 We are delighted to announce two exciting new opportunities from the AFN Network+
AFN Network+ Call for Scoping Study Grant Proposals We invite you to apply for funding to carry out work which supports our mission of reaching net zero through the agri-food sector. The funded projects will involve at least one non-academic food system stakeholder in a meaningful way, and be interdisciplinary in nature. Up to £350,000 will be awarded in total. 15 projects will be funded for up to £10,000 for a maximum 12 month period. A further 4 projects will be funded for up to £50,000 for a maximum 24 month period. Applications open on 12 May and close on 6 July 2023. Projects will begin 1 October 2023. Further details here. AFN Network+ Crucible Event Are you passionate about the role of the agri-food sector in helping get to net zero? Do you have a question you want to answer, but need to find the right people to work with to address it? We are looking to bring together people working in the food system and academics at universities and other higher education institutions to forge new collaborations. The AFN Network+ Crucible is a two-day workshop in Bristol on 21 and 22 June. You will spend two days immersed in professionally-facilitated brainstorming and development of new project ideas, culminating in pitching your project for the chance to be awarded funding. Even if you are not one of the lucky teams selected at the Crucible, you will have spent time working on the application form for the Call for Scoping Study Grant Proposals, which closes two weeks after the Crucible. Applications to attend close on 21 May 2023. Further details here. 
 The UK has one of the most concentrated groceries retail sectors in the world, with just five supermarkets controlling around 80% of the market. Tackling greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in these supply chains can therefore have a huge impact. But with thousands of suppliers, fierce competition between retailers, and less-than-perfect measurement tools, how can this actually be achieved?
In the latest AFN Network+ webinar, Dr Stephen Mackenzie, a Senior Specialist on the issue of GHGs in food systems at WRAP, digs into this for us. WRAP is the UK’s leading climate change NGO focused on waste and resources, and Stephen is playing a major role in the charity’s recently launched Retailer Net Zero Collaborative Action Programme, a major collaboration between WRAP, WWF and eight UK retailers that aims to accelerate progress on reducing GHG emissions in the food and drink sector through pre-competitive collaboration.  AFN Network+ has launched its new webinar series, which will feature high quality speakers at the top of their game. Each webinar will explore the topic of how to create a more sustainable, low-emission, UK agri-food system from a variety of perspectives.
For the first webinar, the speaker was Dustin Benton , policy director of Green Alliance. The UK government has committed to delivering net zero by 2050 – but how on track are we and what needs to change in UK food and farming? Dustin Benton, policy director at Green Alliance, talks us through Chris Skidmore’s independent review of government net zero plans, and puts forward his own solutions from the Alliance’s latest report 'Shaping UK land use: priorities for food, nature and climate'. |
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UK Research has funded this Network+ with the support of these 4 councils:
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) |
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