Innovation-driven agri-food sectors for a European industrial renaissance
The agri-food sector has great potential to contribute to regional economic growth and the industrial renaissance of the EU. However, its complexity, the limited innovation and the fragmentation of the R&I resources call for a tailored combination of policy and funding instruments in order to increase R&I resources, stimulate public-private collaboration and enable the emergence of new cross-sector and cross-border value chains. Interregional cooperation based on RIS3 can enable the creation of value chains throughout the EU as well as the generation of synergies in the regions so as to prevent duplication in investment. 
The overall objective of AgriRenaissance is to improve regional development policies and programmes under the Investment for Growth and Jobs goal in order to increase R&I resources and capacities of the agri-food sector, stimulate collaboration and foster its hybridization. The interregional learning process will take place around three thematic areas: i) R&I infrastructure & capacities, ii) R&I public-private collaboration, iii) hybridization of the agri-food sector with other sectors within and across regions. Existing methodologies for updating the RIS3 will also be mapped, as recommended by the Committee of the Regions. 

The main outputs of the project will be: Method Guide, Diagnosis reports of the regional agri-food sectors, Good Practice Guide, Policy Road Map, Regional Policy Briefs and Regional Action Plans with recommendations for integration into RIS3. Stakeholders benefiting from the project will be all actors in the agri-food sectors at the regional, national and EU level: R&I organisations in the agri-food, ICT, health, biotech and environment/ circular economy areas; Industrial and service companies in the agri-food, ICT, health, biotech and environment/ circular economy; Public authorities and policy makers; Networks of interest and NGOs and consumers in general.