The Network of Advisors in Short Food Supply Chains across Europe
Multi-actor collaboration dynamics and capacity building network inside and between AKIS to foster the upscaling of SFSCs across Europe
Short chains empower
producers and consumers
Short food supply chains (SFSC) are a mean for both producers and consumers to gain better positions in the value chain, improving trust, transparency, food quality and safety. The EU-funded EU4Advice project aims to bolster SFSC-related advisory services to chain actors, to help them make their practices more economically, socially and environmentally sustainable, connecting SFSC-advisors from the 27 member States in a common network, integrating SFSC-related advisory services, tools and contents into national Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), and improving AKIS governance.

A network of 4 Living Labs to test innovative governance models, involving advisors, researchers, policy-makers, farmers and consumers.

Effective capacity building of SFSC actors through fluent knowledge transfer.

Boost the role of advisors as catalysers of the knowledge flow from research to practice.

Effective integration of SFSC advisors into national AKIS.
Be part of the EU Network of Short Food Supply Chain (SFSC) advisors
Expected impacts
Better informed decision making processes, societal engagement and innovation to increase sustainability and resilience
More integrated producers, consumers and stakeholders in Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS)
Strengthened science-policy interface at the national and EU levels to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
Specific objectives
Objective 1
Identify and characterize SFSC advisors across Europe
Objective 2
Connect SFSC advisors from the 27 MSs in a European network.
Objective 3
Improve the understanding of the main issues and challenges of European AKIS
Objective 4
Integrate SFSC advisors and contents into national AKIS
Objective 5
Interact with relevant national, regional & local policy-makers
Objective 6
Replicate and disseminate innovations on SFSC
EU4Advice Consortium Map
News
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EU4Advice is heading to VIV EUROPE 2026! EU4Advice will participate in...
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Amped is Guiding Entity for CLEVERFOOD Peer-Learning Programme...
Green Minds Gather START Conference 2025
Green Minds Gather START Conference 2025 Centre for Sustainable Agrifood...
GRASS CEILING European Policy Forum for women-led innovation in agriculture and rural areas
GRASS CEILING European Policy Forum for women-led innovation in...
New Event of Feeding Ourselves (3rd-6th of April in Ireland)
New Event of Feeding Ourselves (3rd-6th of April in Ireland) Are you or...
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Fruit and Vegetable Market with a Young Fruit Seller by Kessel d.Æ., Jan van – National Gallery of Denmark, Denmark – CC0. https://www.europeana.eu/item/2020903/KMSsp299