SUNRAY
Sustainable Nutrition Research for Africa in the Years to come
| Coordinatore | PRINS LEOPOLD INSTITUUT VOOR TROPISCHE GENEESKUNDE
Organization address
address: Nationalestraat 155 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Belgium [BE] |
| Sito del progetto | http://sunrayafrica.co.za |
| Totale costo | 1˙088˙201 € |
| EC contributo | 968˙463 € |
| Programma | FP7-KBBE
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology |
| Code Call | FP7-AFRICA-2010 |
| Funding Scheme | CSA-SA |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-01-01 - 2012-12-31 |
Partecipanti
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
PRINS LEOPOLD INSTITUUT VOOR TROPISCHE GENEESKUNDE
Organization address
address: Nationalestraat 155 contact info |
BE (ANTWERPEN) | coordinator | 226˙426.34 |
| 2 |
NOORDWES-UNIVERSITEIT
Organization address
address: HOFFMAN STREET 11 contact info |
ZA (POTCHEFSTROOM) | participant | 159˙739.64 |
| 3 |
FUNDACIO INTERMON OXFAM
Organization address
address: CALLE ROGER DE LLURIA 15 contact info |
ES (BARCELONA) | participant | 130˙268.16 |
| 4 |
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Organization address
address: Sokoine University of Agriculture contact info |
TZ (Morogoro) | participant | 117˙017.21 |
| 5 |
UNIVERSITE D ABOMEY CALAVI UAC
Organization address
address: CAMPUS UNIVERSITAIRES D ABOMEY contact info |
BJ (ABOMEY CALAVI) | participant | 116˙892.96 |
| 6 |
MAKERERE UNIVERSITY
Organization address
address: Main Campus contact info |
UG (KAMPALA) | participant | 60˙959.26 |
| 7 |
WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY
Organization address
address: DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4 contact info |
NL (WAGENINGEN) | participant | 46˙989.00 |
| 8 |
INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT
Organization address
address: Boulevard de Dunkerque - CS 90009 44 contact info |
FR (MARSEILLE) | participant | 38˙765.10 |
| 9 |
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE STIFTELSE*IFS
Organization address
address: KARLAVAGEN 108 FIFTH FLOOR 108 contact info |
SE (STOCKHOLM) | participant | 37˙062.83 |
| 10 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
Organization address
address: FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK contact info |
UK (SHEFFIELD) | participant | 34˙342.50 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'This is a critical time for nutrition. Malnutrition rates remain high, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where only nine out of 46 countries are on track to achieve the first Millennium Development Goal target of a 50% reduction in underweight prevalence among children under five years. Despite the huge cost of malnutrition, investment in the nutrition sector has been insufficient. There has been a renewed interest in nutrition recently, however, and it is a potentially opportune moment for investing in nutrition research.
The SUNRAY (Sustainable Nutrition Research for Africa in the Years to come) project will produce a new, sustainable nutrition research agenda for sub-Saharan Africa based on five concepts. 1) Future landscape: Emergence of new nutritional challenges due to changes in the environmental landscape. 2) Sustainable and broad-based solutions: Integration of nutrition research within other sectors to ensure sustainable solutions. 3) African centre of gravity: Identification of research opportunities and constraints by African institutions. 4) Broad stakeholder involvement: Strengthening of the link between research and action. 5) Political engagement: Engagement of policy-makers to ensure political buy-in and subsequent action.
SUNRAY has seven work packages: WP1 optimises communication and coordination within the Consortium. WP2 maps current nutrition research activities in sub-Saharan Africa, and examines the operating environment. WP3 analyses the views of stakeholders. WP4 examines the impact of environmental changes on nutrition. WP5 builds consensus on research priorities through workshops in three African regions. WP6 develops a strategic framework for future research in the form of a roadmap. WP7 disseminates project outputs. The SUNRAY Consortium has four African and five European institutions and an Advisory Group of six external experts with complementary expertise. The total budget of 968,463 Euros is for a period of 18 months'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Unlike in other regions of the world, the nutritional status of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has not improved in recent years. It is therefore essential to organise and identify priorities for nutrition research in the region.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
The EU-funded 'Sustainable nutrition research for Africa in the years to come' (SUNRAY) project contributed to this area of investigation by producing a nutrition research agenda and a revised approach for action within the continent.
Initially, a state-of-the-art analysis of nutrition research in Africa was conducted. Published research showed that the evidence base is generally focused on treatment and technical solutions to nutritional problems. http://www.sunrayafrica.co.za (SUNRAY) findings, in contrast, showed a clear demand from African stakeholders to introduce community-based interventions to prevent nutritional problems.
During the project, African nutrition researchers and government staff participated in three regional workshops to define themed priority areas for nutrition research. The findings were further developed during an international consultation round. These discussions addressed three areas: identifying emerging environmental challenges and their implications for nutrition, assessing current research in Africa, and setting priorities for future research. One clear finding here was that a systematic approach is needed to rationalise nutrition research in SSA on a long-term basis.
Main project outcomes were a selection of priorities for nutrition research in Africa and a roadmap, defined in collaboration with African stakeholders. This knowledge was summarised in an academic paper and disseminated to relevant parties.
The scope and objective of SUNRAY clearly has important implications for ways in which African researchers can address current challenges related to nutrition in Africa. In addition, the project will contribute to developing mitigation strategies for the impact of environmental challenges on nutrition in the continent.
This will not only create awareness, but also contribute to the empowerment of African researchers to develop an African response to current and emerging challenges.