FS4Africa Open Call 2: An Overview of the Response and Key Trends

The FS4Africa Open Call 2 attracted 276 proposals, demonstrating strong interest from Innovation Hubs and innovation-support organisations in contributing to safer food systems across Africa. The submissions show a broad geographical reach, with applicants from at least 50 countries across Africa and beyond. The largest number of proposals originated from

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FoodSafety4Africa and ITC representatives at the AGRA 2026 Business Forum in Gornja Radgona, Slovenia, discussing food safety innovation and sustainable agrifood systems.

FS4Africa at AGRA 2026: Connecting Innovation with Real-World Food Safety Needs

On 26 August 2026, FoodSafety4Africa was represented at the International Agriculture and Food Fair AGRA 2026 by consortium partner ITC – Innovation Technology Cluster, contributing the project’s perspective to discussions around food safety, innovation and sustainable transformation in agrifood systems. ITC’s participation provided an opportunity to highlight an important principle behind

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Strengthening Food Safety Networks: EU Ambassador to Nigeria Visits IITA

On June 15th, 2026, the EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, H.E. Gautier MIGNOT, alongside Prof. Leila Ben Amor Mathieu, paid a visit to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) premises. The FS4Africa project coordinator, Dr. Titilayo Falade, together with members of the team, welcomed the Ambassador and had

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FS4AFRICA joins World Food Safety Day Symposium 2026

Every year on 7 June, the world observes World Food Safety Day, a global platform established by the United Nations to raise awareness of foodborne risks and inspire action to prevent, detect, and manage them. To mark this occasion, EU-funded research projects on food systems will convene a virtual symposium on

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FS4Africa at 2026 StEPPFoS Virtual Knowledge Forum on Sustainable Food Systems

The StEPPFOS project hosted its Virtual Knowledge Forum on Sustainable Food Systems from 20th to 22nd of May 2026, aiming to bridge the gap between research evidence and policy implementation across Africa’s agrifood systems. Under the theme “Linking Evidence, Policy, and Action,” the online forum convened policymakers, researchers, development partners,

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FS4Africa strengthens food safety in Kenya through informal sector engagement

The FS4Africa project continues to make significant contribution to improving food safety standards within Kenya’s informal sector. Through a series of targeted training sessions and high-level engagements held in Homa Bay Central and Ndhiwa Constituencies respectively the project is empowering local actors to mitigate food risks effectively. Homa Bay was

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Capacity Building in Nigeria: Building farmer capacity on Aflatoxin control

The FoodSafety4Africa project, in collaboration with the FCI4Africa project, delivered a capacity development training in Moniya Community, Oyo State, Nigeria, for members of FitCrown Agro Technical Enterprise, a farmers’ cooperative network. The training, which took place on 31 January 2026, aimed to strengthen participants’ understanding of aflatoxin mitigation while improving

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