African Agriculture Knowledge Transfer Partnerships: 2023-24 R3
UK registered academic institutions, RTOs, or Catapults, can apply for a share of up to £2.5m, working with partners in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya or SA.
Opportunity Details
When
Registration Opens
23/05/2023
Registration Closes
05/07/2023
Award
The project’s total costs must not exceed £250,000 and must be split equally between the UK and the African knowledge base partners at £125,000 each. Eligible project costs will be 100% funded.
Organisation
Innovate UK
This Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) competition is part of the African agriculture strand of KTP. Innovate UK is investing up to £2.5 million towards the funding of projects in this strand.
The African agriculture strand of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme supports a partnership between:
- a UK registered higher education or further education institution, research and technology organisation (RTO) or Catapult (which we will refer to as the ‘UK knowledge base’)
- an African business or not for profit organisation (which we will refer to collectively as the ‘business partner’)
- a knowledge base in Africa (which we will refer to as the ‘African knowledge base’)
Your project must be in one of the following areas:
- primary crop and livestock production, including aquaculture
- non-food uses of crops, excluding ornamentals
- challenges in food processing, distribution or storage, and value addition, such as through a change in the physical state or form of the product
- improving the availability and accessibility of safe, healthy and nutritious foods
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Each African Agriculture KTP is a partnership between the following:
- a UK registered higher education or further education institution, research and technology organisation (RTO) or Catapult, which we will refer to as the ‘UK knowledge base’
- an African business or not for profit organization, which we will refer to collectively as the ‘business partner’
- a a registered higher education or further education institution from the same country as the African business partner, which we will refer to as the ‘African knowledge base’
The business and African knowledge base must both be based in one of the following countries:
- Republic of Ghana
- Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Republic of Kenya
- Republic of South Africa
The business partner must:
- be a business, of any size, or a not-for-profit organisation (excluding public sector) registered in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya or South Africa
- collaborate with a UK knowledge base, registered with KTP and a knowledge base from their own country
- have 2 or more full time equivalent employees
Each knowledge base can collaborate with any number of business partners.
Each business partner (including separate businesses within a business group) can only take part in up to 4 concurrent KTP funded projects.
We encourage applications from micro, small or medium enterprises (SMEs) based in Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa. Large businesses can apply if they are not part of an international group.
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Your proposal must tackle one or more challenges faced by the business partner in one of the following areas:
- primary crop and livestock production, including aquaculture but not wild-capture fisheries
- non-food uses of crops, excluding ornamentals and energy production
- challenges in food processing, distribution or storage, and value addition, for example through a change in the physical state or form of the product
- improving the availability and accessibility of safe, healthy and nutritious foods
Your project’s innovations must:
- be sustainable in the context of environmental challenges, such as climate change and resource scarcity
- minimise negative effects such as pollution, food loss and waste
- promote safe, healthy and nutritious diets
You must demonstrate how the primary benefit from your project will be a contribution to international development outcomes, specifically both:
- enhanced food and nutrition security
- welfare of the poor in urban and rural areas in developing countries
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If you would like help to find a collaboration partner, please contact Innovate UK KTN’s Knowledge Transfer Advisers for the respective countries:
Nigeria: Ken Frame
Ghana: John Clayton
Kenya: Joel Ferguson
South Africa: Gerry O’Hagan