FS4Africa’s Vision
FS4Africa applies newly developed innovative approaches, convergence strategies and stable partnerships to promote food safety. Against this background the overall objective of FS4Africa is to improve African food safety systems – with particular attention to the informal sector – through local market transformation enhancing food security and regional trade while reducing negative impacts on the environment, biodiversity, health, and society.
Gain a better understanding of the role of food safety by analyzing the enabling environment, local value chains and use cases generating data and evidence on trade actors in the informal sector
to assess data related to food safety hazard
Develop governmental policies, business concepts and tools that transform local markets to improve food safety in the informal sector and possible integration into the formal food system
the effectiveness of the mezzanine approach
Co-develop and co-create solutions and business cases in multi-actor-based approaches for food safety
participating in the use cases
Incubate, accelerate and upscale solutions through a network of Innovation Hubs involving and training local SMEs, start-ups and entrepreneurs in view of lower cost for certification and conformity assessment
in the use cases and open call projects
in the incubation and acceleration activities
Assess the impact of food safety solutions, reducing their risks, on food security, circularity, sustainability and biodiversity
and the recommended mitigation measures
Embed the food safety solutions in strategic agendas for policy making and research by engagement with stakeholder and society
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