9 Food Systems opportunities

The aim of this work is to carry out qualitative research with 40 SMEs across a range of different service models within the non-prepacked sector to understand how they are currently providing allergen information to consumers and the challenges and opportunities changing their approach would present. In addition, we would like to gather insight from the 14 trade bodies. We want to understand: How SMEs currently provide allergen information to consumers (including any written or digital materials) and the reasons for this approach. The challenges SMEs face in providing accurate allergen information to consumers. The challenges SMEs face in managing allergen cross-contact. The challenges and benefits of a range of different options for providing allergen information to consumers. The FSA will provide guidance to the successful contractor on the options to be discussed.  

The purpose of this procurement is to appoint a provider or a consortium of experts to provide economic appraisal related to implementing a unified eco-label framework and system across UK to inform an economic case as part of developing a successful business case based on HM Treasury's five-part business case model to secure potential government investment in developing a precompetitive, multi/inter-disciplinary research and innovation programme that will support the development of a unified eco-labelling system or framework, either sector agnostic or sector specific, to drive environmental sustainability by providing science validated customer information on purchasing choices and drive business green growth, e.g. circularity. It is intended that the outputs of this tender will provide a structure and content (for example but not limited to economic costs and benefits of developing a unified eco-labelling system, either sector agnostic or sector(s) specific that can be readily...

Tenderers are invited to conduct a literature review of international evidence and supplementary expert interviews to understand ‘what works’ or ‘what may work’ in the provision of allergen information in the non-prepacked sector.

AHDB are a levy funded organisation that works on behalf of British agriculture. Sectors covered include beef and lamb, pork, dairy and cereals and oilseeds. AHDB’s Retail and Consumer insight team track and analyse consumer shopping and consumption trends and communicate what they mean for the agricultural industry. We wish to understand if shoppers get confused by vegan and plant-based products and how plant-based labelling and advertising compares to similar meat products. The research will allow our Market Development team to work with policy makers to identify ways to improve consumer understanding and to inform future research on improving meat packaging and labelling.

Applicants are invited to submit tenders to carry out a desk-based literature and guidance review of the cleaning methodologies available for the 14 regulated allergens in the UK, including the key stages and principles of allergen cleaning and effective approaches, and assess the extent to which they are underpinned by an appropriate evidence base.

Since 1975, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) have been helping businesses innovate for growth. KTPs connect forward thinking businesses with the UK’s world class knowledge bases to deliver a business led innovation projects. The academic partner (known as the knowledge base) will work with a business to: develop the project provide academic input recruit a suitable graduate, known as an associate. They will act as the employer of the associate, who then works at the business for the majority of the project. There are two types of KTP: classic KTPs focus on developing new or better products and services management KTPs focus on developing better businesses by enhancing processes and building management capability. A KTP project can last between 12 and 36 months, depending on the challenge and the needs of the business.

The overall objective of this action is to contribute to the impact and effective implementation of national sector policies in the areas of agriculture and climate action in agriculture in Rwanda, in the framework of the sector reform contract “Transformational climate-smart and inclusive agriculture in Rwanda”. The specific objectives (outcomes) of this contract are as follows: To support the sector policies design, implementation, monitoring and coordination in the areas of agriculture and climate action in agriculture. To contribute to effective implementation of the sector reform contract “Transformational climate-smart and inclusive agriculture in Rwanda”, in close coordination with the EU Delegation to Rwanda.

This framework contract will provide the Commission, in particular the Units D.4 - Economics in Agriculture and D.5 - Food Security of the Joint Research Centre, with proven high-quality expertise in using and developing (agro-)economic modelling tools and with the ability to provide the Commission with the required technical support, analysis and evaluation for the analysis of agricultural and related policies in Europe. A central point of the support requested under this contract is on the technical support for model maintenance, development and application of core agro-economic models used in the respective JRC units (in particular Aglink-Cosimo, AGMEMOD, CAPRI, IFM-CAP, MAGNET, CGEBox, and the BioSAMs).