FOSTER aims to create a strong path toward sustainable, equitable, and resilient food systems, which is crucial in addressing global challenges such as food security, malnutrition, climate change, and biodiversity loss. Knowledge & Innovation (K&I) play an important role to drive the development, dissemination, and adoption of sustainable practices.
We consolidated the project’s findings into a comprehensive deliverable designed to support the development of more inclusive and effectively governed food systems, with the goal of improving health, sustainability, and economic outcomes across Europe.
This deliverable represents significant and extensive work, offering valuable insights into how we will achieve our main goal—transitioning from Agricultural Knowledge & Innovation System (AKIS) to Food-Oriented Knowledge & Innovation System (FOKIS). It is intended to explore how inclusive governance, policy, and a multi-actor and systemic approaches to knowledge creation can contribute to a shift from AKIS to FOKIS, also empowering societal organisation seeking to change food systems.
This work delves into “ingredients”—specifically, recommendations that should be considered in the policy and governance of FOKIS. These “ingredients” will help create more inclusive and effective knowledge and innovation systems.
Read the full Deliverable 4.1 “R&I policy support options for furthering food systems science at national, regional and local level in the EU” https://fosterfoodsystem.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RI_policy_support_options_for_furthering_food_systems_science_at_national_regional_and_local_level_in_the_EU.pdf