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COVID-19 and Food Systems
Special page about the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic for food systems in developing countries, published and regularly updated by the SDC Agriculture & Food Security Network
r4d Lunch #Agroecologyworks!
Online meeting with a decentralised viewing of an early version of a documentary film about the "Food Systems Caravan", co-organized by r4d and Biovision. Deadline for registration: 15 April 2020
Social Scientist – Market and Value Chain Development
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Deadline: 27.04.2020Technical Specialist (Nutrition)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome, Italy.Senior Regional Technical Specialist
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Cairo, Egypt.A different look at COVID-19
Article by Simon Winter, Executive Director of Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, about the pandemic in the context of agricultural development and global food security.
Enhancing biodiversity to support sustainable crop production
News about a session on intercropping that was convened by Christian Schöb and Johan Six from ETH Zurich and Rob W. Brooker from The James Hutton Institute at the World Biodiversity Forum 2020 in Davos.
SFIAR Award
SFIAR Project Showcase
Current Calls
Overview of calls in the area of agricultural research for development relevant for researchers based in Switzerland
About SFIAR
The Swiss Forum for International Agricultural Research (SFIAR) is an informal multi-stakeholder group of Swiss institutions and private individuals interested in agricultural research for developing countries... [more]