The SFIAR Award recognizes outstanding Master’s and PhD research in agricultural research for development, carried out at or in close collaboration with Swiss institutions. By promoting young scientists, the Award strengthens Switzerland’s contribution to sustainable global food systems.
SFIAR Award Ceremony 2026
9 December 2026 | 16:15–18:30 | BFH-HAFL, Zollikofen
Knowledge and innovation are essential to agricultural development, but they do not automatically translate into meaningful change. Their impact depends on who has the power and resources to act, how institutions function, and how interventions are designed and implemented.
The SFIAR Award Ceremony 2026 explores these challenges through two complementary research projects: one examining how women's agricultural knowledge in eastern Ethiopia can remain underutilised when their access to resources and decision-making power is limited; the other investigating why promising biogas technologies in Malawi may fail without adequate project design, coordination and long-term support.
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