This report provides information on existing policies and strategies linked to food and nutrition security and on public R&I funding at national and regional level related to food systems and their alignment to the Food2030.

... published by the EC FOOD 2030 Independent Expert Group (April 2018):

The CORDIS Results Pack focuses on new approaches contributing solutions to tackling the four FOOD 2030 priorities by showcasing 13 ambitious cutting-edge EU research projects funded under the EU’s FP7 and Horizon 2020 research programmes relevant to food system transformation.

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Food 2030 - an EU research and innovation policy response to the recent international policy developments including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and agreement of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21).

Food 2030 is built on key Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) Priorities:

• NUTRITION for sustainable and healthy diets: Ensuring that nutritious food and water is available, accessible and affordable for all. It involves reducing hunger and malnutrition, ensuring high levels of food safety and traceability, reducing the incidence of non-communicable diet-related diseases, and helping all citizens and consumers adopt sustainable and healthy diets for good health and wellbeing. 
• CLIMATE smart and environmentally sustainable food systems: Building climate smart food systems adaptive to climate change, conserving natural resources and contributing to climate change mitigation. It seeks to support healthy, productive and biodiverse ecosystems. Ensuring diversity in food systems (including production, processing, distribution and logistics) including in terms of cultural and environmental diversity. Natural resources (water, soil, land and sea) are used sustainably within the planetary boundaries and available to future generations.
• CIRCULARITY and resource efficiency of food systems: Implementing resource-efficient circular economy principles across the whole food system while reducing its environmental footprint. Circularity is applied for sustainable and resource-efficient food systems and food losses and waste are minimized throughout.
• INNOVATION and empowerment of communities: Boosting innovation and investment, while empowering communities. A broad innovation ecosystem leading to new business models and value-added products, goods and services, meeting the needs, values and expectations of society in a responsible and ethical way. More and better jobs across the EU, fostering thriving urban, rural and coastal economies and communities. Through closer partnerships with industry and food producers, markets that function in a responsible manner thereby fostering fair trade and pricing, inclusiveness and sustainability. Scientific evidence and knowledge from a wide diversity of actors underpinning the development and implementation of FNS relevant policies, at all geographical scales (local to global).

2015 World Expo in Milan

Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation announced his intention to launch a Food Research Area by World Food Day 2016, presenting a single thematic R&I narrative built on a number of the above mentioned priorities on FNS.

• See Youtube video: Message by Carlos Moedas on the occasion of the Milano Expo 2015

2016 High Level Conference of the European Commission

A conference “FOOD 2030: Research and Innovation for tomorrows' nutrition and food systems” took place in Brussels on 12-13 October 2016. The outcome from this meeting was a document setting out how EU R&I policy contributes to the major global challenge of ensuring FNS. This document is a first step in the further development of a more coherent approach to European R&I which aims at mobilising resources and stakeholders to set out aligned R&I agendas in response to recent international political drivers such as the Sustainable Development Goals and the COP 21 climate commitments. It also aims to respond to  the current EU political priorities of growth, jobs and investments, an energy union for a low-carbon, secure and competitive economy, the digital single market, a more democratic Union, Europe as a stronger global actor and the circular economy package. 

• Download: food2030_conference_background 

2017 Conference "Harnessing Research and Innovation for FOOD 2030: A science policy dialogue" 

On World Food Day this conference was held in Brussels. The objective was to both disseminate successful European R&I initiatives and to contribute to the ongoing FNS science-policy debate. The stakeholders had the possibility to discuss and assess the current state of European research innovation and investment in this area, and to explore future needs. The conference highlighted successful European R&I outcomes relevant to FNS and provided inspiration for further development of priorities which will play a key role in achieving the objectives of FOOD 2030. 

• Download: Outcome report of the conference "Harnessing Research and Innovation for FOOD 2030: A science policy dialogue", Brussels - 16 October 2017 

2018 High Level Event "Research & Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security – Transforming our food systems" by the Bulgarian Presidency 

The High Level Event "Research & Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security – Transforming our food systems“ will take place from 14-15 June 2018 at the Agricultural University in Plovdiv under the auspices of the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU. 

• More about: http://food2030plovdiv.eu/

2018 "Food 2030: Towards sustainable agri-food systems"

The University of Hohenheim aims at promoting an extensive exchange between experts and professionals representing science, civil society, public and the private sector. The aim to reach food security for all requires great interdisciplinary efforts from the agricultural, food and natural sciences to the social sciences, economics and humanities, as well as knowledge co-creation with other stakeholders. The congress’ aim is to raise awareness and openly discuss the European policy process of FOOD 2030 at the national level. Please note that this event is not organized by the European Commission.

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Further info available at:

• http://ec.europa.eu/research/bioeconomy/index.cfm?pg=policy&lib=food2030

• http://ec.europa.eu/research/conferences/2016/food2030

• http://ec.europa.eu/research/conferences/2017/food2030 

The Congress FOOD 2030: Towards sustainable agri-food systems will be held on 5-6 September 2018, as one of the major events to mark the 200th anniversary of the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart. It will bring together experts, researchers and stakeholders from various disciplines with diverse experiences related to food systems. 

It wants to contribute to solutions to the urgent challenges of the Agenda 2030, i.e. to end hunger, achieve food and nutrition security, and promote sustainable agriculture as formulated in the Sustainable Development Goal #2. Interconnected pressures from natural resource scarcity, climate change and population growth, systems of production and consumption in Europe and globally need fundamental changes. The call for concerted action and meaningful partnerships to address these challenges is greater than ever before. 


The international and interdisciplinary meeting will foster discussions on innovative pathways for future food systems that are healthy, food secure, resilient and sustainable. It will also network researchers, policy makers, civil society and the private sector to facilitate exchanges and interactions in light of the upcoming 9th framework program for research of the EU. 

It will focus on the following questions:

• What are new insights from current research projects?
• What are new research questions and approaches to transforming agri-food systems?
• What expectations do representatives from civil society, public and private sectors have with regard to scientific research and sustainable agri-food systems

The Congress is organized by various institutions at the University of Hohenheim:

• Research Center for Global Food Security and Ecosystems (GFE)
  
  
• Research Center for Health Sciences (FZG)
  
  
• Food Security Center (FSC)
  
  
• Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute for Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics
  
  
• Coordination Office Bioeconomy Research Program Baden-Württemberg

In 2018, the University of Hohenheim, founded on 20 November 1818, celebrates its 200th anniversary. Members, students, staff and alumni as well as friends, patrons and guests from all over the world are invited to take part in the various festivities organized through-out the year including approximately 150 on-site events featuring the cultural aspects of campus life as well as the University`s research focus on nutrition and health, food security and ecosystems and bioeconomy.

The Congress FOOD 2030: Towards sustainable agri-food systems is one of the key events of our 200th anniversary and we would like to warmly welcome you to participate.

• Further information as to the 200th anniversary of the University of Hohenheim is available here