2019-2.1.7-ERA-NET-2021-00020:
Implementing integrated chia and wild mushroom production for a sustainable food chain in Africa (CHIAM)
Project ID number: 2019-2.1.7-ERA-NET-2021-00020
| The title of the project is: | Implementing integrated chia and wild mushroom production for a sustainable food chain in Africa (CHIAM) |
| Beneficiary: | PILZE-Nagy Kft.
Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Kft. |
| The planned completion date of the project is: | 2024.05.31. |
| The amount of the contracted aid: | 63 831 400 HUF NRDI Fund grant + 6 900 210 HUF EJP COFUND grant |
| Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd. the amount of aid granted to: | 28 822 195 HUF NRDI Fund support + 3 450 105 HUF EJP COFUND support |
| Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd. aid intensity: | 100% |
Presentation of the project content:
The CHIAM project, an international collaboration, aims to create sustainable food chains in Africa by developing environmentally friendly technologies and redefining existing agri-food chains to increase resilience, sustainability and circularity. The development of an integrated chia-fallow-mushroom-pork-biogas value chain will contribute to making the African food chain more diverse and resilient, while also counteracting the negative impacts of climate change.
In order to achieve its objectives, the project will implement a number of interlinked and interdisciplinary R&D activities both in Europe and on the European continent, of which the Hungarian partners will participate in the following:
- development of mushroom cultivation technologies in Africa
- creating new local foods containing venison mushrooms
- creation and demonstration of farms using environmentally friendly technologies
The objectives of the CHIAM project are to be achieved through an international, interdisciplinary, demand-driven approach with broad stakeholder involvement. The project will be implemented by an international intersectoral consortium of 8 research institutes and SMEs from 6 countries, from both the European and African continents. The international consortium has two Hungarian members: Pilze-Nagy Kft. and Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Kft.
The Hungarian partners are supported by the NRDI Fund and the EJP COFUND.
The 3-year project will end in May 2024.
