The development of a timely and robust tool to analyze relations that link crop and livestock diversity and income to nutrition in poor rural areas in Sub-Saharan Africa

Project Information

AGRINUTS

Grant agreement ID: 221478

Project closed

Start date 1 April 2008

End date 31 March 2011

Funded under

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Total cost € 216 121,65

EU contribution € 216 121,65

Coordinated by

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Belgium

Objective

Undernutrition is a worldwide problem. Advances in agricultural technologies have enormously increased food production worldwide, however, still 854 million of people remain chronically underfed. Addressing the links between agriculture and nutrition is crucial to translate agricultural successes into nutrition outcomes. The project will develop a practical and timely tool to carry out in-depth assessment studies of the relations that link crop and livestock diversity and income to nutrition in poor rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. This tool will be developed by integrating a multidisciplinary data set of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) and related literature into a simulation model. The MVP dataset allows exploration of many factors that affect the relationships between crop and livestock diversity, income and nutrition. Using this model the hypotheses that crop and livestock diversity and income increase enhance nutrition will be evaluated and factors that affect these relations will be identified. In-situ collection of additional data as well as the use of the extensive dataset and scientific findings of the Consortium of Improving Agriculture based Livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA) will significantly strengthen the robustness of the model. During this project, a highly qualified scientist with strong research experience as bioengineer and PhD scholar in tropical agriculture will be trained by two excellent hosts to cross scientific disciplines within society-oriented research. The combination of the candidate and this project offers an opportunity to provide a cross-disciplinary trained highly qualified scientist in the domain of rural development. With the European Union as biggest provider of developmental aid worldwide, this project will strengthen the EU utilization and management of developmental funds through providing strong supporting research.

Fields of science

• medical and health sciences › health sciences › nutrition

Keywords

• Agricultural economics
• Crop and livestock diversity
• Developmental economics
• Nutrition
• Rural development

Programme(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Topic(s)

• PEOPLE-2007-4-1.IOF - Marie Curie Action: "International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development"

Call for proposal

FP7-PEOPLE-2007-4-1-IOF
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Funding Scheme

MC-IOF - International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF)

Coordinator

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

Administrative Contact

Stijn Delauré (Dr.)

• EU contribution: € 216 121,65
• Address: OUDE MARKT 13 ; 3000 Leuven ; Belgium
• Region: Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Vlaams-Brabant › Arr. Leuven
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data