The project database provides concrete insights into the international cooperation work of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). You can filter for projects by topic, country and project owner (either the SDC or SECO).
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CABI PlantwisePlus
01.01.2024
- 31.12.2027
PlantwisePlus is a global programme that is supporting countries and farmers to predict, prevent and prepare themselves for plant health threats in a changing climate. This will allow farmers to reduce their crop losses and produce more and safer food using agroecological and climate-smart practices that safeguard human health and biodiversity. The programme is implemented by CABI, a leading intergovernmental research and development organization in plant health, with research facilities in Switzerland.
Support to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification UNCCD
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2024
More than 100 countries are affected by desertification, and 42% of the world’s poor live in these areas, posing a serious challenge to sustainable development. The United Nations’ Convention to Combat Desertification works at avoiding, reducing, and reversing desertification, linking sustainable land management to social and economic development. Switzerland, Party to the Convention, provides a core and an additional voluntary financing to specifically contribute to common priorities.
Long-term farming system comparisons in the tropics - SysCom
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2026
Current agricultural and food systems rely greatly on non-renewable external inputs, and can carry serious negative impacts on soil, water, biodiversity, nutrition and health. Switzerland supports this unique long-term farming systems comparison research programme led by the Swiss Research Institute for Organic Agriculture, to develop and bring evidence of alternative farming practices contributing to more sustainable food systems globally.
Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement (Phase 3)
01.01.2023
- 31.12.2025
Nutrition relevant policies, strategies, and sound programs are crucial to eliminate the rising hunger and malnutrition. The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement brings together governments, civil society, donors, UN agencies, researchers and private sector to support countries to combat all forms of malnutrition leaving no one behind. SDC, aligned with Switzerland’s 2030 SDG Strategy to transform food systems and champion better nutrition, contributes by strengthening civil society engagement and by fostering a food systems approach to deliver nutritious, sustainable and healthy diets in an equitable manner.
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 12 Core contribution 2022 - 2024
01.01.2022
- 31.12.2024
IFAD aims at transforming rural economies and food systems by making them more inclusive, productive, resilient and sustainable. During 2022-2024, IFAD plans lifting 68 million poor rural women and men out of hunger and poverty, en route to doubling its impact by 2030. IFAD is one of the 15 priority multilateral organizations of the Swiss international cooperation and shares its priorities of leaving no one behind; addressing issues of climate change, nutrition, gender and youth; and engaging more with the private sector and promoting innovation.
International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). Core contribution 2022 - 2024
01.01.2022
- 31.12.2024
CGIAR’ is a global research for development partnership for a food secure future in the fields of agriculture, nutrition, environment and their adaptation to climate change and the enhancement of ecosystem resilience. With its new strategy, governance and research portfolio, the CGIAR has a singular role in providing international and global public goods through high-quality agricultural research, partnership, and leadership in the areas of poverty and hunger reduction. Switzerland is a founding member of the CGIAR and many Swiss scientific institutions are involved in common research programs.
International Land Coalition (ILC) Core contribution
01.01.2022
- 31.12.2024
Equitable land rights are key to sustainable and resilient food systems. ILC is a global network of organisations working on people centred land governance in over 80 countries. ILC aims at securing land rights for people, who live on and from the land. SDC supports ILC since it contributes to many Swiss core interests such as peaceful and democratic societies, and addresses growing inequalities in food systems– particularly gender inequality.
International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) - core contribution
01.06.2021
- 31.12.2024
ICIPE is Africa’s leading insect research institute contributing to plant, animal, human and environmental health. SDC supports ICIPE as its work is highly relevant for the transformation to sustainable food systems, agroecology, healthy nutrition, and the promotion of the ‘One health’ approach. ICIPE’s development path is closely linked to Switzerland through longstanding partnerships with prominent Swiss experts and organisations.
WOCAT 2020+ The Global Network for Sustainable Land Management
01.01.2021
- 31.12.2024
Implementing sustainable land management is essential for reducing land degradation and achieving climate and livelihood resilience. WOCAT, the Swiss founded Global Sustainable Land Management Platform, offers robust and up-to-date knowledge and tools for evidence-based decision-making to implement the most appropriate practices within a given context to improve land resources, ecosystems and livelihoods.
Global Forums for Rural Advisory Services and youth in agriculture. Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) Young Professional in Agriculture and Rural Devel-opment (YPARD)
01.01.2021
- 31.12.2026
The COVID-19 crisis magnified existing inequalities. The people with less access to resilience mechanisms, such as the poor, women and youth groups are hardest hit, risking the loss of decades of improvement in poverty alleviation. Rural Advisory Services (RAS) are an important production input for millions of small farmers around the world. The two international networks based in Switzerland, and present in most geographical locations in the world will together develop and strengthen the ability of rural advisory services to better serve the smallholder farmers.
KFPE - Kommission für Forschungspartnerschaften mit Entwicklungsländern
01.01.2021
- 31.12.2024
Die Kommission für Forschungspartnerschaften mit Entwicklungsländern ist die zentrale Schweizer Informations-, Austausch- und Lernplattform für die Forschungszusammenarbeit im und mit dem globalen Süden. Seit über 25 Jahren fördert sie effiziente, wirksame und gleichberechtigte Nord-Süd Forschungspartnerschaften.
The Swiss Capacity Building Facility
01.10.2020
- 31.12.2026
The Swiss Capacity Building Facility (SCBF) is a Swiss technical assistance financing facility, uniting the expertise of key actors of the Swiss financial sector and of partners engaged in financial inclusion. The SCBF fosters the innovation and massive scaling-up of financial services and products centred on the financial inclusion of low-income women, vulnerable households, smallholder farmers and MSMEs in the Global South. Financial inclusion enables reaching the SDGs.
