Ambrosia – Bridging Knowledge, Communication, and Action for Food Safety in a Changing Climate

Project goals

Ambrosia aims to enable for the first time a holistic, systemic approach to food safety risk assessment across the supply chain in view of climate change models with the use of digital technologies, including AI. 
There is a need for models, tools and recommendations that:

• Enable far greater understanding of likely impacts of climate changes on different food products and their supply chains.
• Provide tools for stakeholders to understand these impacts at the right level of detail for them to take appropriate actions
• Involve stakeholders in the co-creation of these tools thereby ensuring that outcomes are tailored to the biogeographic regions, the crops and agronomic approaches, and the socio-economic context in which food system stakeholders operate. 

Project activities

• Develop and validate food hazard risk assessment methodologies focusing on the (re)emergence of new hazards
• Develop and validate a set of models of climate impacts on food safety for key food products
• Develop a digital platform to integrate climate and food hazard data enabling predictive modelling and AI services
• Engage with food system stakeholders to raise awareness and provide strategic advice on climate related food hazards

Outcome

• A Food Safety risk assessment methodology.
• Risk models for 4 biogeographical regions in Europe.
• Climate Impact Models.
• User friendly platform for food producers and processors.
• Ambrosia Innovation Hub.
• Sustainable, healthy, and inclusive food systems.