengthen food systems for the future.

Coordinateur : Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD)
Partenaires : Natural Resources Institute (NRI) Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA) Université Nangui Abrogoua

Financement principal : ERA-Net Cofund (FOSC)
Co funder : Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) (H2020)

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