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FEED - The knowledge community is an online platform that identifies and shares - inter alia - good practices, development and cooperation projects, programs, research applied to communities' development feedcommunity.net.

FEED is part of the MEDIET project, funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

FEED provides an opportunity to share and enhance good practices that focus on the development of sustainable food systems, consistent with the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda. The platform deals with:

• the enhancement of the worthiest good practices, through the creation of communication products (videos, infographics, articles) and dedicated events, designed to ensure the widest possible exploitation and dissemination.
• the creation of partnerships to transfer knowledge, to replicate good practices in different contexts and areas, to make successful experiences scalable.

The ‘Tell us about legumes’ call collects good practices and experiences on the development of Sustainable Food Systems that have brought about change for a community. 

The good practice should demonstrate how at least one step of the supply chain (cultivation, processing, cooking, storage) preserves or improves the nutritional value of legumes (e.g. proteins, fibres, and other essential nutrients), whether they are commercial varieties, species or varieties typical of a region, or neglected species.

At the same time the good practice should highlight how it has contributed to:

• maintaining or improving soil productivity and quality
• maintaining or enhancing biodiversity
• conserving the environment by reducing the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilisers
• improving the carbon footprint
• implementing innovations that make the process more sustainable
• implementing innovations that - by making legumes more palatable
• promote a change in consumers' diets by reducing the consumption of animal proteins, and how this practice can bring about change in the lives of local communities.

A good practice is defined not only as “a practice that is good, but a practice that has been proven to work well and produce good results, and is therefore, recommended as a model. It is a successful experience which has been tested and validated in the broad sense, which has been repeated and deserves to be shared so that a greater number of people can adopt it” (source: FAO).

Good practices under development and implementation or completed within the last 5 years must comply with the following characteristics:

• Effective and successful
• Technically feasible
• Replicable and adaptable.

To apply for the call, simply log in and register on the FEED platform at www.feedcommunity.net/call from 8 March 2024 until 15 May 2024 at 23.59. Please enter the following information.

The successful candidate will receive an invitation to an upcoming international event where he or she will have the opportunity to present on stage the results of his/her work and discuss prospects and needs before an audience of international importance.

Before diving into the submission process, it’s crucial to have a clear understanding of your practice!

Click here to download the guidelines how to write a good practice.

Click here to download the guidelines how to make a video presentation.

Please click here for more clarification and help.