Natural Resources Institute Finland

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1 Natural Resources Institute Finland a foundation for the bioeconomy Luke s Food Research and Research for Developmemt Prof. Hannu Korhonen

2 Luke locations in Finland Personnel approx.1600 Locations 38 Headquarters in Helsinki Other head offices Joensuu, Jokioinen and Oulu.

3 Luke s organization

4 Luke s financing sources

5 Research focus on renewable natural resources and their sustainable utilization Main themes Biomass-based products and energy production Food systems and food security Health and well-being Economy and policy issues related to use of natural resources

6 New Business Opportunities New products, services and technology Research areas Biomolecules : identification, isolation and health effects Quality aspects: sensory, nutrition, safety, traceability Raw material modification : chemical, enzymatic & microbial processes Fermentation: matrices,microbial species, strains, probiotics Fractionation: for improved quality, added-value components, By-product utilization: milk, meat, horticulture, cereals Product R&D: raw materials, processing, quality attributes, shelf-life Food security issues: sustainable production, safety,, market access, climate change 6

7 New Business Opportunities New products, services and technology Research materials Milk and dairy products Berries and fruits Legumes, non-cereal seeds Hen eggs and egg products Carrot, potato Cabbage and other vegetables Meats Mushrooms Insects 7 Anne Pihlanto /15/2015 7

8 New Business Opportunities New products, services and technology Biomolecules for health benefits Focus on biomolecules known or expected to advance the health of consumers e.g. bioactive peptides (milk, cereals, plants) polyphenols (berries, cereals) and other secondary metabolites with antioxidant activity Production, isolation and identification of selected components Omic -methods applied to investigate effects at gene/genomic level and metabolism of compounds Animal and human studies to test the efficacy of products and diets containing bioactive compounds (health-promoting foods to reduce blood pressure, diabetes, obesity)

9 Luke s research on bioenergy production in agriculture Bioenergy production Biogas production from animal manure, biowastes and crop plants (straw, reed canary grass, other grass species) Ethanol production from cereals, other crops, straw etc. Biodiesel from rapeseed Facilities and down-stream processing Two experimental biogas plants in Maaninka and Sotkamo Research in co-operation with private biogas production plants Research on the use of waste material from biogas procuction as fertilizer; fertilizer value, green house gas emissions

10 Research for development activities Objective To contribute to improvement of food and nutrition security in partner countries through capacity building and applied research in co-operation with local and international partners and stakeholders On-going programmes and projects Two regional programmes in Africa FoodAfrica Pro Intens Africa 8 ICI (twinning) projects Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania,Tunisia, Zambia Total value - about 25 million euros, of which FoodAfrica 12,5 million euros Luke staff involvement more than 200 person months budgeted during

11 Luke s research for development projects in Africa projects in >12 countries - total value > 25 million euros

12 Multi-partner programmes with funding mainly from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, MFA FoodAfrica Improving Food Security in West and East Africa through Capacity Building in Research and Information Dissemination. Partners: Luke (coordinator), Bioversity International, ICRAF, IFPRI, ILRI, University of Helsinki and HAMK University of Applied Sciences ( ) Programme countries: Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and Uganda Duration: mid 2016 Total budget: 11,7 million euros BioFISA Phase II Second Phase of the Finnish-Southern African Partnership Programme to strengthen the New Partnership for Africa s Development (NEPAD)/ Southern African Network for Biosciences (SANBio). Partners: NIRAS (coordinator), Luke (partner), VTT (partner), SANBio Nodes (universities and research institutions in southern African countries Duration: July mid 2019 Total budget: 7,8 million euros

13 MFA funding from ICI (Institutional Co-operation Instrument) Egypt: Enhancing development of water use efficient crops & production methods to dry and saline conditions in Sinai ( ) Ethiopia: Capacity building in genetic evaluation and new breeding tools to strengthen the Ethiopian dairy development ( ), total budget Ethiopia: Improving the food security of Ethiopia. Part I. Assessment of soil amendment rock resources and balanced application of fertilizer and soil conditioners ( ), total budget , GTK coordinator, LUKE partner Kenya: Building capacity to improve safety in the feed dairy and maize value chains in respect to health risks associated with mycotoxin contamination. Safe Food Safe Dairy Project. Phase 2 ( ), total budget Kenya: Improving capacity in forest resources assessment in Kenya, IC-FRA ( ), total budget

14 MFA funding from ICI (Institutional Co-operation Instrument) Mongolia: Strengthening research capacity for sustainable forest management in Mongolia ( ), total budget Mozambique: Forest research capacity strengthening in Mozambique (FORECAS), ( ), total budget Tanzania: Seed potato development project in Tanzania. University of Helsinki coordinator, LUKE partner ( ). Tanzania: Implementation support of results and data of first National Forest Resources Monitoring and Assessment at regional and local level in Tanzania planning phase 2014, Zambia: Production of disease-free planting materials of potatoes, sweet potatoes and cassava in Zambia ( ), total budget

15 Other funding sources Academy of Finland funding Ethiopia: Exploring alternative scenarios of adapting to climate change: Analytical framework and a Sub-Saharan case (AlterCLIMA) ( ) Ethiopia: Mapping, management and resilience of ecosystem services for food security and response to climate change in Ethiopia (SOILMAN) ( ) European Union funding PROIntensAfrica: Towards a long-term Africa-EU partnership to raise sustainable food and nutrition security in Africa. Totally 23 partners from 16 European and 7 African countries.coordinator: Wageningen UR/ CIRAD, LUKE partner ( ), total budget: 2 million, LUKE budget

16 Other funding sources Bamboo fuel chip production for renewable energy ( ). Funded by Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific IUFRO Special Project WFSE World Forests Society and Environment Funded by MFA. Global network of scientists and practitioners, steered by 10 international research organisations. Vietnam: Capacity building for the development of selective breeding programs in Vietnam - special focus on global climate change and environmental sustainability. ( ), total budget

17 FoodAfrica Research for Development Programme Improving Food Security in West and East Africa through Capacity Building and Information Dissemination

18 FoodAfrica Programme A four-year ( ) Research for Development Programme coordinated by Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). The programme budget is 11,8 million, of which 9,5 million is Official Development Aid from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. FoodAfrica pilots a new model of co-operation between eight partners: Luke, IFPRI, ICRAF, ILRI, Bioversity International, University of Helsinki, HAMK and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. The programme consists of seven Work Packages Six African countries are involved in the programme: Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and Uganda. 18

19 Programme Objectives To strengthen education and research capacity of the local agricultural sector in East and West Africa, in terms of production, market performance and nutrition, in order to reduce poverty and improve food security in the region. To produce new, scientific evidence for improving nutrition and food security in Africa. To enhance cooperation between researchers and research and educational institutions in the region. To enhance knowledge dissemination between local African and Finnish experts, and experts in the CGIAR centres. To produce concrete guidelines for policy recommendations on food security for use by local institutions and authorities 19

20 FoodAfrica Work Packages and Partners WP1 WP2 WP3 WP4 WP5 WP6 WP7 Soil micronutrients (Sub-Saharan Africa) ICRAF, University of Nairobi, Luke Sustainable dairy production (Senegal) ILRI, EISMV, University of Helsinki, Luke Agricultural practices in a changing climate (Senegal) IFPRI, ISRA, Luke Traditional foods for nutrition (Benin) Bioversity International, University of Benin, University of Helsinki Reducing risk of mycotoxins (Kenya) ILRI, IFPRI, University of Nairobi, Luke Better market access through ICT s (Ghana & Uganda) IFPRI, Luke Innovative extension approaches (Kenya & Cameroon) ICRAF, HAMK 20

21 Cross-Cutting Objectives and Joint Activities The seven Work Packages have a common Dissemination Strategy Human Rights based approach in all Work Packages Integration of cross-cutting objectives of Finnish Development policy in all Work Packages Climate Sustainability Gender Equality Reduction of Inequality 21

22 WP 1: Strengthening capacity for diagnosis and management of soil micronutrient deficiencies in Sub-Saharan African countries for improved plant, animal and human nutrition Objectives To strengthen African capacity to diagnose and manage soil micronutrient deficiencies for improved food production and human health. To increase food productivity and quality and human nutrition through improved soil micronutrient diagnostics and management in Sub-Saharan Africa. To enable better targeting and monitoring of interventions aimed at improving crop, livestock and human health at different levels, from farm to international development policy. Partners ICRAF Luke University of Nairobi, Institute of Nuclear Physics 22

23 WP 2: Improved food and nutritional security from better utilisation of dairy cattle breed types in Senegal Objectives To identify and promote utilization of the most appropriate dairy breed and cross-breed types through characterisation of germplasm for more productive and profitable dairy enterprises in selected production systems in Senegal. Partners ILRI Luke University of Helsinki, Department of Agricultural Sciences National Research Institute in Senegal 23

24 WP 3: Economic analysis on technologies and targeted policies to reduce vulnerability and building resilience in Senegal Objectives To build resilience within the agricultural sector of Senegal in the face of climate risk. To enhance the adaptive capacity of the wider Senegalese economy in order to secure livelihoods and welfare and to reduce vulnerability to environmental and socioeconomic shocks. Partners IFPRI Luke ISRA (national research institute in Senegal) 24

25 WP 4: Enhancing food and nutrition security of vulnerable groups in communities in Benin through increased use of local agricultural biodiversity Objectives To improve household food security, nutrition and health of infants and young children within resource-poor communities in Benin. To study the diets and nutritional status of infants, young children and mothers in order to identify the determinants of food security in households in target communities. To identify optimal diets from locally sourced foods and to develop communication strategies to increase demand and supply of foods that meet nutritional, cultural and economic considerations of infants, young children and women. Partners Bioversity International University of Helsinki, Department of Food and Environmental Sciences Universite d Abomey Calavi, Benin 25

26 WP 5: Measuring and mitigating the risk of mycotoxins in maize and dairy products for poor consumers in Kenya Objectives To strengthen capacity at local and national level for assessing and mitigating mycotoxins in milk and maize. To improve food safety and human and animal health by reducing mycotoxin contamination in staple crops and dairy products in Kenya. To improve market access of the poor in Sub-Saharan Africa through improved post-harvest technologies. Partners ILRI IFPRI Luke University of Nairobi ACDI/VOCA 26

27 WP 6: Using information and communication technology to improve market access in Africa Objectives To reduce poverty and increase food security by improving market access of small-scale farmers. To identify the best practices in designing and implementing market information systems that maximize pro-poor impact. Partners IFPRI Luke ISSER (University of Ghana) FIT-Uganda Esoko 27

28 WP 7: Innovative extension approaches for improving food security and livelihoods Objectives To improve farmers access to new agricultural technology and information in order to improve their livelihoods and food security, with an emphasis on improving access for women and the poor. To create a framework to support dissemination methods and capacity of all FoodAfrica Work Packages. Partners ICRAF HAMK University of Applied Science ANAFE 28

29 Expected Outcomes Concrete tools and guidelines for policy makers, small-scale farmers and for their educators New market and risk management approaches Agricultural innovations and technologies accessible to the smallscale farmers Strengthened scientific capacity and networks of African researchers Strengthened human and institutional capacity 29

30 Contact Information Programme Director Hannu Korhonen, Luke, Programme Coordinator Mila Sell, Luke, WP1 WP2 WP3 WP4 WP5 WP6 WP7 Keith Shepherd, ICRAF, Martti Esala, Luke, Karen Marshall, ILRI, Jarmo Juga, University of Helsinki, Siwa Msangi, IFPRI, Jarkko Niemi, Luke, Bruce Cogill, Bioversity International, Marja Mutanen, University of Helsinki, Delia Grace, ILRI, Hannu Korhonen, Luke, Nick Minot, IFPRI, Jarkko Niemi, Luke, Steve Franzel, ICRAF, Eija Laitinen, HAMK, 30

31 Thank you! MTT Agrifood Research Finland Photo by Mila Sell /Luke

32 32 Teppo Tutkija