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Strength2Food

Strengthening European Food Chain Sustainability by Quality and Procurement Policy

Coordinator	BARILLA G. E R. FRATELLI SPA ; CONSORZIO DEL FORMAGGIO PARMIGIANO-REGGIANO ; Kasetsart University ; CENTRE DE RECERCA EN ECONOMIA I DESENVOLUPAMENT AGROALIMENTARI-UPC-IRTA ; Wageningen University ; University of Milan ; ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS ; EKONOMSKI FAKULTET, UNIVERZITET U BEOGRADU ; French National Institute for Agricultural Research ; Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn ; SZKOLA GLOWNA GOSPODARSTWA WIEJSKIEGO ; European Food Information Council ; Edinburgh Napier University ; EUROPEAN TRAINING ACADEMY ; KONZUM,TRGOVINA NA VELIKO I MALO DD ; FOOD NATION CIC ; CONFEDERAZIONE NAZIONALE COLDIRETTI ; IMPACT MEASUREMENT LIMITED ; TRUONG DAI HOC KINH TE THANH PHO HO CHI MINH ; GLOWNY INSPEKTORAT JAKOSCI HANDLOWEJ ARTYKULOW ROLNO-SPOZYWCZYCH ; BALKANSKA BEZBEDNOSNA MREZA UDRUZENJE ; OSLOMET - STORBYUNIVERSITETET ; ECO-SENSUS KUTATO, OKTATO ES KOMMUNIKACIOS NON PROFIT KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG ; FILIPOVIC MALADA IVANA ; MUNICIPALITY OF ARILJE ; CONSIGLIO PER LA RICERCA IN AGRICOLTURA E L'ANALISI DELL'ECONOMIA AGRARIA ; ECOZEPT GBR ; UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ; MINISTARSTVO PROSVETE, NAUKE I TEHNOLOSKOG RAZVOJA ; University of Zagreb ; University of Parma
Grant period	2016-03-01 - 2021-05-31
Funding body	European Union
Call number	H2020-SFS-2015-2
Grant number	678024
Identifier	G:(EU-Grant)678024

Note: Strength2Food is a 5-year, €6.9 million project to improve the effectiveness of EU food quality schemes (FQS), public sector food procurement (PSFP) and to stimulate Short Food Supply Chains (SFSC) through research, innovation and demonstration activities. Our 30-partner consortium representing 11 EU and 4 non-EU countries combines leading academic, communication, SME and stakeholder organisations to ensure a multi-actor approach. It will undertake case study-based quantitative research to measure economic, environmental and social impacts of FQS, PSFP and SFSC. The impact of PSFP policies on balanced nutrition in schools will also be assessed. Primary research will be complemented by advanced econometric analysis of existing datasets to determine impacts of FQS and SFSC participation on farm performance and survival, as well as understand price transmission and trade patterns. Consumer knowledge, confidence in, valuation and use of FQS labels and products will be assessed via cross-national survey, ethnographic and virtual supermarket-based research. Lessons from the research will be applied and verified in 6 pilot initiatives, focusing on less-developed and transition regions. These initiatives bring together academic and non-academic stakeholder partners in action research. The six pilot actions are: a school meals initiative to improve the nutritional outcomes and economic benefits for local agri-food producers; in-store trials (undertaken with a grocery retailer) to upscale sales of local produce; a scheme to stimulate a sustainable SFSC that adds value to the fishing community; and pilot actions to expand regional food labelling; increase sales of FQS products in non-traditional markers; and improve returns to local producers at food fairs and farmers’ markets (via a smartphone app). Project impact will be maximised through a knowledge exchange platform, hybrid forums, school educational resources, a Massive Open Online Course and practitioner recommendations.

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