Scoping Projects for Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnerships: UK-Brazil-Africa

Up to £30k per project is available for exploratory Scoping Projects to build trilateral networks between the UK, Brazil and Africa (Ghana and Nigeria) for climate-smart agriculture for sustainable food production systems.

Opportunity Details

When

Registration Opens

19/08/2024 00:00

Registration Closes

02/10/2024 11:00

Award

UK academic institutions or research and technology organisations (RTOs) can apply for up to £30,000 to deliver a Scoping Project to build trilateral networks between innovators and stakeholders in the UK, Brazil and Africa (Ghana and Nigeria).

Organisation

Innovate UK

Innovate UK Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnership: UK-Brazil-Africa brings together innovative people and organisations to promote climate-smart agriculture in Africa.

This pilot programme will build collaborations and enable knowledge sharing between the UK, Brazil and Africa (Ghana and Nigeria) to develop technologies and practices that promote climate-smart agriculture in Ghana and Nigeria.

In the first competition of this programme up to £300,000 of total funding (up to £30,000 per project) is available for exploratory Scoping Projects.

Scoping Projects will build trilateral networks between the UK, Brazil and Africa (Ghana and Nigeria) and identify opportunities for collaboration and knowledge sharing to promote climate-smart agriculture for sustainable food production systems in Ghana and Nigeria.

The trilateral partnerships identified in Scoping Projects will accelerate the development, adoption and scaling of technologies and practices that promote climate-smart agriculture for sustainable food production systems in Ghana and Nigeria.

This Scoping Projects competition is the first activity of Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnership: UK-Brazil-Africa, which will offer future opportunities for innovation projects in 2025 and beyond.

These three-month long projects will start on 1 December 2024.

Projects must finish by 28 February 2025.

What is a Scoping Project?

The trilateral partnerships identified in Scoping Projects will accelerate the development, testing, adoption and scaling of technologies and practices that promote climate-smart agriculture for sustainable food production systems in Ghana and Nigeria.

Each Scoping Project will focus on a specific topic area identified as a priority for international collaboration.

There will be two core outputs of each Scoping Project:

  1. A public facing report to:
    • identify and outline challenges, barriers and technology gaps associated with a specific topic area in both Ghana and Nigeria
    • explore and assess the relevant research, innovations, technologies and practices in the UK, Brazil, Ghana and Nigeria to identify expertise and knowledge in the specific topic area
    • identify opportunities to collaboratively transfer, develop, commercialise, adopt and scale-out technologies and practices to promote climate-smart agriculture in Ghana and Nigeria.
  2. Networking activities to:
    • build a diverse network of stakeholders across the UK, Brazil and Ghana and Nigeria to develop productive research and innovation partnerships and relationships
    • facilitate the development of consortia for future collaborative projects.

Who can apply for a Scoping Project?

To lead a project your organisation must be a UK-based academic institution or research and technology organisation (RTO): see here for a list of eligible RTOs.

Projects can have a maximum of two partners (the lead and a partner organisation). Partner organisations must be a UK-based academic institution or research and technology organisation (RTO).

Further Information

Download the Scoping Projects for Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnerships: UK- Brazil-Africa Competition Brief

Set up a 1-1 call to discuss your idea or ask any questions

Email any questions to: agripartnership@iuk.ktn-uk.org

How to apply

Please read the privacy notice before applying.

Apply for a Scoping Project on Good Grants using the button below.

Applications must be submitted by 11am BST on the 2 October 2024.

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