Swissaid

• Rural areas characterized by low value addition and limited ability of population to improve living conditions
• Countries with revenues from extraction of minerals resources where transparency of resource flows can contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable development
• Contexts characterized by fragility and insecurity

• Poverty reduced in rural areas through livelihood interventions
• Sustainable development and poverty reduction to be enhanced through utilization of revenues from extraction of mineral resources.

• Livelihoods of poor peasant farming families to be improved through ecological farming, income generating activities, improved access to natural resources and local markets and enhanced policy influencing.
• Civil society organisations strengthened/enabled to influence relevant policies
• Transparency achieved in revenues from extraction of mineral resources and participation of civil society to ensure their use for poverty reduction purposes.
• Analysis of scaling-up strategies for agro ecological production schemes and value chains (Swissaid case studies in Niger and Chad)
• Knowledge exchange on policy dialogue with African partner countries and regional organizations (e.g. African Union, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development - IGAD)

Risultati fasi precedenti:  

• Increased food security for small scale farmers through training in agro ecological techniques. 25’000 farmers benefited from Swissaid’s support.
• In Ecuador and Niger 42’000 persons benefited from access to save drinking water.
• In India, 2’500 Advasi families obtained land titles and Community Forestry-Certificates were received for over 3’700 hectares of forest.
• Evidenced based studies on organic farming
• Limited reach on the ground (due to being a small actor) calls for more focus on key themes and increased efforts at achieving structural changes (evidence based policy influencing)

Knowledge exchange on agro ecological production in Africa:

• In order to confirm the added value of agro ecological production methods in (West-)Africa, Swissaid conducted three case studies (Guinea-Bissau, Niger and Chad). The results have been shared with SDC colleagues and other Swiss NGOs working in this field. Two seminars in 2015 and 2016 with over a 100 participants have been organized jointly with SDC’s Global Program Food Security as well as an e-discussion on SDG No. 2.
• It has been confirmed that agro ecological production techniques have been proven sustainable and resilient in regions affected by the consequences of climate change. However, international, regional policies declarations towards sustainable food systems need to be substantiated by concrete implementation of action plans. Moreover, business models have to be developed in order to remunerate small scale farmers using agro ecological production methods for positive externalities on the environment.

Fase 19 01.01.2017 - 31.12.2018   (Completed)