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GRANULAR

[2022 – 2026]

Giving Rural Actors Novel data and re-Useable tools to Lead public Action in Rural areas

Departing from an updated conceptualisation of rurality based on the multi-dimensional nature of contemporary rural-urban interrelations and interdependencies, GRANULAR will generate new insights for characterising rural diversity.

Led by CIHEAM Montpellier, GRANULAR gathers 23 partners (academic institutes, international organisations, NGOs, rural networks and local authorities) and will use participatory methods in 16 pilot territories across Europe in order to capture the complexity of challenges faced by rural areas with a local stakeholders’ perspective.

The project is structured in 7 work packages with many inter-linkages and will contribute to current scientific discussions through:

(i) advancement of concepts to characterise rural diversity and grasp rural proofing;
(ii) novel methods to generate data relevant to rural areas, and new thematic datasets;
(iii) empirical findings from Multi-Actor Labs and from data analyses for specific topics.

All partners will contribute to the design of data, indicators and tools. Co-construction will ensure that GRANULAR takes stock of local realities and needs, while fitting the findings in overarching policy frameworks. Data and tools emerging from the project will be developed through an open strategy that will ensure replicability and will be made available online through public repositories and a dedicated online platform. In addition, GRANULAR will create a Rural Compass, that takes into account the factors affecting rural communities and their functional characteristics, informing policymakers and rural actors for the design of tailored rural policies for a just, resilient and inclusive development.

Website : https://www.ruralgranular.eu/

GRANULAR 2023 results

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Source of funding

European Union, Horizon Europe programme
UKRI United Kingdom funds on research and innovation

Programme and contact references

Project Coordinator: Tristan Berchoux – CIHEAM Montpellier – berchoux@iamm.fr
Project Manager at CIHEAM Montpellier: Aurélie Kirsch – CIHEAM Montpellier – kirsch@iamm.fr
Contact: granular@iamm.fr

Partners

CIHEAM Montpellier
NORDREGIO
WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY
INTERNATIONALES INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMANALYSE
UNIVERSITA DI PISA
GEOPONIKO PANEPISTIMION ATHINON
ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE POUR L’INFORMATION SUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT LOCAL
CESKA ZEMEDELSKA UNIVERZITA V PRAZE
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS
UNIVERSITE PARIS CITE
EUROPEAN RURAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
JOHANN HEINRICH VON THUENEN-INSTITUT, BUNDESFORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUER LAENDLICHE RAEUME, WALD UND FISCHEREI
ECORYS
UNIVERSIDAD DE VIGO
PARTENARIAT POUR L’EUROPE RURALE
REGION VASTERBOTTEN
GEMEENTE OPSTERLAND (P10)
ASSOCIAZIONE DISTRETTO RURALE DELLAVAL DI CECINA
LUONNONVARAKESKUS
Pays Pyrénées-Méditerranée
POLITECHNIKA KOSZALINSKA
CIHEAM Chania
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
THE JAMES HUTTON INSTITUTE

Med-Amin Network

Mediterranean Agricultural Markets Information Network

The MED-Amin network was created in 2014 at the request of the Ministers of Agriculture of the 13 CIHEAM member countries, against the background of the world food crises in 2008-2009, then 2011.

MED-Amin is a network for monitoring agricultural markets and food systems that contributes to Pillar 4 “Crises and resilience” of CAPMED 2025. It focuses in particular on five cereals (soft wheat and durum wheat, barley, maize and rice) which are essential to the food security in the Mediterranean.

MED-Amin aims to limit the excessive volatility of food prices by encouraging the transparency of international markets for basic agricultural products.

The network thus encourages the coordination of national market policies.

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Healthy Food Africa

[May 2020 – November 2024]

Improving nutrition in Africa by strengthening the diversity, sustainability, resilience and connectivity of food systems

HealthyFoodAfrica is an EU-funded research & innovation action aiming at sustainable, equitable and resilient food systems in African cities. The project is a collaborative effort by 17 partners in both Europe and Africa.

The overall goal of HealthyFoodAfrica is to make food systems in 10 African cities in six countries across three African macro-regions more sustainable, equitable and resilient by reconnecting food production and food consumption in effective ways.

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Objectives

Improving access to nutritious food is a systemic challenge. African agri-food systems are facing numerous challenges related to climate change, rapid population growth and urbanization. Both food production and consumption patterns must change in order to provide access to nutritious food while counteracting social inequality, environmental degradation, food loss and inadequate waste management.

Activities

17 European and African partners work in close collaboration to improve nutrition in Africa by strengthening the diversity, sustainability, resilience and connectivity of food systems.

The work in HealthyFoodAfrica is localized in ten African cities, the so-called Food System Labs (FSL). Cross cutting work is undertaken in nine work packages.

Expected results and impact

HealthyFoodAfrica seeks to create 10 Food System Labs (FSLs) in 10 cities and 6 countries in Eastern, Western and Southern Africa. Each FSL will bring together local stakeholders – farmers, entrepreneurs, businesses, and policymakers. With the support of the partners, labs will tackle particular locally relevant food system challenges, from consumer awareness to sustainable production, local food diversity, improved post-harvest technologies and food safety.
The Food System Labs aim to link local producers and consumers, diversify the product selection, and bolster local supply chains to create a more sustainable production system and promote more healthy and equitable diets. The Food System Labs are supported by researchers and practitioners from Europe and Africa, who will also enhance and facilitate the learning processes within each lab and across them.
The participatory, multi-actor approach will ensure food system transformation not only in the ten Food System Lab cities but also in wider terms: the local solutions developed and piloted in the Food System Labs will be shared and disseminated to allow their adaptation to other countries and circumstances as well.
“Only through linking the diverse expertise and knowledge this type of consortium includes, there is potential to develop tools for actual transformation. Both local knowledge and new technology are necessary, but the key to achieving sustainable change is in combining these to respond to context-specific challenges” summarizes HealthyFoodAfrica Project Coordinator, Senior Scientist Mila Sell from the Natural Resources Institute Finland.