GlobE – Global Food Security

an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in cooperation with the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

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Dr. Frank Jansen PtJ – Projektträger Jülich, BIO6 Agrarforschung und Ernährung

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OBJECTIVES OF FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

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National Research Strategy „BioEconomy 2030“

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› November 2010 started by the German Government

› Aim is the TRANSFORMATION from an oil – based industry and society to a biomass – based industry and society

› Five key challenges were selected as a starting point

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BMBF funding initiative – within the National Research Strategy „Bioeconomy 2030“

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› securing global nutrition

› ensuring sustainable agricultural production

› producing healthy and safe foods

› using renewable resources for industry

› developing biomass-based energy

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Central aims of „GlobE – Global food security“

› Participatory design of German-African research networks which focus on the food system

› Identifying and solving central problems related to the overarching food system in Africa, involving researchers and institutions of the target region through collaborative research projects

› Developing regionally adapted research solutions based on a solid situation analysis of the target region in question

› Supporting and further developing research capacities in Germany and in the African partner countries

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GlobE - Topics to transform the idea into a systemic approach – „Food System“

Topics that should be adressed› agricultural production / nutrition / health› soil / water / material flows and cycles› reducing of losses along the value chain› rural and gender-specific structures / location-specific solutions

Topics that could be adressed› plants / plant breeding› biomass / bioenergy› animals in the system

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STRATEGY

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The funding strategy for GlobE

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15 project ideas were funded

completed

6 months 3+2 years

Funding Period IIFunding Period I

6 consortia were selected out of 15

Evaluation after 3 years with an option for further 2 years

Start of joint projects from May to July of 2013

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The funding strategy for GlobE

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BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research)

PT - Jülich

African Partner- Universities- Research

Centers- Companies- etc.

German Partner- Universities- Research

Centers- Companies- etc.

iARC- CGIAR- IFPRI- icipe- AVRDC

BMZ (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation

and Development)

GIZ (Gesellschaft für Internationale

Zusammenarbeit)

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6 Joint Projects

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› “Trans-SEC” - Innovating pro-poor Strategies to safeguard Food Security using Technology and Knowledge Transfer (Tanzania)

› „Wetlands“ - Wetlands in East Africa: reconciling future food production with environmental protection (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania)

› „HORTINLEA“ - Horticultural Innovations and Learning for Improved Nutrition And Livelihood in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia)

› „RELOAD“ - Reduction of Post Harvest Losses and Value Addition in East African Food Value Chains (Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya)

› "BiomassWeb“ - Improving Food Security in Africa through Increased System Productivity of Biomass-based Webs (Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia)

› “UrbanFoodPlus” - African-German partnership to enhance resource use efficiency in urban and peri-urban agriculture for improved food security in West African cities (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Cameroon)

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Regional focus of the „GlobE“ projects

› Tanzania› Kenya› Uganda › Rwanda› Ethiopia› Ghana› Nigeria› Burkina Faso › Mali › Cameroon

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Planend Event 16-18 March 2014

› „Africadays“ of the BMBF› Possibilty to network with researchers in other initiatives, that are

funded by the BMBF› GlobE – Global food security (funded by BMBF, Ref. 617)› Climatecenters SASCAL / WASCAL (funded by BMBF, Ref. 723)› Healthcenters (funded by BMBF, Ref. 615)› Cooperation with developing- and emerging nations, Africa and the Middle

east (funded by BMBF, Ref. 212)› Social sciences (funded by BMBF, Ref. 425)

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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