Africa Platform

HealthyDiets4Africa

Website
https://hd4a.eu/
Date
January 2023 to December 2028
Countries
Benin
Cameroon
Ghana
Côte d'Ivoire
Kenya
Liberia
Nigeria
Uganda
Category
Agriculture & Biodiversity
Members
Dominique Van Der Straeten
Keywords
food system analysis
malnutrition
food chain
diversification
Institutions
Africa Rice Center (Senegal)
University of Dschang (Cameroon)
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (Nigeria)
Kenyatta University (Kenya)
Research fields
Agriculture and Food Sciences

HealthyDiets4Africa, a transdisciplinary and translational research project, aims to harness the potential of food systems diversification to address malnutrition and improve food and nutrition security. Our central hypothesis is that diversifying different elements of the food chain will improve nutritional health and reduce malnutrition in Africa, while bringing economic and environmental benefits. Our overall goal is therefore to build diversified food systems in eight African countries: Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Uganda.

In line with the objectives of the EU Green Deal and the global elements of the EU Farm-to-Fork Strategy, HealthyDiets4Africa aims to contribute to the transformation of food systems in Africa through diversification to make them more resilient, sustainable, and climate-friendly, while improving the supply of safe, nutritious, and affordable food to combat malnutrition. The HealthyDiets4Africa project covers the entire scope of the call HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-13.