About INNOECOFOOD
Transforming aquaculture across Africa through AI, IoT, renewable energy, and community empowerment.
Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation in Africa
INNOECOFOOD aims to establish innovative production/business ECOHUBs and improve local aquaculture farms using AI and IoT in six African countries. To support EU-AU markets and trade, INNOECOFOOD will train rural farmers, youth and women to innovatively produce and process nutritious aquaculture catfish and tilapia, blue-green cyanobacteria spirulina, and insect value chains that will be processed into certified marketable human food products and feed.
This farm to fork approach, reaching TRL7, will be achieved by using climate-smart sustainable local resources, innovative chilling and drying processes using renewable energy, reduced water consumption and circular systems within the ECOHUB — driven by an experienced multi-actor consortium comprising 21 partners in Europe and Africa and rural communities.
Multi-Actor Consortium
21 institutional partners across Europe and Africa, engaging rural communities, women, and youth organizations at every stage of the value chain.
Target Value Chains
Explore Our Initiatives
Discover how we're advancing sustainability and innovation in aquaculture through these focused objectives.
Sustainable ECOHUBs
AI & IoT Monitoring
Circular Processing
Standard Certification
Digital Empowerment
Farm to Fork — From Africa to Europe
We prioritize climate-smart practices, renewable energy, and circular systems for a complete value chain transformation.
Production
Eco-farmed fish, spirulina and insects in ECOHUB facilities using renewable solar/wind energy and AI sensor monitoring.
Processing
Solar-powered drying, extrusion and innovative chilling. Upcycling fish waste into novel functional food products.
Certification
Quality validation, HACCP compliance, ASC certification, consumer acceptance studies, and LCA environmental assessment.
Market & Trade
Supporting EU-AU markets and trade with certified, marketable human food products and sustainable animal feeds.
Supported By EU Horizon 2024
European Union's Horizon 2024
This project is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2024 research and Innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101136739 and UK Research and Innovation grant no 10110792.
Horizon Europe is the EU's key funding programme for research and innovation, with a budget of €95.5 billion. It tackles climate change, helps achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and boosts the EU's competitiveness and growth.
Grant No. 101136739
Grant No. 10110792