The main focus of the webinar is to help inform UK participants of the needs of African partners in the area covered, and African partners of the capabilities of UK partners, to aid consortia building. The webinar provides an overview of the Agri-Tech Catalyst funding programme, and then cover specific issues affecting Food Systems and Nutrition in Africa. Agri-Tech Catalyst Funding Scheme: Within Round 9 of the Agri-Tech Catalyst Competition, up to £5 million of funding will be available from the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) for early-stage feasibility studies, mid stage industrial research and late-stage experimental development. Projects must work on agri-tech and food chain innovations with partners in eligible African countries. Up to £5 million of funding is available from the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). This is for projects working on agri-tech and food chain innovations with partners in eligible African countries. The aim of this competition is to increase the pace of innovation in the development of agricultural and food systems in Africa. Your project must result in more use of innovations by farmers and food systems organisations such as manufacturers, processors, retailers, distributors and wholesalers. Find out more about this webinar: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/news/agri-tech-catalyst-funding-to-support-agricultural-and-food-systems-innovation-in-africa-round-9

1. Agri-Tech Catalyst Round 9 – Food
Production Webinar
The webinar will begin at 14.30pm (UK time).
Please note:
• All delegates have been muted for the webinar duration.
If you wish to ask a question please do so via the Q&A
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• The webinar will be recorded
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2. Agri-Tech Catalyst Round 9
Agriculture and food systems innovation: Food Systems and Nutrition
Wednesday 6th November 2019 14.30-16.00pm

3. Agenda
14:30 Introduction from the Knowledge Transfer Network
14:35 Introduction/Overview of the Catalyst from Innovate UK and DFID
15:00 Project case study – Duncan Barker on behalf of Sandy Thomas,
Glopan
15:20 Question and answer session
15:30 Consortia building session where participants can post messages
detailing their capabilities offered/required and make connections,
introduced by KTN
16.00 Close

4. The Knowledge Transfer Network
What we do
KTN is the UK’s innovation network. It brings together businesses,
entrepreneurs, academics and funders to develop new products, processes and
services
We help business to grow the economy and improve people’s lives by capturing
maximum value from innovative ideas, scientific research and creativity
Register for KTN Agri-Food newsletters: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/newsletter

5. Charles Vander Broek – Knowledge Transfer
Network (KTN)
Debbie Tully – Knowledge Transfer Network
(KTN)
David Telford – Knowledge Transfer Network
(KTN)
Kathryn Miller – Innovation Lead, Innovate UK
Duncan Barker – Livelihoods Advisor,
Department for International Development
(DFID)
Welcome

6. Aims of today’s event:
1) Better understand competition objectives, scope and rules
2) Opportunities to develop ideas and partnerships for the competition
- Learn lessons from previously funded projects
- Consortia building session – via linkedin group and meeting mojo
Overall – Help you be successful!
Event overview

7. 1) Questions
Type questions using the “Q&A” box in zoom (NOT the chat box as this is only for technical
issues please).
Please only ask questions relevant to wider audience - we will answer some during the
event.
If your competition question is not addressed or for private questions, please contact:
support@innovateuk.ukri.org
2) Linkedin group
Please feel free to register now for this linkedin group, as we will use it for consortia
building session (weblink also in the joining instructions email you were
sent): https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8766913/
How to participate today

8. 3) Meeting Mojo
Please register via https://agri-webinar.meeting-mojo.com to ensure your profile is
available (you can use your linkedin profile if this saves time).
This tool allows you to connect with partners and facilitates introductions and online
conversations.
Please use the Capabilities Document we issued earlier this week, to identify people you
would like to connect with.
How to participate today cont’d

9. Innovate UK

10. We work with the government
to invest over £7 billion a year
in research and innovation by
partnering with academia and
industry to make the impossible,
possible. Through the UK’s nine
leading academic and industrial
funding councils, we create
knowledge with impact.

11. Innovate UK drives productivity and
growth by supporting businesses to
realise the potential of new technologies,
develop ideas and make them a
commercial success.
Innovate UK
To stay competitive as an advanced
economy, we need to do things that
others cannot do, or to do things in
different and better ways.

12. Competition scope

13. Agri-Tech Strategy
• Launched 22 July 2013
• Aims to improve the translation of research
into practical application for agriculture and
related industries in UK and overseas
• £160M government investment over 5yrs:
• Agri-tech Catalyst (£70m)
• Centres for Agricultural Innovation (£90m) –
Agri-Tech Centres

14. • £10m investment to support competitions including rounds 7 onwards
• £15m additional funding through GCRF from round 8 onwards
Timeline:
₋ Round 9 – 14 October 2019 – 8 January 2020 (this competition)
₋ Round 10 – To be confirmed, provisional open date April 2020
₋ Round 11 – To be confirmed, provisional open date March 2021
Latest funding available

15. DFID and the Agri-Tech
Catalyst

16. - DFID is investing in the Agri-Tech Catalyst to test whether it can increase the pace of
development and scale of uptake of agriculture and food systems innovations in Africa by and
for:
- farmers/livestock keepers; or
- food systems actors (such as manufacturers, processors, retailers, distributors or
wholesalers).
- 75% of the poorest people are rural; depend on agriculture, livestock, forestry and fisheries for
their livelihoods.
- Innovation in developing country agriculture, particularly in Africa is low, and new innovation and
technology is needed to tackle emerging threats such as climate change and pests and diseases.
- To improve nutrition for all in both rural and growing urban areas, we need to make changes not
only in how food is grown and produced, but also how it is processed, transported, marketed and
consumed.
DFID and the Catalyst

17. - Official Development Assistance (ODA) is defined as flows to countries and territories on
the DAC List of ODA Recipients
- Only research directly and primarily relevant to the problems of developing countries may
be counted as ODA
- This includes research into tropical pests, diseases, livestock and crops for developing
country conditions.
- The costs may still be counted as ODA if the research is carried out in a developed
country.
www.oecd.org/investment/stats/34086975.pdf
Official Development
Assistance and Research

18. Official Development
Assistance and Research
- ODA eligibility is a key component of the assessment process.
- Applications must clearly demonstrate that they propose work that will benefit
agriculture and food systems in Africa and how they will deliver this benefit.
- During the lifetime of a project, it may not impact large numbers of people, but
proposals must show how a project will build a pathway to future development
impact.
- There can be benefits to the UK – companies/researchers – but this must be
secondary in nature.
- Activities in the UK must clearly be for challenges in Africa, not for the UK
market.

19. Taken from the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition
Agriculture and Food
Systems
- To improve nutrition for all, we need to make changes in the food we produce, and how it is
processed, transported, marketed and consumed.
- The food environment from
which consumers should be
able to create healthy diets
is influenced by four
domains of economic
activity:
- Agricultural production
- Markets and trade systems
- Consumer purchasing
power
- Food transformation and
consumer demand

20. - Projects must show the potential to deliver impact for poor people through the
uptake of agricultural and food systems technology and innovation
- Scope of the Catalyst includes:
- primary crop and livestock production including aquaculture
- non-food uses of crops, excluding ornamentals
- challenges in downstream food processing, distribution or storage and value
addition
- Improving availability and accessibility of safe, healthy and nutritious foods
- Your project’s innovations must:
- be sustainable in the context of environmental challenges such as climate
change and resource scarcity
- minimise negative effects such as pollution, food losses and waste
Agri-Tech Catalyst Round
9: Scope

21. Areas of interest
Livestock
• genetic improvement for productivity/disease resistance
• development and access to livestock vaccines and medicines
• control of livestock pests and diseases including penside diagnostics
• increasing the value of production to smallholders
Crops
• speeding up the development of new varieties for current and
future conditions.
• reducing post harvest loss on farm and through the value chain
• control of crop pests, weeds and diseases
• increasing the value of production to smallholder
Food Systems
• downstream food processing, distribution or
storage and value addition
• innovation that supports food systems to deliver
nutritious, healthy and safe food
• meeting quality standards and improving
productivity
• addressing food safety issues through the value
chain
• new food technologies and data-driven food
systems, including for urban areas
Cross-cutting issues:
big data, AI, providing information to farmers, integrating smallholders into supply chains

22. To find out more about the Agri-Tech Catalyst, including the competition brief
and Guidance for Applicants documents follow this link: https://apply-for-
innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/449/overview
DFID’s Conceptual Framework on Agriculture:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/
file/472999/Conceptual-Framework-Agriculture2.pdf
Further Information

23. Eligibility Criteria

24. Eligibility Criteria
Project Eligibility
• must be collaborative
• must include a partner from an eligible African country, who can be the
technical lead
• must include a UK-based administrative lead
• must be carried out in the UK or an eligible African country or both
• must include at least one business in the consortium
Project costs
• Early stage feasibility studies: £100,000 to £500,000, 12 to 18 months.
• Mid stage industrial research: £250,000 to £1 million, up to 3 years.
• Late stage experimental development: £150,000 to £800,000, up to 18
months.
Projects must start by 1 July 2020

25. Eligibility Criteria
Early Mid Late
Stage ✔ Feasibility ✔ Industrial ✔ Experimental development
Administrative Lead
✔ Recipient of award
✔ Manage and be accountable for the project’s finances
✔ UK registered business of any size, academic institution, charity, public
sector or research organisation
✔ Recipient of award
✔ Manage and be accountable for
the project’s finances
✔ UK registered business of any
size
Technical Lead
✔ Lead on the development of the
scope and work packages
✔ Can be partner organisation
from any country
✔ Business of any size, academic
institution, charity, public sector
or research organisation
✔ Lead on the development of the
scope and work packages
✔ Can be partner organisation
from any country
✔ Be a business (of any size)
✔ Lead on the development of
the scope and work packages
✔ Business of any size from any
country
✔ Can be administrative lead if a UK organisation

26. ● Kenya
● Lesotho
● Liberia
● Madagascar
● Malawi
● Mali
● Mozambique
● Niger
● Nigeria
● Rwanda
● Sao Tome and Principe
● Senegal
● Sierra Leone
● Somalia
● South Africa
● South Sudan
Eligible Countries
● Angola
● Benin
● Burkina Faso
● Burundi
● Cameroon
● Central African Republic
● Chad
● Congo (Brazzaville)
● Congo, Democratic Republic of
● Côte d'Ivoire
● Eritrea
● Ethiopia
● Gambia, The
● Ghana
● Guinea
● Guinea-Bissau
● Sudan
● Tanzania
● Togo
● Uganda
● Zambia
● Zimbabwe

27. For Early Stage feasibility studies and industrial research awards, you
could get up to:
• 70% of eligible project costs for micro or small business
• 60% for medium-sized business
• 50% for large business
For experimental development projects which are nearer to market, you
could get up to:
• 45% of eligible project costs for micro or small business
• 35% for medium-sized business
• 25% for large business
Grant intervention rates for business

28. • For early-stage feasibility studies and mid stage industrial research
projects the total costs for your research partners must not exceed 50%
of the total project costs
• If your consortium contains more than one research organisation, this
maximum will be shared between them
• For late stage experimental development projects: research base
partners cannot claim funding but can participate as subcontractors.
• Universities can claim 100% (80% of Full Economic Costs)
• Other research organisations can claim 100% of their project costs
• Public Sector Organisation or Charity can claim 100% of their project
costs
Research partner participation rules

29. Key dates
Timeline Dates
Competition Open date 14th October 2019
Briefing and Networking Event - Birmingham 24th October 2019
Online Theme Specific Brokerage Events
6th November 2019
• Crop
• Livestock & Aquaculture
• Food Systems and Nutrition
Online Competition Briefing 30th October 2019
Submission Deadline 8th January 2020 Noon
Applicants informed April 2020
Projects to start July 2020

30. Application Process

31. Search for a funding competition and
review criteria

32. Applicant: create an account
• To create your account:
• UK based businesses - Use
Companies House lookup as it
speeds up our checks by providing
your company number and your are
unable to enter it at a later date
• Research organisations,
academics & Universities - Enter
your information manually so you’re
not listed as a business on IFS and
ensure you receive the correct
funding

33. • Application Team
• Collaborators: Invite organisations who you are working with on the project
• Contributors: Invite colleagues from your own organisation to help you complete
your application
• Application Details
• Title, Timescales, Research Category, Innovation Area & Resubmission (y/n)
• Project Summary
• Short summary and objectives of the project including what is innovative about it
• Public Description
• Description of your project which will be published if you are successful
• Scope
• How does your project align with the scope of this competition?
• If your project is not in scope, it will be ineligible for funding
Project Details

34. Application Questions
Application form
Question 1 Business opportunity
Question 2 Market opportunity
Question 3 Project results
Question 4 Official development assistance (ODA)
Question 5 International development (gender equality) act
Question 6 Technical approach
Question 7 Innovation
Question 8 Risk
Question 9 Project team
Question 10 Financial commitment
Question 11 Added value
Appendix Q6
Appendix Q9
Appendix Q8
Appendix Q4
Detailed Guidance
Available on IFS

35. Customer Support Services:
0300 321 4357 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5:30pm)
support@innovateuk.ukri.org
Knowledge Transfer Network: www.ktn-uk.co.uk
Innovate UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/innovate-uk
Contact Us

36. @InnovateUK Innovate UKInnovate
UK

37. Improving food systems to deliver
better diets
Duncan Barker
Livelihoods Adviser
Department for International Development

38. Established in 2013, the Global Panel is an independent group of leaders with a
commitment to tackling global challenges in diets and food systems and nutrition
38
Shenggen Fan
Director
General, Internationa
l Food Policy
Research Institute
(IFPRI)

39. Global Panel policy guidance covers all
aspects of the food system.
All available at: Glopan.org

40. Malnutrition
is a growing
global
challenge

41. Source: GBD Risk Factors. Lancet 2017.
Half of the top 10
contributors to the burden
of disease
relate to dietary patterns
and malnutrition

42. Diets do not automatically improve over time
Dietary changes 1990-2013 (% of intake)
Source: Masters (2016), Global Dietary Database.

43. Dietary patterns
in LMICs:
From traditional
foods towards
ultra-processed
foods
43

44. The ‘Triple
Burden’ of
malnutritio
n
in Ghana
Lack of sufficient
micronutrients
Overweight / obesity
and associate diet-
related diseases
Lack of enough
basic calories
19%
CHILDREN
UNDER 5
STUNTED
33% ADULTS
OBESE OR
OVERWEIGHT
42% WOMEN
ANAEMIC

45. Urbanization and Income drive types of food acquired
Data from Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi and South Africa

46. Adults with with diabetes, 2017 and 2045
Source: IDF Diabetes Atlas 2017
• 2000 = 151 million
• 2017 = 425 million
• 2045 = 629 million
US$54 billion more spent
on treatment globally than in 2015.
Diabetics 2-3x more likely
to develop CVD.

47. On average it is 3% of GDP per year in
LMICs.
In some countries is calculated to be
much higher. E.g. in Ghana: 6% of
GDP/year for child undernutrition
alone.
(IFPRI, 2017; Cost of Hunger Report)
16-to-1
BENEFIT-to-
COST RATIO
Economic cost of malnutrition:
Investing in healthy diets has excellent
returns, estimated in Africa at:

48. The way to reduce the costs of all these forms of
malnutrition is through investing in healthy diets
which need to be
safe, affordable and accessible

49. Solutions to provide healthy
diets lie with ‘multi-purpose
policies’ connected across
the food system.
No single ‘ministerial
solution’
Healthy diets are delivered through food systems

50. Real opportunity for leadership across the food system.

51. Food systems
need to make
it easier to
make
nutritious food
choices
• Policymakers need to demand more of their
food system - beyond delivering food to
delivering nourishment.
• Start with nutrition and diet problems, and
work back to change food systems.
• Many opportunities for change involve
engaging better with private sector.
• Factor in complex trade-offs between
nutrition, greenhouse gas emissions & natural
resource use.

52. Solutions lie with multi-purpose policies connected across the food system
Changing consumer
behaviour to demand
better diets
Better nutrition
education and food
based dietary guidelines
Better metrics on
food consumption
Social protection
measures such as cash
transfers and food
voucher schemes
Better food safety standards
Managing food price
volatility Fortification of foods,
including crop
biofortification
Improving our food
environments
Working with the food
industry on food promotion,
labelling, advertising and
reformulation
Healthy school meals
Technological innovation
Cut waste
Redirect subsidies

53. Achieving high-quality diets is key for the delivery of the SDGs

54. Support consumer behavior to make healthy choices
• Establish national standards for healthy, high-
quality diets.
• Educate consumers for healthier dietary choices,
e.g. public awareness campaigns, food labelling,
nutrition education, etc.
• Improve access to higher-quality diets for low-
income consumers, e.g. income subsidies, Social
and Behaviour Change Communication.
Glopan.org/consumer-behaviour

55. Ecuador
Better food labelling
Nutritional traffic light system as a public policy to reach
consumers with low literacy

56. Safe diets
• Establish context-appropriate national regulatory
frameworks
• Promote improved knowledge & practices related
to on-farm storage
• Enhance the timeliness of trade in perishable foods
e.g. through investment in road infrastructure
• Support enhanced consumer awareness of the
importance of food safety
Glopan.org/food-safety

57. Vietnam
In 2011, the government of Vietnam revised
food safety laws for street food.
They provided training on hygiene and food
safety.
Kenya
A scheme to train and legitimise dairy traders led to benefits for farmers, vendors
and consumers.
A revision of the dairy policy - small-scale milk vendors could access a training and
certification scheme to assure milk safety and quality and market access.

58. • Invest in food sector SMEs.
• Public incentives for appropriate action in the
private sector.
• Manage risks – a role for insurance.
• Invest in infrastructure.
Glopan.org/privatesector
Public-Private Partnerships

59. Vietnam
Public-private partnership for fish processing.
Between local fisheries association, the German
Technical Cooperation Agency, & a private
German fish-importing company to produce
organic catfish.
This led to higher fish quality, with production and processing which meet
European standards. It has also increased export, reduced rejection rates at
international borders and expanded the market.
The project built capacity by transferring knowledge to other local producers and
processors, and by raising awareness of pollution and food safety issues.

60. Download our briefs:
Glopan.org
Thank you

61. Questions
Type questions you have using the “Q&A” box in webex (NOT the chat box, this is to
be used for technical issues only).
Please only ask questions relevant to wider audience - we will answer some during
the event. All questions will be answered across all three webinars and a document
will be circulated at a later date.
If your question is not addressed or for private questions, please contact:
support@innovateuk.ukri.org
Questions and Answers Session

63. This session aims to help you find potential partners.
1) Capabilities document
a) Over 200 people registered for the three webinars we are conducting today.
b) Please refer to the document we sent out on Monday along with the joining
instructions, which lists the capabilities offered or required for projects from
attendees.
c) Please use this document for personal use only, and do not share it more widely.
d) We encourage you to use the linkedin group or Meeting Mojo to request
connections or message those you might like to partner with.
Consortia building session

64. 2. Linkedin group: If you haven’t already done so, please register now for this linkedin
group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8766913/
Detail is also included within the joining instruction detail we sent out and I will leave
up the link at the end of the webinar.
Background: This group was initially set up to facilitate conversations for Agri-Tech
Catalyst Round 8 and proved to be very successful in supporting collaboration and
engagement.
Currently 284 members in the group.
Consortia building session

66. a) See the rules listed in the group (Sidebar at the right of the webpage).
b) Post to the whole group using the “start a conversation in this group” function –
and please see examples posted already about providing a concise post, with
relevant information.
c) Or contact individuals privately by selecting one of the group members, and
sending a private message using the “message” function.
d) Once a member, you can also invite individuals to join this group.
Consortia building session

67. • Posting to the whole group – Example of a live post with a need
Consortia building session

68. • Posting to the whole group – Example of a live post with a capability
Consortia building session

69. 3) Meeting Mojo
Please register via https://agri-webinar.meeting-mojo.com to ensure your profile is
available.
Simply click on the “Register” tab at the top of the page and add your organisation,
website, profile details.
Once registered this tool allows you to search for and connect with partners. In the
first instance you can organise virtual meetings and online conversations.
Please use the Capabilities Document we issued earlier this week, to identify people
you would like to connect with.
Consortia Building Session

70. There is no time limit on using Linkedin and Meeting Mojo
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8766913/
https://agri-webinar.meeting-mojo.com
THANK YOU