InNuSens
Inclusive nutrition-sensitive value chains in Kenya and Uganda – Upgrading strategies for underutilised horticultural crops
Work packages:
Module 1: Interdisciplinary Research
Module 2: Capacity building
Project Brief:
The project contributes to developing food production and supply systems of underutilised horticultural crops in nutrition-sensitive horticultural value chains in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, particularly regarding innovation systems, food product development post-harvest management, processing, logistics and IT. The project builds individual, organisational, and institutional capacities for problem-oriented transdisciplinary (TD) research and education activities at PhD and postgraduate levels.
Module 1 will combine the interdisciplinary research of four PhD candidates and an external African ICT business partner and carry out research on (1) the analysis of innovation systems, (2) food product development and adaptation, (3), nutrition-sensitive post-harvest quality management and supply chain management, and (4) sustainable logistics and transport systems.
Module 2 develops a support structure for inter-and transdisciplinary problem-oriented research and education activities at partner universities and beyond. Module 2 further serves as a platform for experimentation and reflection on approaches increasing the orientation of research and education towards regional challenges within the food sector, in particular in nutrition-sensitive value chains.
Project Duration:
Module 1: 2021 – 2025
Module 2: 01.01.2021 – 31.12.2024
Partners: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Egerton University (EU), Makerere University (MAK), The National Institute of Transport (NIT, Tanzania)
Funding:
Module 1: German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Module 2: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Funding program/call:
Partnerships for sustainable solutions with Sub-Saharan Africa– measures for research and integrated postgraduate education and further training
Grant number:
Module 1: 01DG21021 (BMBF/ DLR)
Module 2: 57558015 (BMBF/ DAAD)
Contact:
Module 1: Prof. Dr. Dagmar Mithöfer (dagmar.mithoefer@hu-berlin.de)
Module 2: Prof. Dr. Susanne Huyskens-Keil (susanne.huyskens@hu-berlin.de)
Coordination: Dr. Thomas Aenis (thomas.aenis@agrar.hu-berlin.de)
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