EU-NESA • COST Action CA23107

Network for Evidence Synthesis in the Agri-Food Sector

About the Action

Founded in 2024, the Network for Evidence Synthesis in the Agri-food Sector (EU NESA) is building an international, Europe-based network dedicated to supporting and promoting the use of evidence syntheses to inform decision-making across agri-food systems.

200

Total Members

37

Countries Involved

Latest Updates

Action Newsletter - November 2025

Please find this summary of our first year’s achievements. We officially launched on the 1st October 2024, with a meeting of the...

Evidence Synthesis in the Agri-Food Sector Scientific Conference

We invite abstracts for the EU-NESA Scientific Conference on Evidence Synthesis in the Agri-Food Sector, This conference will bring together researchers, practitioners,...

Open Applications on Grants

STSMS and VMs are currently available for applications. More information and how to apply here. Conference and Dissemination grants are now available...

Short-term scientific missions and virtual mobility Grants

We are pleased to announce our next round of grants. These short-term scientific missions and virtual mobility grants offer early career researchers...

Training School: Evidence Synthesis in the Agri-food Sector

https://boutik.b-cdn.net/EU-NESA/9ab28af2-9ea7-44d3-bca2-12cea576fcad.mp4 Our Porto training course last week… If you didn’t manage to get a place this time, there will be lots of...

Roadmap for the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaboration (ESIC)

For anyone interested in evidence synthesis, it has been a big week working towards a roadmap for the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaboration...

Meet our Working Groups

Evidence synthesis methods compile and evaluate existing research to support robust, efficient, and transparent decision-making. Despite their growing use in the agri-food sector, the community remains fragmented, limiting their overall efficacy and uptake. To address these challenges and raise awareness of the value of evidence syntheses in agri-food decision-making, five Working Groups have been established.

Working Group 1

Assessing the current state of evidence synthesis in agri-food

Working Group 2

Improving competencies in evidence synthesis

Working Group 3

Developing / identifying new methods of evidence synthesis

Working Group 4

Capacity building with decision and policy makers

Working Group 5

Community building, dissemination & communication