The AFN Network+ aims to create plausible pathways, and practical, open science, to achieve net-zero through the agrifood system by 2050.
The project brings together research leaders and stakeholders, their organisations and networks, to shape the next decade of research to support and drive the agrifood system’s progress towards net-zero.
Stakeholders include government departments, devolved administrations and their agencies, NGOs, innovation bodies, the agrifood industry, and farming and fishery groups across the UK. The Network+ supports the rapid, robust and trusted transformation of the agrifood sector to achieve net-zero and sustainability, bringing benefits for livelihoods, biodiversity and ecosystems.
- More information on the AFN Network+ website
Project objectives
Create an active Community of Practice
An open, diverse and inclusive Community of Practice is based on trust, transparency, inclusivity and fun. The community will strengthen existing relationships and catalyses new ones with agrifood stakeholders, from agri-tech and farming to retail and consumers.
Deliver a context-dependent roadmap
The Network enables academics and stakeholders to create a shared understanding of the global contexts the UK agrifood system may face over the coming decades. They are exploring plausible pathways for a variety of scenarios to reach net-zero through a sustainable UK agrifood system, and establishing critical research questions that need to be tackled to maximise progress along the pathways.
Shape the next decade of research
The project is kickstarting cross-discipline projects that capitalise on existing expertise across UKRI, and running facilitated scoping-study competitions and supporting projects to maximise impact and future funding.
