Pauline Grimm (SolidarMed) and Niklaus Labhardt (University of Basel) present Community Based Chronic Care Lesotho (ComBaCaL), a collaboration between Lesotho and Switzerland developing, evaluating, and disseminating innovative strategies to enhance chronic disease care. Bring your own lunch and register before 4 June here: sdc.researchdesk@eda.admin.ch

Water's role in food and nutrition security was the focus of a three-day course at FAO headquarters in Rome, where ETH Zurich students engaged in interactive learning organized by the World Food System Center.

Andrin Schilliger, a student at the School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (HAFL), investigated various soil fertility parameters and potential influencing factors as part of his bachelor's thesis at FiBL.

Development budgets are shrinking, widening the global financing gap. The fourth UN Financing for Development Conference in July in Spain aims to mobilize more – especially private – capital for impact-driven SDG investments. We review the state of impact investment and its future role in social development.

With 850 participants from over 40 countries, the 2nd Eastern Africa Agroecology Conference, held in Nairobi at the end of March, called on farmers, policymakers, and consumers to drive food systems transformation. During the event, FiBL showcased that, when done right, agroecology boosts resilience, productivity, and sustainability.