This funding call is aimed at creating greater, combined impact from our portfolio of investments by targeting improvements in certain points of the food system. Your proposal should address one or more of the following challenges:
Regenerative Agriculture:
- De-risk transition to Regenerative Agriculture for farmers, incl. carbon farming and carbon pricing
- Enable & incentivise reductions in Scope 3 emissions
- Reduce food loss
- Reduce occurrence and risks in water scarcity/management
- Reduce cost of Regenerative Agriculture transition to business and consumers
- Demonstrate improvement in Soil Health & Biodiversity
Protein Diversification:
- Collaborative reformulation, involving primary producers, processors, retailers & “out-ofhome” business.
- Increased availability of affordable, nutritious, sustainable food products targeting NCD risks in key markets & demographics
- Improved production and manufacturing processes to reduce environmental impacts
- Adoption of new business models enabled through Protein Diversification
- Education and awareness programmes on the benefits of a diverse protein diet
Labelling, Packaging & Transparency:
- Digitally enabled, communication of food product integrity & supply chain to consumers
- Digital tools along value chains to reduce cost & complexity in producing standardised scorebased food labels
- Increased uptake of affordable, nutritious, sustainable food products targeting NCD risks in key markets & demographics
- Improved manufacturing processes to supply more food products building economic value from food waste and side streams
- Inform and increase consumer demand for circular economy benefits from food choices
This call for proposal has many deadlines, as following:
- 16th November 2023
- 14th March 2024
- 11th July 2024
- 14th November 2024
- 13th March 2025
- 10th July 2025
- 13th November 2025