Food & Business Global Challenges Programme

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Call for Proposals

Food & Business Global Challenges

Programme

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_{call for Full Proposals, 2015}

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_{Integrated Projects}

Transformation of food systems with a focus on sustainability and urbanization

The Hague, September 2015

Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research

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Inhoud

1 Introduction

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1.1 Background 1 1.2 Available budget 2

2 Aim

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Focus I. Sustainable food systems 3

Focus II. Urbanization and challenges for food and nutrition security 4

3 Guidelines for applicants

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3.1 Who can apply 6

3.2 What can be applied for 6

3.3 Specific conditions 9

3.4 Knowledge sharing with the Food & Business Knowledge Platform 11

3.5 Monitoring & Evaluation 11

3.6 When can applications be submitted 12

3.7 Preparing an application 12

3.8 Submitting an application 12

4 Assessment procedure

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4.1 Procedure 13

4.2 Criteria 14

5 Contact details and other information

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5.1 Contact 15

6 Annexes

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6.1 Instructions for applicants 16

6.2 Co-funding guidelines 20

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Chapter 1: Introduction / Food & Business Global Challenges Programme

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1 Introduction

1.1 Background

Food security is high on the international agenda. The food crisis is persistent and rising demand due to population growth and dietary shifts further aggravate problems. This especially holds for already marginal and resource-poor consumers. The situation calls for adequate evidence-based policy responses, but also offers chances and challenges for private enterprises. There is an urgent and growing need for new knowledge, contributing to new insights, policies and practices to meet food and nutrition security challenges. The Food & Business Global Challenges Programme (GCP) is a response to this need. This research and innovation programme aims to generate research-based advanced understanding of

1) emerging key issues in food security and their impact on regional and local food security, and 2) the role of private sector development. It aspires to create new knowledge and to synthesise and deepen existing but fragmented knowledge through robust scientific research. GCP seeks to contribute to the development of new products, practices and policies that improve food security in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs)1_.

This call invites consortia of research institutes and other organisations (both public and private2₎ from the Netherlands as well as LMICs to submit joint research and innovation full proposals. The call specifically seeks to involve for-profit companies in joint research. Submitting a proposal in response to this call is only possible after having gone through the preliminary proposal stage. The food system perspective

Given the increasing interlinkage in issues relating to food security, GCP focuses on a system approach (see box 1). The multi-dimensional problems and the complex interdependencies within food chains and the drivers that shape them, demand systemic solutions that take this

interdependency into account. From the global perspective this means looking at the effects of global markets on regional development and local food security (e.g. price development, loss of jobs and subsistence farming), in order to improve conditions and safeguard interests on regional and local level. This requires insights into the characteristics of participants within the food system (such as female/male, smallholders/commercial farmers and traders, consumers, NGOs, policy makers). Interventions to improve food systems should take local and regional perspectives and contexts, as well as the global context, into account. Local alignment is, however, essential for achieving success. In LMICs, next to increased supply, enhanced access to quality food is necessary for the most vulnerable and resource-poor populations, such as children, (pregnant) women, disabled people and the elderly. GCP is therefore centred around the question how consumers can access quality food that is in accordance with their dietary wishes and health needs, and the type of agriculture and trade that is needed to achieve this sustainably. Differentiation of consumers is a prerequisite for answering this question and adapt regional and local production and markets to specific needs.

1 _{Low and Middle-income countries (LMIC) that qualify for receiving Official Development Assistance (ODA), as}

defined by the OECD (see http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/daclist.htm).

2 _{This includes any type of organisation that can be seen as an actor or stakeholder in food security who has an}

interest in participating in research, both public: governmental (departments of line ministries or local

governments, extension services), and private: for-profit enterprises and related support organisations, and other non-governmental organisations (registered NGOs, cooperatives, unions, civil society organisations).

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Box 1: The food system

Research projects are expected to use a food system perspective on the level (e.g. regional, national, local community) and with the aspects appropriate for the research. Given the complexity of such systemic research the teams should be inter- and trans-disciplinary in nature. This means that a wide range of scientific disciplines as well as knowledge from beyond the scientific

community should be integrated. The background document to this call provides more detailed information and should be consulted before submitting proposals.

Policy context of GCP

Food & Business GCP is developed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and WOTRO Science for Global Development of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO-

WOTRO). It is being informed and elaborated upon by the Food and Business Knowledge Platform3_,

set up to further develop research agendas and to exchange knowledge between various

stakeholders. GCP aims to contribute to the Dutch food security policy as expressed in the letter to

parliament of November 20144_{, that focuses on all dimensions of food security (}_{people, profit,}

planet), with three main targets: i. Eradicating hunger and malnutrition; ii. Promoting inclusive and sustainable growth in the agricultural sector; iii. Achieving ecologically sustainable food systems. GCP is positioned within the Innovation Contracts of the Dutch Economic priority areas Agri & Food and Horticulture & Propagation Materials, which also tune in to the problems of food supply and food security in LMICs and emphasise a systems approach.

1.2 Available budget

GCP is financed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and NWO-WOTRO Science for Global Development. The total budget available for this call for proposals is 4.5 million euro. Funding is reserved for between 4 to 6 IPs and 4 to 8 FTR projects, the division of the budget depends on the number of proposals submitted per type of funding.

Partners (private, LMIC public and/or international and LMIC research organisations) are required to provide co-funding of 20 per cent of the total project budget, in cash and/or in kind.

1.3 Validity of the call for proposals

This call for proposals is valid until 5 January 2016, 14:00 noon CET. 3_{www.knowledge4food.net}

4 _{http://www.government.nl/documents-and-publications/parliamentary-}

documents/2014/11/18/letter-to-the-parliament-netherlands-contribution-to-global-food- security.html

The food system perspective considers food and nutrition to be the outcomes of

interactions between different elements of a system. GCP is interested in understanding the drivers (from the global to the local level) that shape the transitions in the food system that are necessary to improve food and nutrition availability, access, utilization and

stability. The policy environment, with its related institutions, at international, regional, national and local level, is a relevant aspect of the food system. In addition, the production and sharing of knowledge and information can influence the system, through skills, science & technology of various sources including farmer/consumer organizations, or the

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Chapter 2: Aim / Food & Business Global Challenges Programme

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2 Aim

Transformation of food systems with a focus on sustainability and urbanization

Food and nutrition security is a complex challenge crossing many sectors, disciplines and policy areas as well as being exposed to profound dynamics at national, regional and global level. Food and nutrition security is intrinsically linked to the significant challenges our societies face today. Systemic change and transformation is needed, which requires a more holistic and integrated approach based on well-specified targets. The latter is crucial since resources and the span of control of most interventions are too limited to achieve changes across all dimensions and levels at the same time. The ambition should be to define an integral approach which addresses the complex context and includes adequately targeted interventions to be successful. This GCP-Call should demonstrate which (policy) incentives induce transitions within agricultural and food systems. The scope of this Call has been identified by the Steering Committee of the Food & Business Knowledge Platform in consultation with experts. A complete insight in the scope of the call, with a more detailed explanation of the required approach and foci, is available in the background document which is an integral part of the Call and should be taken into account when writing the proposal. This section of the call presents an outline of the main features of the scope.

Proposals are expected to address the food system and the expected results through research that includes an inter- and trans-disciplinary approach and is preferably complementary to and reinforces existing (field) research initiatives. Comparative studies between countries, regions or cities also have an added-value, understanding the implementation in different contexts.

The proposals should take one or both of the following foci into account, that match the recently published Dutch policy on food and nutrition security:

(1)Sustainable Food Systems

(2)Urbanization and Challenges for Food and Nutrition Security.

Focus I. Sustainable food systems

Understanding integral approaches, innovation, and business models to enhance resilience in the face of climate change and natural resource scarcity

Whereas current food systems have improved food availability and have been a driving force for economic development in many LMICs, the improvements often came with negative environmental effects and an uneven distribution of social and economic benefits. Food systems are moreover increasingly challenged by the effects of climate change and variability. Several approaches have been developed and implemented to achieve more sustainable food systems. Some examples, in the context of Dutch international cooperation, are Climate Smart Agriculture and Agro-ecology. However, more systemized and documented knowledge is required to better understand current practices and make these be able to scale (more) successfully, including other approaches aiming at the improved sustainability of farming and food systems.

To further develop different concepts of sustainable food systems as well as effectively promote and upscale successful cases, this focus of the call covers three different research dimensions:

1.1 Integral approaches for resilient farming and food systems; 1.2 Innovation and upscaling;

1.3 The role of the private sector.

Research initiatives should include at least two of these dimensions and related knowledge questions.

1.1 Integral approaches for resilient farming and food systems

Research initiatives are expected to study the effectiveness of existing and innovative farming and food systems practices that have been proven to enhance food security, while contributing towards

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integral solutions for achieving multiple and sustainable objectives in social and agricultural development, natural resources and water management, and the environment.

1.2 Innovation and upscaling

Research initiatives are expected to contribute to a greater understanding of the innovation processes for triple sustainability (economical, ecological and social), as a basis for further

upscaling. This is expected to strengthen the capacity to develop sustainable technological, financial and social innovations in several activities of the value chain and the enabling environment (e.g. research institutes, NGOs, government).

1.3 The role of the private sector

Fostering and scaling successful innovations needs sustainable business models. Research initiatives are expected to study how individual farmer entrepreneurs (m/f) and other private value chain actors, including local traders and retail, optimally capitalize upon business opportunities as part of the innovations in the sector. In addition they are expected to show how activities and drivers of the food system, ranging from consumers, the national and international private sector, trade to the government, etc., affect the success of the business models used and the bottlenecks experienced. For the three dimensions of sustainable food systems, results of the funded research should:

1. Provide innovations to support farmers, SMEs, large companies, civil society and regional and national governments as well as intergovernmental bodies, in defining programmes which build ‘triple’ sustainable food systems based on integral approaches, innovation and upscaling, and successful business models.

2. Provide an evidence-base of inspiring case studies and a set of key lessons, which clarify how successful integral approaches work, how innovations and upscaling are enhanced using appropriate business models. This knowledge provides corporate and governmental policymakers a basis for decision-making on future interventions.

3. Advise on a set of principles, possibly with specific indicators, to assess the effectiveness of interventions to achieve resilient food systems.

Focus II. Urbanization and challenges for food and nutrition security

The rapid urbanization in especially Asia and Africa is accompanied by increasing urban poverty and inequality, food insecurity and malnutrition in the cities, particularly pervading in the slums and informal settlements. City region food systems and rural-urban linkages are therefore critical to sustainable food systems in the future. To address the food and nutrition security challenges that urbanization brings to the urban and rural population and the environment, the research agenda needs to address how food system activities and drivers link agriculture to urban centers of cities and secondary towns. Specific attention for the role of policies and interventions is necessary to ensure that the increasing numbers of urban poor are not neglected.

This focus of the call therefore covers two different research dimensions from which research initiatives may choose one or combine the two:

2.1City region food systems & rural-urban linkages. 2.2Urban vulnerable groups excluded from basic services.

2.1City region food systems & rural-urban linkages

The strengthening of city region food systems (CRFSs) plays a key role in helping to feed an increasingly urbanized world. The interdependencies and the linkages between urban and rural development are central to CFRSs. An inclusive and participatory CFRS coupled with an integrated approach, assists national and local governments to achieve balanced rural and urban development. This requires collaboration between all levels of government, non-governmental and community- based organizations, farmers’ organizations, the private sector, the research and philanthropic communities and international support. Examples of areas which research initiatives may address include A. The strengthening of food value chains that link urban centers and consumers to

agricultural producers. B. Addressing rural innovation in response to urbanization by understanding the opportunities and threats for rural areas. C. The challenges and potentials of Urban and Peri- urban Agriculture / Horticulture (UPA/UPH).

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Results of the funded research on CRFSs & rural-urban linkages should support local (municipal), national and regional policy makers by:

1. Providing information and advice on the development of urban food demand, including on diet transitions, and to what extent urbanized food systems increase pressure on land, water, and energy resources. It should take into account the climate impacts of developing country food systems change as result of urbanization.

2. Providing successful cases and advice on the design of CRFSs and strategies, for example to achieve:

 The strengthening of agricultural value chains around cities (e.g. logistics, equal sharing and various forms of cooperatives) and identifying alternative food systems that are economically, environmentally and socially sustainable. An option could be providing training and technical assistance to contribute to employment

opportunities in the food chain from producers to retailers, including informal markets.

 The optimal use of the dynamics resulting from urbanization by e.g. supporting technological, institutional and policy innovations to reduce costs within food value chains; supporting prospective small and local agri- and trade businesses to enter the market and supporting existing small and local businesses to expand in various stages of the food system. Opportunities for urban as well as rural development should be part of the recommendations.

 Additional political and institutional support to UPA/UPH and to promote

technological and institutional innovations to increase production and improve the quality of produce regarding the various forms of UPA/UPH (i.e. agriculture plus non-agricultural activities such as care, education, recreation, childcare, energy production, etc.).

3. Advising on the upscaling of isolated and temporal projects to larger scale programs and of pilots and individual cities to wider uptake at local and national level.

4. Defining practical guidelines for local and national policy makers on methods and tools for city-food system assessment, planning, design and monitoring.

2.2Urban vulnerable groups excluded from basic services

Strong social protection programmes and social safety nets are key to mitigate the effects of food, fuel, and financial crises and are among the best-evaluated interventions in development based on experimental and other robust evaluation techniques. Insight is needed into the informal coping and adaptive strategies of the urban vulnerable groups to food insecurity and malnutrition; the impacts of the formal and informal urban food system; and the opportunities for youth and female

employment and entrepreneurship in the informal economy. The link between migration and food security is obvious; however, it is not addressed in national and international policy agendas, or in research and studies.

Results of the funded research on urban vulnerable groups should:

1. Provide successful interventions in the policy and programme arena that contribute to the food and nutrition security of urban vulnerable groups. It should stimulate coordination between income, food, and nutrition programmes to work together to reduce poverty, malnutrition and food insecurity.

2. Support the formal urban food system expansion through entrepreneurship, innovation and job creation, with inclusion of the vulnerable groups.

3. Lead to a good design, implementation, operation and positive impact of safety nets in urban areas. It should improve the accessibility of the urban vulnerable groups to social safety nets and enhance food and nutrition security.

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3 Guidelines for applicants

3.1 Who can apply

Applications can be submitted by consortia of at least three different partners that include: 1. a Dutch research organisation5_;

2. an LMIC-based research organisation; 3. at least one other LMIC-based partner6_.

Additional partners, such as Dutch private partners or partners from (other) LMICs or high income countries, are welcomed and encouraged.

To enhance demand articulation, ownership and the effective utilisation of results, the consortium partners and relevant stakeholders are expected to be engaged in all phases of the project execution, from its inception to sharing the emerging results. Evidence of such active engagement will be an important element in the assessment of project proposals and may be demonstrated through references to involvement in project preparation, active involvement as a project partner and links between the proposed research project and ongoing projects of NGOs, private enterprises, and/or policy implementation.

3.2 What can be applied for

Integrated Projects

A maximum of 600,000 euro can be applied for per Integrated Project (IP), with a duration of four years. An IP is a coherent set of interrelated research sub-projects carried out by at least three and preferably more researchers. All consortium members have to be involved in the formulation of the research questions, in the development of the proposal and in the execution of the research project. Each consortium can apply for one IP only.

5 _{Research organisations are institutions that:}

- have as one of their main objectives to carry out independent research or provide higher education; - have no profit motive other than that for the purposes of further research or higher education; - whose researchers enjoy freedom of publication in the international academic literature.

6 _{As mentioned in the Introduction, this can relate to any public or private (for-profit and not for- profit)}

organisation that can be seen as an actor or stakeholder in food security who has an interest in participating in research. This call specifically seeks to involve for-profit enterprises from the LMIC, but invites other interested partners, such as for-profit enterprises from the Netherlands.

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General characteristics for proposals

Full proposals should make clear how they will constitute and operationalize activities and projects for the following facilities:

Research and innovation

Proposals should be based on a thorough review of existing knowledge and should preferably be complementary to existing research initiatives and reinforce these were possible. The consortia should be inter-/trans-disciplinary in nature and thus crossing scientific disciplinary boundaries (interdisciplinarity) and integrating

scientific and practitioners’ knowledge in joint research (transdisciplinarity). Project teams are encouraged to use a combination of quantitative and qualitative and quasi-experimental research methods, including operational research and should include research-into-use approaches.

Additional added value concerns: integrating and synthesising various sources of knowledge to create ‘new’ knowledge; creating sustainability through the development of long-term knowledge relations. Collaboration with relevant and especially complementary research initiatives (e.g. at the level of a country or region), needs to be considered and, if applicable, be included in the proposal. Research uptake / knowledge sharing

As development of research and innovation in private, governmental and civil society sectors is basically a continuous and iterative process, a clear strategy for Research Uptake (including stakeholder engagement, capacity development and communication, also with the aim to influence the enabling environment) needs to be provided:

- Stakeholder engagement: stakeholders need to be involved from the research proposal stage onwards. This includes an initial mapping of relevant stakeholders in the proposal. For the IPs this includes their involvement in the proposal development workshop.

- Capacity development and training: activities directed at improving the capabilities of individuals, networks and institutes to learn and innovate, based on sustainable partnerships and the ability to both generate and build on knowledge.

- Communication: a communication strategy, including specification of target groups, messages to communicate, means of communication etc. is part of the proposal. Aim is to make knowledge and research results available and accessible for stakeholders as well as the Food & Business Knowledge Platform.

Project activities must be well integrated. Output, outcome and impact should contribute to clearly defined objectives as presented in a Research Impact Pathway, which should be supported by a Theory of Change which includes the underlying assumptions and the food system perspective.

The following conditions apply for funding requests Reimbursable costs

All participating organisations can reimburse costs that are directly attributable to the project, of which a minimum of 50 per cent should be spend in LMIC. For determining the amount of reimbursable costs per item, the legal regulations of the individuals’ employing organisation is guiding. However, prescriptions are given for specific cost-items.

The reimbursable costs of (not-for profit) partners that are not from research institutes should not exceed 20 per cent of the grant budget.

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The following reimbursable cost categories are distinguished: I. Personnel costs (max 60% of the requested grant)

- Personnel costs of PhD and postdoc researchers:

 The maximum tariffs for the different categories in the Netherlands (postdoc, PhD student) are based upon the NWO-VSNU contract and are subject to change;7

 Alternatively, PhD and postdoc researchers from LMICs can be provided with a net monthly living allowance. The living allowance is expected to cover all personal costs, including housing, medical costs, insurances and travel to and from work. The regulations of the main applicant’s institute should be guiding for determining the amount of the living allowances;

 For each (LMIC and Dutch) PhD or postdoc researcher, a bench fee of 5,000 euro is made available that is paid directly to the main applicant’s institute, as a contribution to the personal costs in support of the research conducted.8

- Salaries for personnel other than PhD or postdoc researchers, which should be guided by the (not-for profit) organisations’ norms and legal regulations for the country concerned. These salaries should not exceed the maximum gross (before tax) fulltime monthly rates of 3200 euro for support staff, 4500 euro for junior staff and 6500 euro for senior staff. 9

II. Knowledge sharing costs

Specific activities to enhance knowledge sharing among GCP projects and with the Food & Business Knowledge Platform:

- This includes attendance to the joint GCP 3rd_{call mid-term and final} workshop (organised by the F&BKP and NWO-WOTRO), organisation of a master class, workshops, communication activities: at least 5 per cent of the requested budget.

- Joint workshop for full proposal development, maximum contribution 15,000 euro (which in this stage, when this has been granted already, will be deducted from the requested grant in case of funding). III. Knowledge, research and innovation costs

Up to a maximum of 20 per cent of the GCP grant budget:

7 _{The amount of funding depends on the duration of the appointment and on the time to be spent on the} project (minimum 1 and maximum 4 years and at least 0.5 fte appointment). On a fulltime basis the amounts are (subject to change):

 PhD researchers: € 204,474 / 4 years  Postdoc researchers: € 134,240 / 2 years

8 _{For example tuition, courses, a computer, congress visits, books, the publication of a thesis, etc.} 9 _{Personnel of for-profit partners is excluded from payments of salaries from the requested GCP budget.}

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- Travel expenses for consortium partners and accommodation costs of the expenses incurred in short trips (<3 months) of team members directly related to the project. Travel expenses for consortium partners are excluded from the other categories and covered only via this category.

- Durables, consumables, assistance.

IV. Capacity development (excluding travel expenses for consortium partners) - Capacity development and training activities beyond the individual

graduate, post-graduate and doctoral levels, such as developing courses for stakeholders or master students: between 3 and 10 per cent of the requested budget;

V. Overhead costs (for the employing organisation(s))

- Including office space, basic facilities, administrative and technical assistance, consumables and depreciation costs up to a maximum of 10 per cent of the requested budget.

VI. Communication costs

- Activities organised by the consortium, such as workshops,

communication activities, dissemination of results and international events: at least 3 per cent of the total budget.

VII. Monitoring & Evaluation

- Contributions of at least 10,000 euro each for a project-level self-assessment workshop or meeting for the mid-term and the final review should be included in the proposal.

Co-funding

Co-funding from partners (private, LMIC public and/or international and LMIC research organisations) is a prerequisite: projects require co-funding of at least 20 percent of the total project budget, either in kind or in cash10_._{Personnel costs can be included as in kind}

co-funding, up to a maximum of 1,250 hours/fte/year with maximum hourly rates: 116 euro for senior experts, 81 euro for juniors. For such co-funding to be admissible, the person involved should have essential expertise for the project that is not available in the academic groups involved.

Additional co-funding by other types of partners is encouraged. In kind co-funding contributions may include materials, licenses, knowledge or personnel time (see Annex 6.2 for further information).

3.3 Specific conditions

Applications must fulfil the NWO and WOTRO Regulations on Granting and all of the formal criteria mentioned below in order to be admitted to the competition.

Eligible countries, alignment and linking to policy

Partner 2 and 3 in the consortium should be from (one of the) countries that are ranked as LMICs (all categories) on the OECD/DAC list of ODA recipients.

10 _{Calculation should be as follows: b + c = a, in which a = total budget; b = budget (grant) requested}

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Projects should be rooted in local demands. Applicants must provide a proper contextualisation of the proposed project within the country or countries concerned and the relevant national, regional and/or global policy frames.

Consortium and partners

The composition of the consortium should comply with the criteria provided in paragraph 3.1. The research institute employing the main applicant will take responsibility for the secretarial duties, the day-to-day management and financial affairs of the project. The main applicant represents the consortium and will act as the point of contact in dealings with NWO-WOTRO. Input by consortium members and relevant local and regional stakeholders is required for the preparation phase of the full proposal and during the research.

The consortium representatives will steer the process of demand articulation, translate demands into relevant research questions, coordinate communication, knowledge sharing and capacity building activities, give advice on research, feedback research outputs and support the application of new knowledge and insights in cooperation with the Food & Business Knowledge Platform. To safeguard scientific objectivity and academic independence, the research methodology and the process of conducting the research will be managed by the research institutes involved.

Awarded projects must provide a Consortium Agreement before the start of the project. The WOTRO Regulations provide the conditions and requirements for the Consortium Agreement.

Joint project formulation and execution

Development and execution of the application must be a collaborative effort of the consortium members and stakeholders.

A stakeholder analysis should be part of the (proposal for the joint development workshop in the) preliminary and full proposal. A workshop or other activities are to be organised to involve all consortium members and (other) stakeholders in the development of the final application. For this workshop and/or activities, a

maximum of 15,000 euro has been granted when the preliminary proposal was selected for elaboration. Reporting on the proposal development workshop needs to be part of the full proposal.

Intellectual property rights and Consortium Agreement

NWO encourages and facilitates the transfer of research results to industrial partners. NWO will provide steering and will endorse contractual arrangements to be drawn up by the consortium. With regard to ownership of results, such as on Intellectual

Property Rights (IPR), Confidentiality of Results and Knowledge transfer to Developing Countries, the conditions and requirements as specified in the WOTRO Regulations apply. In addition, submitting a proposal implies that the consortium agrees with the use for free of the Results by the Kingdom of The Netherlands, should the occasion arise. The rights of Results can only be transferred by its owner to a third party on the condition that this stipulation is included. With regard to accountability of the projects, the General Provisions of the NWO Regulations on Granting apply.

In the draft Consortium Agreement accompanying the full proposal the consortium partners specify how the consortium will deal with the publication of results and IPR, taking into account the conditions specified above. A format for the

Consortium Agreement is available on the website. Awarded projects must provide a completed Consortium Agreement before the start of the project.

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3.4 Knowledge sharing with the Food & Business Knowledge Platform

To create feedback loops and to facilitate local impact, project teams are expected to actively engage with the Food & Business Knowledge Platform and its networks and to feed food and nutrition security policies and debates. This can be organized through regular meetings with the Platform Office and by taking part in activities organized by the Platform in cooperation with NWO-WOTRO.

Knowledge exchange between awarded project teams and with thematically related networks, and strengthening a learning culture in order to stimulate national and international knowledge flows is extremely important for enhancing development impact of the research. Therefore, project participants must be prepared to participate in activities for the exchange of experiences - both challenges and best practices - and results with participants of other projects subsidized by GCP and with the Food & Business Knowledge Platform and its networks. This collaboration is crucial for translating results into policy and practice to influence the enabling environment and to achieve impact beyond the research projects.

3.5 Monitoring & Evaluation

Awarded projects must contribute to advanced understanding of emerging key issues in global and regional food security and their impact on local food security and the role of private sector development. Each project should explicate how the project works towards the realisation of the objectives of the wider GCP by sketching a Theory of Change and a Research Impact Pathway. These should attune to the relevant outputs, outcomes and impact of GCP, which are provided in the annex of this call.

M&E at project level

Full proposals should include a Theory of Change and a research impact pathway, including indicators at output and outcome level. Joint formulation of the ToC and the impact pathway contributes to joint understanding within the consortium, and to research uptake. For main applicants a training on the development of the Theory of Change and the Research Impact Pathway, and the expectations of the base-line study is organised early October.

Progress and outcome of the project will be monitored by means of annual

reporting, a mid-term review – about two years after the start of the project - and a final review. The mid-term review consists of an internal self-assessment workshop and a joint workshop with other Ips funded within GCP. The self-assessment must result in a mid-term financial and progress report. The final evaluation likewise will consist of a self-assessment workshop prior to submission of the final report and financial account, and a joint workshop with other IPs.

Joint workshops

Progress, midterm and final reports will be shared with the Food & Business Knowledge Platform. In collaboration with the Platform, NWO-WOTRO will organise a joint workshop for all the awarded projects in this call, at the mid-term stage for Integrated Projects, including Fast Track Research projects, and a final

international workshop for the Integrated Projects. GCP consortia are expected to attend these workshops.

Evaluation GCP at large

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GCP call for proposals, as part of the Monitoring & Evaluation Framework for Food & Business Research. A sample of projects will be closely monitored throughout their execution to assess output, outcome and impact. Consortia of those projects that are selected for the sample will be approached by an external M&E team. This team will attend the mid-term and final joint workshops and discuss research progress and findings with project teams.

3.6 When can applications be submitted

Submitting a proposal in response to this call for full Integrated Project proposals is only possible after having gone through the preliminary Integrated Project proposal stage. Full proposals should be submitted before 5 January 2016, 14:00hrs CET. For an overview of the procedure, please see Section 4.1.

3.7 Preparing an application

 Download the application form from the grant page for this programme on the GCP website.

 Complete the application form.

 Save the application form as a pdf file. Due to the introduction of a new online application and reporting system (ISAAC), submitting the form is only possible after 23 November 2015 (see below).

3.8 Submitting an application

PLEASE NOTE: Between 13 and 23 November 2015, NWO is migrating to the new online application and reporting system, ISAAC. Therefore, you cannot submit an application for this funding instrument before 23 November, 12:00 hours CET.

If you have not previously submitted an application to NWO then please create an account for the online application system after 23 November, 12:00 hours CET. Create this account at least one day before the application is submitted to ensure that any registration problems can be resolved on time.

If you already have an account for the previous application and reporting system Iris, then in principle your account will automatically be converted to an ISAAC account. At first login you will be asked to change your password. In a limited number of cases conversion is not possible due to technical reasons. In that case, you will see an error-message when trying to login. You will then need to create a new ISAAC account. Once the account has been created, NWO will transfer your project history from Iris to your new account.

An application can only be submitted to NWO via the online application system ISAAC. Applications not submitted via ISAAC will not be considered. A principal applicant must submit his/her application via his/her own ISAAC account.

When you submit your application to ISAAC you need to enter several additional details online. Make sure you allow enough time for this.

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4 Assessment procedure

4.1 Procedure

The NWO Code of Conduct on Conflicts of Interest applies to all persons and NWO staff involved in the assessment and/or decision-making process. NWO gives all full proposals a qualification. The applicant is informed of this

qualification when the decision about whether or not to award funding is announced. For further information about the qualifications see www.nwo.nl/kwalificaties. The first step in the assessment procedure is the determination of the eligibility of the application. This is done according to the conditions stated in Chapter 3 of this call for proposals.

Integrated Projects

Second stage: Full Proposal Deadline for the submission of final applications

Peer review procedure

Receipt of reviews, opportunity for response Evaluation applications by IAC

Decision by PC on awarding/ applicants notified Formal determination of budgets for awarded projects, formal letter of approval

Start of awarded projects

5 January 2016 January – March 2016 Mid-March 2016 April 2016 Early May 2016 May 2016

From 1 June 2016 (maximum 3 months after sending of award letter)

Second stage – Full proposals

The full proposals are assessed by the IAC and are prioritised accordingly, based upon comments of independent reviewers, the rebuttal when provided and the response of the consortia to the comments of the IAC on the preliminary proposal. The Programme Committee (PC) takes a final decision on funding, based on the recommendations received from the IAC. The PC is in the position to deviate from the advice of the IAC, when this is deemed necessary to achieve a more balanced geographical and/or thematic spread of the selected proposals. All second-stage applicants will be informed in writing about the outcome of the final selection procedure. Awarded projects should start no later than three months after the award letter is sent.

Appeals Procedure

If a consortium objects to a decision taken by the Programme Committee, it can lodge a complaint with the General Board of NWO through the NWO Appeals Committee. Any written appeal against a decision taken by the Programme Committee must be lodged within six weeks from the day on which the notice of this decision was sent.

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4.2 Criteria

All applications are evaluated according to a fixed set of criteria. Scientific excellence and relevance for innovation in development of the proposal are prerequisites for awarding. Only applications evaluated as excellent and very good

for both of these criteria are eligible for funding. The quality of collaboration, capacity building and communication is a third component in the review, only applications evaluated as good, very good or excellent for this criterion are eligible for funding. Applications are ranked based on the following weighing of criteria: scientific quality and relevance for innovation in development each determine 40 per cent of the total score. Quality of collaboration, capacity building and

communication determine 20 per cent. Where two applications receive an identical priority rating and only one has for-profit co-funding, preference will be given to that one.

Evaluation criteria for applications I.Scientific quality

- Potential to generate new knowledge and insights and complementarity to

other research programmes;

- Adequacy of the research approach including the robustness of the

conceptual framework or experimental set-up, and the coherence of the hypotheses, research questions and methods;

- Quality and adequacy of integrating the food system perspective; - Feasibility of the research design;

- Complementarity, range and level of integration of the interdisciplinary

approach.

IIRelevance for innovation in development

- Extent to which the proposal is rooted in the demands of partners

and/or stakeholders, and adequacy of the reflection of this demand in the trans-disciplinary approach (integrating scientific and practitioners’ knowledge in joint research);

- Extent of alignment with the call’s foci;

- Extent to which the research questions and the intended research results

are expected to contribute to sustainable food systems and/or challenges for food and nutrition security in relation to urbanization, and will

contribute to the expected outcomes of the call;

- Potential for long-term knowledge relations;

- Quality and feasibility of the research impact pathway with indicators.

IIIQuality of collaboration, capacity development and communication:

- Strength of partnership and level of commitment of co-funding partners; - Potential for improving the capabilities of individuals and institutes to learn

and innovate, the ability to share knowledge and create a supportive learning environment;

- Adequacy and feasibility of the communication strategy to influencing the

policy and/or business environment;

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5 Contact details and other

information

5.1 Contact

5.1.1 Specific questions

For specific questions about Food & Business Global Challenges Programme and this call for proposals please contact:

Corinne Lamain MSc (coordinator GCP) E. [email protected]

(T. +31 70 3440924)

Dr. Monika Brasser (academic secretary 3rd_{Call GCP)}

[email protected] [email protected]

(T. +31 70 34 94503)

Postal address: Visiting address:

NWO-WOTRO NWO-WOTRO

P.O. Box 93120 Laan van Nieuw Oost Indië 300

2509 AC The Hague 2593 CE The Hague

The Netherlands The Netherlands

Website: www.nwo.nl/foodandbusiness

5.1.2 Technical questions about the electronic application system ISAAC

For technical questions about the use of ISAAC please contact the ISAAC helpdesk. Please read the manual first before consulting the helpdesk. The ISAAC helpdesk can be contacted from Monday to Friday between 10:00 and 17:00 hours. CET on +31 (0)900 696 4747. Unfortunately, not all foreign telecom companies support calling to 0900-numbers. However, you can also submit your question by e-mail to [email protected]. You will then receive an answer within two working days.

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6 Annexes

6.1 Instructions for applicants

The application form must be completed in English. For some items on the form, a maximum number of words or pages is stated. Do not exceed this number and fill out the number of words. Your application may be disqualified if you exceed the maximum number of words or pages stated.

The application needs to be submitted through the ISAAC system, which can be accessed on the NWO website. Please note that the electronic application must be submitted through the ISAAC account of the main applicant.

Filling out the application form

Explanatory notes to each question on the application form are provided below (the numbers refer to the questions on the application form). A number of details presented in this section should also be completed/copied in the application details for the ISAAC system. These are indicated on the fact sheet.

1.Title

The project title must state the country or countries where the research will be carried out

2.Project

Please indicate:

a. The focus area(s) of the proposal; b. Project duration (expressed in months);

c. Main field of research. Please fill out the main field of research that corresponds to the subject of your research proposal. Please follow the link provided in the form for an overview of the NWO research fields. When applicable, other fields of research can be included as well.

3.Composition of the consortium

3a Consortium

- Coordinator of the consortium (Main applicant) - Consortium members (Co-applicants)

At least three different partners as specified under Section 3.1 should be indicated, but additional partners can be added to the consortium. Please copy and paste the tables in order to add other consortium members, and provide all details requested.

3b Project staff

If available, provide a list of the project team, including personnel to be engaged for carrying out the project. Type of organisation can be: Academic; Research; for-profit company; NGO; Other. Time involvement should be stated as FTE and number of months on fulltime basis over the full project period. Roles can be for academics: PhD/postdoc /senior, and-or support/junior/senior as described in section 3.2 of the call for proposals.

4.Consortium and track record

4a Consortium: roles and added value

Please describe the role and added value of each of the consortium partners in terms of experience, skills, know-how and expertise. If applicable, describe the consortium partners’ past experience with joint activities.

4b Consortium: recent publications

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4c CVs of consortium members

Please include CVs of all consortium members (max. 1 page each) in the Annex. 4d Reporting on proposal development workshop

Include a summary of the objectives, results and conclusions of the workshop organised to elaborate the preliminary application into a final application (maximum 500 words). Provide a list of participating institutes or organisations by filling in the table provided in the form. Specify the future means of engagement of these stakeholders. The table may not exceed the maximum of one page.

5.Summary of the project proposal

The summary should describe briefly, in no more than 150 words, the opportunity or problem addressed, the main objective, knowledge gaps and approaches.

6.Description of the project

Please consult the assessment criteria against which the proposal will be assessed (Section 4.2). The description of the project should include the following aspects: a. Background and rationale: analysis and contextualisation of the opportunity or

problem addressed;

b. Alignment with the call’s (sub) foci: relation of the proposed research for the opportunity or problem addressed with one or more of the (sub) foci of the call, including which of the expected results are addressed, as presented in the background document;

c. Objective: the project’s objective in terms of its contribution to the main aim of GCP with reference to the relevant aspects of the food system;

d. Research questions and methods: knowledge gaps addressed, knowledge and research questions, description of the interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and integrative approach and methods, major results expected.

e. Description of activities including timetable. Provide a detailed work plan and time schedule for the entire project duration. Overall project and specific activities, e.g. approaches for achieving the objectives, milestones concerning knowledge sharing, learning and training, monitoring, scientific and non-scientific output and

dissemination, must be included. Assure cross reference with the research impact pathway diagram and communication strategy;

f. Uptake of IAC comments: Please explain how the comments provided by the

International Advisory Committee on the preliminary proposal have been taken in to account. Section 5e should not exceed the maximum of 250 words. Please specify the number of words used.

7.Research uptake / knowledge sharing

For the objectives see section 3.2

a. Stakeholder engagement: Include an initial mapping of relevant stakeholders and their role in the project.

b. Capacity development: Describe the activities incorporated in the project with the purpose of capacity development.

c. Communication with stakeholders and the F&B Knowledge Platform (including

communication strategies): Please describe how the consortium intends to engage with stakeholders and with the F&B Knowledge Platform, for which the Platform Office is the first point of entry. Describe the proposed activities and their timeline. Include in this section a description of the planned communication activities, specifying target groups, specific objectives, communication issues and products as well as means of

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8.Diagram Theory of Change & Research Impact Pathway

Theory of Change

Please describe in narrative the relationship, logical flow and/or causalities between planned activities, expected results (output), desired changes (outcome) and main objective (contribution to impact). A context analysis that relates to the food system approach and the assumptions underlying the Research Impact Pathway should be part of the Theory of Change.

Research Impact Pathway

Please complete the detailed impact pathway diagram for the IP (max. 2 pages). The diagram should be an elaboration of the research impact pathway diagram that was provided in the preliminary application. For impact specify how the IP attributes to (one of) the foci of GCP. For examples of research impact pathways, please see Annex 6.3. Use the boxes provided to elaborate on:

I. Research objective: the main objective of the research project, in relation to the objectives of the call;

II. Outputs: the most immediate results of the research project. Research outputs by consortium members can be reckoned as falling under the direct span of control of the IP. Research outcomes relate to the uptake of these outputs by external stakeholders and the effects thereof;

III. Outcomes: The external use, adoption or influence of a project’s outputs by next and final users that results in adopter-level changes needed to achieve the intended impact. Indicate the (economic, social, environmental) changes that are expected at the level of the adopters;

IV. Impact: changes in economic, environmental and social conditions that the project is working toward.

Approach for the baseline study

Applicants are required to present baseline data that are relevant for their project, based on which the external evaluators can measure outcome and impact. This baseline data should be on food security and private sector development, at the level of local, regional, international and global flows, volumes, mechanisms and

institutional arrangements. This baseline should not take the form of primary data gathering, but should make use of secondary data, such as data gathered by the embassies in the context of monitoring their multi-annual strategic plans and of various aggregate data as provided by the FAO, WFP, CGIAR, OECD and World Bank. Please elaborate on the selection of data, the sources and the approach for collecting this data.

A training on the completion of the Research Impact Pathway as well as the Theory of Change is organized for representatives of consortia by WOTRO in early October.

9. Budget overview

Please consult Section 3.2 of the call before completing this section. Note that the total budget requested (9a) from GCP should not exceed 600,000 euro.

Please fill in the requested budget items. For some categories minimum conditions apply. Present estimates for:

a. Total budget

Please provide a summary of the total budget by providing an overview of the totals from the itemised detailed budget as requested below, and include the actual expenses incurred for the joint proposal development.

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b. Personnel costs

List the total number of person years and appointments on a full time basis of postdoc and PhD researchers to be affiliated and supported as a temporary employee at Dutch and LMIC-based institutes, as well as the input of support, junior and senior staff.

c. Knowledge sharing (at least 5% of the requested grant budget):

Present an estimate of the total costs of the project for specific activities to enhance knowledge sharing that do not require research: travelling, durables, consumables and assistance, including an estimate of the costs of specific activities to enhance knowledge sharing among and with GCP projects and with the Food & Business Knowledge Platform, such as attendance of the joint mid-term workshop (with other projects of the Call for proposals) and for organising a master class.

d. Research costs (max 20% of the requested grant budget)

Present estimations of the research costs per year and list the budget items according to the following budget lines: travelling costs (including plane tickets for researcher and supervisor(s), travel in the field/the Netherlands and costs of accommodation and travel for short visits); durables (research equipment); consumables, research assistance and other costs.

e. Capacity development (between 3 and 10 % of the requested grant budget)

Present an estimate of the total costs of the project for specific activities for learning and training: travelling, durables & consumables, expertise needed and other costs.

f. Overhead in support of b, c and d (max 10% of the requested grant budget)

Please specify overhead costs in LMICs, related to conducting activities under b, c and d. List the budget items according to the following budget lines: office space, basic facilities, overheads, depreciation costs; administrative assistance.

g. Communication (at least 3% of the total budget)

Present an overview of the cost for communication according to travelling costs, durables & consumables, expertise and other cost. This includes the cost of coordinating and integrating the (scientific and other) participants’ contributions to the IP, costs of contributing to relevant communication and network platforms and the costs of the dissemination and transfer of knowledge. Please note that NWO does not reimburse costs of scientific publications.

h. Monitoring & Evaluation (at least 10,000 euro for each self-assessment workshop) Please specify the contributions for the mid-term and the final review.

i. Amount and source of co-funding expected

Sources, type and the approximate amount of co-funding may be presented here, please be as specific as possible on the purposes of the co-funding. Co-funding should contribute at least 20 per cent of the total project budget (as presented under a.).

Please be as specific as possible on the type of in cash co-funding (e.g. ‘research costs’ is not sufficiently specific, break this down to: travelling costs, durables, consumables, research assistance and other costs). All relevant information as presented in the co- funding guarantees should be represented in the budget overview.

See also 6.2 for further guidelines on co-funding.

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Annexes

Please attach:

- Draft Consortium Agreement (the format is available on the website of NWO-WOTRO, all deviations from the format need to be motivated), signatures are not yet required; - CVs (max. 1 page each) of the consortium members involved in the application; - Letters of support of co-funding partners, including financial guarantees.

Signature

The application must be signed by all members of the consortium as presented in section 3a. Faxed, electronic or scanned signatures will be accepted.

6.2 Co-funding guidelines

Co-funding (cash or in-kind) by the consortium partners (not including Dutch academic or Dutch public partners) needs to consist of at least 20 per cent of the total project budget and must be used to cover part of the project costs. Additional co-funding to the

mandatory 20 per cent of the project budget is encouraged. However, co-funding may not exceed the amount provided by NWO in the grant. After a project has been approved, an invoice will be sent to users who have pledged a financial contribution. Once the funds have been received, they will be allocated to the project. Co-funders are assumed to have an interest in the research results.

Personnel input and material contributions may be accepted as co-funding on the condition that they are capitalised and that they form an integral part of the project. This should be made clear in the description and planning/phasing of the research. Personnel costs can be included as in kind co-funding, up to a maximum of 1,250 hours/fte/year with maximum hourly rates: 116 euro for senior experts, 81 euro for juniors. For such co-funding to be admissible, the person involved should have essential expertise for the project that is not available in the academic groups involved.

Material resources pledged must be presented at cost. Commercial rates will not be accepted. For pledges of equipment, take previous depreciation and intensity of use into account. Pledges in the form of supplies of services are possible only if the service can be itemised as an identifiable new endeavour. The service should not already be available at the research institute or institutes realising the research.

Applicants may wish to claim services already supplied (such as a database, software or plant lines) as in-kind co-funding. Acceptance is not automatic in such cases, but dependant on NWO-WOTRO's approval. Further negotiations will take place to decide whether a specific value can be determined for this supply of services.

Improper mixing of funding sources is not permitted: co-funding may in no instance originate directly or indirectly from NWO, KNAW or from any other research institute that is eligible to apply to NWO. Co-funding may neither originate from other Dutch

governmental institutions.

The co-funding to be provided by partners must be confirmed in a letter of support, written in English. This letter should contain explicit confirmation on the pledged financial or capitalised material or personnel contribution. The amounts presented in letters of support should correspond to the amounts put forward in the budget. Letters of support should be addressed to the project leader, not to NWO-WOTRO. After the research proposal has been approved, the partners will be asked for confirmation of the co-funding (‘confirmation of commitment by third parties’) and, in relevant cases, further

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The following are not permitted as in-kind contributions: - Discounts on commercial rates;

- Costs relating to overheads and/or participation in GCP activities;

- Costs of services that are conditional. No conditions may be imposed on the co- funding. Nor may the co-funding be contingent upon reaching a certain stage in the research plan (e.g. go/no-go moment);

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6.3 Generic GCP Theory of Change and Research Impact Pathway

6.3.1 Generic Theory of Change GCP

Causes - Insufficient productivity of land and labour in

developing countries

- Inefficient and non-sustainable management and

use of scarce natural resources such as land, water, nutrients, biodiversity and energy

- Food losses along entire global food chains - Insufficient production of safe and nutritional

food in developing countries

- Global market failures; limited integration of

developing countries in global markets

- Restrictive national and international policies, rules and regulations that hamper international trade

- Ineffective global institutional environment for

the governance of global food security

- Non-identified causes

Research outcomes - Increased food production in developing

countries that meets changing global demands

- Improved global governance of the

management and use of scarce natural resources

- Decreased food losses along global food chains from production to consumption

- Increased nutritional value and food safety

through global availability of improved genetic parent materials, and breeding and seed refinement

- Improved integration of developing countries in global markets

- Enhanced synergy of (inter)national laws and

regulations on environment and trade

- Enabling global institutional environment for

the governance of global food security

- Answers to newly identified causes

Underlying knowledge-related causes - Need for new knowledge and technologies to

develop high-yield, highly nutritious and resistant varieties

- Need for break-through insights, methods and

technologies for the prevention of waste and for recycling of waste and left-over materials

- Need for break-through insights, methods and

technologies for closing of cycles and shortening of chains

- Need for new insights, methods and technologies for enriching nutritional values of food products during food processing

- Insufficient understanding of global, regional and

local trends in consumer needs and demands

- Need for enhanced understanding of the complexity of global food markets and related

forecasts

- Insufficient understanding of long-term global

trends and challenges in food security

- Lack of understanding of causes

Research outputs - New knowledge and technologies to develop

high-yield, highly nutritious and resistant varieties

- Break-through insights, methods and technologies for preventing waste and for recycling of waste and left-over materials

- Break-through insights, methods and technologies for closing of cycles and shortening of chains

- New insights, methods and technologies for

enriching nutritional values of food products during food processing

- Insights in global, regional and local trends in consumer needs and demands

- Understanding of the complexity of global food

markets and related forecasts

- Understanding of long-term global trends and

challenges in food security

- New insights and enhanced understanding of causes and ways to address these causes

Problem areas to be addressed - Quantitatively insufficient and insufficiently

sustainable food production

- Limited access to nutritional and sufficiently

varied food

- Market failures at national, regional and

international levels

- Policy environments that discourage investment

and private sector development

-Research impact

Increased sustainable food production Enhanced access to food of sufficient quality Enhanced market integration and functioning at national, regional and international levels Improved investment climate

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6.3.2 Generic GCP Research Impact Pathway

Narrative description Indicators

Research outcomes

- Increased food production in developing countries that

meets changing global demands - Production and productivity figures for agricultural products that meet changing global demands - Improved global governance of the

management and use of scarce national resources

- International agreements, standards and mechanisms for global governance of natural resources

- Decreased food losses along global food chains from

production to consumption - Figures on food losses for selected global food chains - Increased nutritional value and food safety through

global availability of improved genetic parent materials, and breeding and seed refinement

- Data on global trends in food quality and food safety - Improved integration of developing countries in

global markets - Data on international trade flows and volumes for developing countries - Enhanced synergy and coherence of

(inter)national laws and regulations on the environment and trade

- nternational agreements on market regulations and environmental concerns

- Enabling global institutional environment for the governance of global food security

- ntegrated policy frameworks and related mechanisms for global food security

Research outputs

- New knowledge and technologies to develop high-

yield, highly nutritious and resistant varieties - Documentation

11 _{of new productive techniques and} technologies

- Plans and initiatives to implement these finding - Break-through insights, methods and

technologies for preventing waste and for recycling of waste and left-over materials

- Documentation of new methods and technologies for recycling of waste and left-over materials

- Plans and initiatives to implement these findings - Break-through insights, methods and

technologies for closing of cycles and shortening of chains

- Documentation of new methods and technologies for closing of cycles and shortening of chains

- Plans and initiatives to implement these findings - New insights, methods and technologies for

enriching nutritional values of food products during food processing

- Documentation of new knowledge and techniques for enhancing nutritional value

- Plans and initiatives to implement these findings - Insights in global, regional and local trends in

consumer needs and demands - Documentation of insights in consumer demand developments - Understanding of the complexity of global food

markets and related forecasts - Documentation of global market analyses - Understanding of long-term global trends and

challenges in food security - Documentation of insights in long-term global trends and challenges

Activities

- Issuing calls for proposals - Number of calls for proposals realized

- Consortium agreements with private sector partners on specific calls

- Assessing research proposals - Number of proposals assessed - Funding research projects - Number of projects funded

- Promoting public-private research partnerships - Number of public-private partnership projects - Per centage co-funding private partners - Knowledge exchange between projects - Number of cross-border workshops/conferences

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Call for Proposals