Safe, healthy, and sustainable food, produced within an efficient circular economy framework.
The project
ALSEMAC is an initiative focused on promoting responsible production and consumption of safe, healthy and sustainable (triple‑S) food within a circular economy framework.
Expected outcomes include gathering information on potential food hazards and promoting the sustainability of local production through integrated farming practices and organic fertilisation, to reduce the carbon footprint.
In a later phase, the project will focus on promoting responsible consumption, using surveys on perceptions of the circular economy and food safety, and introducing the concept of “hidden hunger”.
Relevance and context
01/ Scope
Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal.
02/ Common challenges
Advancing the transformation of food systems in the regions involved in the project towards a food system centred on safe, nutritious, available and sustainable food, also accessible to the population – food we have coined as triple‑S.
03/ Approach
This project is conceived as an exchange of experiences to develop a joint strategy for responsible production and consumption of food within a circular economy framework.
- Canary Islands, Madeira and Azores: monitoring of food contaminants, boosting sustainability in production, and promoting local products with circular economy actions.
- Cabo Verde: monitoring of contaminants, promotion of sustainable production, assessment of risk from contaminant intake and population nutrition, and establishing awareness measures for responsible consumption and support for local products.
- In Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal: a pilot monitoring programme will be launched.
