Food Systems grants — page 2
831 listings tracked right now · page 2 of 18
Grants and contracts for sustainable food production, supply-chain resilience and nutrition. Funded by the USDA, EU CAP and Horizon Cluster 6, the World Bank and IFAD, and food-systems philanthropy such as the Rockefeller and Bezos Earth funds. Listed below are the open food systems grant calls in that landscape, taken from each funder's own notice and re-checked on every refresh.
This is the most fragmented funding landscape on the site. Money comes from agriculture and environment ministries, the EU Common Agricultural Policy and Horizon Cluster 6, the World Bank and IFAD, and a large conservation philanthropy sector including the Global Environment Facility and the major nature foundations. Cheque sizes span four orders of magnitude, and eligibility frequently turns on land tenure, on partnership with a local organisation, or on both.
This page lists open food systems grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 831 of them right now, sorted with the soonest deadline first. Every listing has been classified against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords, so what appears here is food systems work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
The funders publishing food systems grants here include 50143265, 50143487, 50146584, among 2 others. Who is funding matters as much as what: eligibility, reporting burden and the realistic timeline to a decision vary far more between funders than between individual calls.
Geographic coverage on this page spans EUROPE, AFRICA, Mediterranean, OCEANIA, GLOBAL-SOUTH. Eligibility is usually tied to where the work happens or where the applying organisation is registered, and the two are not always the same — worth checking before investing time in an application.
Enhancing the competitiveness of organic crop breeding: focus on intercropping adapted varieties
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This grant funds research and innovation to enhance the competitiveness of organic crop breeding, with a focus on developing intercropping-adapted varieties that improve sustainability and productivity. It targets researchers, breeders, and agricultural institutions across Europe working on organic farming systems, plant genetics, and breeding strategies.
Towards a Europe of Bioeconomy Places
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This Horizon Europe call funds research and innovation projects advancing bioeconomy development across European regions, with emphasis on circular economy, industrial biotechnology, skills development, and multi-actor collaboration. Eligible applicants include research institutions, businesses, local authorities, and consortia working on bioeconomy capacity building, regional development, and the digital/AI transition.
Microbiome for terrestrial livestock sustainability and health within a One Health approach
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This Horizon Europe research call funds innovation projects advancing microbiome science to improve terrestrial livestock health, sustainability, and productivity through a One Health lens integrating animal, plant, soil, and human health. Projects should leverage genomics, AI, and digital tools to understand and optimize microbiome-driven outcomes in farming systems.
Empowering local urban food systems entrepreneurship and innovation
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This Horizon Europe Innovation Action funds entrepreneurship and innovation in local urban food systems, supporting start-ups and multi-actor collaborations to develop sustainable food supply chains in cities. Eligible applicants include businesses, research institutions, and community organizations across Europe working on food systems governance, digital solutions, and AI-enabled innovations.
African Union – European Union Partnership on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA)
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This Horizon Europe call funds research and innovation partnerships between African and European institutions on food security, nutrition, and sustainable agriculture, including digital and AI applications. Eligible consortia can receive up to €6.75 million per project to advance knowledge transfer and technology deployment in these domains.
Strengthening evidence-based policies for the resilience of European agriculture and forestry and related supply chains against crises and systemic risks
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This Horizon Europe call funds research and evidence-building to strengthen policies for agricultural and forestry resilience against climate crises, systemic risks, and supply-chain disruptions. It targets consortia developing cost-benefit analyses, risk models, and policy recommendations for European agri-food and forest-based sectors.
Increasing the resilience of agriculture in water and nutrient-scarce environments through digital innovations
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This Horizon Europe call funds digital innovation projects to increase agricultural resilience in water and nutrient-scarce environments, supporting up to €6,000,000 per project. Eligible applicants include research institutions, universities, SMEs, and consortia developing AI, IoT, precision agriculture, and data analytics solutions for sustainable farming.
Improving understanding of the contribution of the organic farming sector to sustainability
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This grant funds research and multi-actor projects to improve understanding of how the organic farming sector contributes to sustainability outcomes, including benchmarking, certification, and digital innovation. It targets consortia of farmers, researchers, certification bodies, and other stakeholders across the EU.
Unleashing the potential of sustainable small-scale aquatic food production and recreational fisheries for prosperous local communities
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This grant funds sustainable small-scale aquaculture, recreational fisheries, and aquatic food production projects that strengthen local communities and livelihoods. It supports innovation in areas like urban aquaculture, mollusk farming, ecosystem-based management, and capacity-building to improve market access and social outcomes in Mediterranean and other regions.
Towards commercialization of food systems microbiome solutions
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This Horizon Europe call funds research and innovation projects commercializing microbiome solutions for food systems, including agricultural biotechnology, bioprocessing, and environmental applications. Eligible applicants include universities, research institutions, SMEs, and large companies across EU member states and associated countries.
Enhancing farmer's profitability and resilience through innovations for diversified crops and value chains
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This grant funds innovations that enhance farmer profitability and resilience through diversified crops, improved value chains, and sustainable agricultural practices. It targets agricultural enterprises, researchers, and consortia across the EU seeking to develop and scale new business models, technologies, and agronomic approaches in crop production.
Increasing mitigation of GHG emissions and feed efficiency through feed additives
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This Horizon Europe Innovation Action funds research and development projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve feed efficiency in livestock through feed additives. It targets consortia of researchers, industry, and stakeholders working on animal nutrition and environmental mitigation.
Climate and Gender Innovations in Ethiopian Coffee Farming
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This grant funds climate-smart and gender-sensitive agricultural innovations in Ethiopian coffee farming, promoting sustainable production practices and income diversification in Jimma and Ilu Ababora regions. It targets smallholder farmers and community organizations working to build climate-resilient livelihoods through improved coffee cultivation and livelihood diversification.
2026 Alaska Marine Education and Training Mini-Grant Program
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This grant funds marine education, workforce development, and training projects in Alaska that advance seafood competitiveness, sustainability, and supply-chain resilience. Eligible projects span marine science, aquaculture, maritime operations, seafood safety, fishery management, and consumer outreach.
Operationalising the national ABS framework and piloting innovative genetic resource products and value chains to enhance benefit-sharing for sustainable rural development and biodiversity conservation
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This grant funds the operationalization of Morocco's Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) legal framework for genetic resources, including pilot products and value chains that ensure fair benefit-sharing from biodiversity utilization. It targets sustainable rural development, biodiversity conservation, and ecosystem protection in Morocco through institutional strengthening and innovative ABS mechanisms.
Enhancing integrated sustainable management to safeguard Samoa's natural resources
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This grant funds local community empowerment in Samoa to protect indigenous species, natural ecosystems, and food production from invasive alien species and unsustainable land use. It targets integrated sustainable management of natural resources through community-led conservation and ecosystem safeguarding.
Africa Accelerator for Early-Stage Climate and Food Tech
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Katapult Africa Accelerator supports early-stage agritech, foodtech, and climate tech companies operating across the African continent. The programme provides acceleration support to ventures with positive climate and sustainability impact in food systems and agriculture.
Emergence and consolidation of a circular economy in overseas territories and Corsica
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ADEME funds projects that advance circular economy in French overseas territories and Corsica through waste reduction, product lifespan extension, recycling infrastructure, and sustainable food practices. Eligible applicants include public and private organizations conducting diagnostics, feasibility studies, equipment acquisition, and capacity-building activities tailored to ultra-marine and Corsican contexts.
£13m to turn cutting-edge research into real-world farming solutions
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The funder is offering £13m in funding to commercialize cutting-edge agricultural research into practical farmer-facing solutions, including disease vaccines, pest-control technology, and crop-yield enhancement tools. The grant targets research organizations and companies ready to translate lab innovations into deployable farm products and services.
Co-entrepreneurship / Impact Investment
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The funder provides patient capital and co-entrepreneurial investment in scalable agricultural SMEs across emerging markets, paired with technical assistance, network connections, and impact monitoring to develop inclusive value chains. The fund targets early-stage to growth-stage agri-businesses seeking both capital and operational support to scale sustainably.
Agroecology in Drôme–Ardèche
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This grant funds the development and implementation of agroecological practices in the Drôme–Ardèche region of France to address climate change impacts. It targets organizations working on sustainable agriculture and climate adaptation in this specific French region.
Farmers of Color Network
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This grant supports a network and resource program for farmers of color, providing community, advocacy, and capacity-building to advance equity in agricultural communities. It targets underrepresented farmers through a combination of direct support, peer networking, and systemic advocacy.
Grant Programs supporting farmers of color and just food systems
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RAFI offers grant programs to support farmers of color and advance just food systems, though specific funding amounts, deadlines, and detailed eligibility criteria are not fully described in this listing. The grants target racial equity and food-system sustainability in agriculture.
Structured Credit Facility
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This is a structured credit and debt financing facility mobilizing capital for sustainable agribusiness transition through innovative fixed-income instruments. It targets agribusiness enterprises and projects seeking to finance their transition to sustainable practices via accessible impact debt products and specialized agro-transition financing.
Tech for Good – Flagship Venture Capital
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The funder is a venture capital fund investing in early-stage Brazilian startups building frontier technologies that solve societal and planetary problems, with impact central to the business model. The fund targets companies in fintech/financial inclusion, health, education, climate transition, and bioeconomy, using proprietary impact measurement methodology.
An EU-funded rural bioeconomy accelerator programme
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An EU-funded accelerator programme supporting rural startups and SMEs developing circular bioeconomy solutions, offering mentoring, investor matchmaking, and roadshow participation. Eligible teams receive up to 240 hours of bespoke support across finance, sustainability, business models, pitching, and social innovation.
A Major Foundation's Impact Initiative
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The funder backs high-impact companies addressing climate response, food resilience, equitable health, and education/jobs access, from incubation through global expansion within the TELUS ecosystem. The fund targets startups and scale-ups solving problems across climate-tech, food-security, healthtech, and edtech sectors.
Agribusiness & Forestry
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IFC provides financing and advisory services to agribusiness and forestry companies operating in emerging markets to improve food security and sustainable land use. The grant targets established and growth-stage companies in these sectors, not early-stage startups.
A Sustainable Aquaculture Fund
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The funder invests equity in sustainable aquaculture companies across the value chain—from fish farms and hatcheries to feed mills, disease management, and alternative seafood. The fund targets entrepreneurs building a more sustainable aquaculture food system.
Venture Capital Investment
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The funder provides venture capital investment to early-stage, high-growth technology businesses led by youth across Africa that address sector challenges in water, housing, energy, agriculture, safety, education, transport, healthcare, and employment. The fund targets innovative tech solutions to development and sustainability problems across multiple sectors.
Food & Agriculture
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This grant funds projects that eliminate food insecurity through sustainable agricultural practices and affordable food access. It targets nonprofits, social enterprises, and community organizations working on food systems resilience and regenerative agriculture.
Food Hub: A food hub that aggregates and distributes local food from farmers to families and market vendors in a regional area
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This grant funds the establishment and operation of a food hub that aggregates local agricultural products from farmers and distributes them to families and market vendors in a regional area. It supports local food systems infrastructure and supply-chain efficiency to strengthen regional food security and farmer livelihoods.
A regional farm-to-consumer programme connecting direct purchasers with local food producers in the Roanoke area
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This grant funds a farm share programme that connects consumers directly with local food producers in the Roanoke area, supporting local food systems and agricultural sustainability. It is designed for food producers, farmers, and organizations operating community-supported agriculture (CSA) or direct-to-consumer food models in the Roanoke region.
Direct Investment in Agrifood Value Chains
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AATIF provides private debt financing to businesses operating in African agricultural and agrifood value chains, targeting local enterprises to boost agricultural productivity and food security. The fund aims to generate jobs and income for farmers, entrepreneurs, and workers across the continent.
Mpeketoni Regenerative Agriculture Demonstration Farm
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This grant establishes a demonstration farm in Mpeketoni to showcase and promote regenerative agriculture practices and land restoration techniques. It targets organizations and communities working on sustainable livelihoods and environmental regeneration in the Lamu region of Kenya.
A youth-focused programme supporting young entrepreneurs in food and farming across Africa
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YEFFA is a youth-focused programme that supports young entrepreneurs launching or scaling food and farming businesses across Africa. The grant funds business development, training, and capital access for early-stage agribusiness ventures led by young people.
Inclusive Markets, Trade and Finance
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This grant supports strengthening linkages between smallholder farmers and market actors to drive agricultural commercialization, reinvestment, and sustainable food-system development across Africa. It targets organizations working on inclusive market access, agricultural trade, and finance mechanisms that benefit farming communities.
Sustainable Farming
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This grant supports farmers in Africa to build climate-resilient and productive farming systems through interventions like mechanization and irrigation. It targets smallholder and commercial farmers seeking to increase yields while adapting to climate variability.
Seed Systems Initiative
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This grant funds improved seed systems and distribution to increase farmer access to high-quality seeds, boosting agricultural productivity and food security across Africa. It targets smallholder farmers and seed-system actors in sub-Saharan Africa to enhance harvests and rural incomes through agricultural innovation.
Scaling Solutions for Food Loss in Africa
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RE-GAIN funds innovative solutions to reduce harvest and post-harvest food losses across seven African countries, with a focus on climate adaptation and smallholder farmer resilience. The program supports value-chain improvements that enhance food quality, build local capacity, and reduce climate risks in agriculture.
A Major Foundation's Sub-Saharan Africa Agribusiness Challenge Fund
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A challenge fund providing low or no-cost financing to private-sector SMEs across sub-Saharan Africa to advance agricultural resilience, innovation in food value chains, and adoption of climate-smart technologies. Targets agribusiness enterprises seeking to scale sustainable and climate-adapted farming practices.
Innovation Scouting
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FARIP scouts and funds early-stage ideas from rural entrepreneurs in Tanzania, providing risk loans or preparatory grants after assessing feasibility, market potential, and organizational capacity. The programme targets local innovators in agriculture and rural development sectors.
Rural Development and Food Security
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This grant supports SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) by funding agroecology, good agricultural practices, agro-industrial value chains, urban food policies, and food security initiatives in developing regions. It targets organizations working on rural development and food system resilience through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation.
Sustainable Farming Programme (Togo)
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This grant funds the Centre de Promotion des Initiatives Agricoles (CPIA) training farm in Togo, which educates agroentrepreneurs in sustainable and climate-resilient farming methods. Graduates receive start-up capital to launch their own agricultural enterprises.
Regional Agroecology Fund
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This grant supports agroecology initiatives and sustainable food systems across African regions, funding projects that advance regenerative agricultural practices and food-system resilience. It is open to organizations working on sustainable agriculture and food production in Africa.
Agriculture Development
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This grant promotes agricultural growth and food security across Africa and Asia through South-South cooperation mechanisms. It targets organizations working to advance sustainable agriculture and food systems in developing regions.
Sustainable Agriculture initiatives in Romania
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This grant supports sustainable agriculture initiatives in Romania through partnerships with local foundations, funded by the funder. It targets organizations working to advance regenerative and sustainable farming practices in the Romanian agricultural sector.
Corporate Venture Capital Fund for Sustainable Agrifood Innovation
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PINC is a corporate venture capital fund investing €200k–€1M in early-stage agrifood startups focused on planetary health, novel food technologies (precision fermentation, cell cultivation), and circular food systems. The fund targets companies in the Nordics and Europe with strategic alignment to Paulig's business interests.