A food system fit for the future – enough healthy food for everyone, produced and consumed in environmentally and socially responsible ways: this is the underlying goal of the Biovision strategy 2024–2028.

International Agriculture scientific collaborator Dr Ingrid Fromm celebrates her 15th year at HAFL. She shares insights into a career involving cocoa and coffee value chains, farmer’s voices and student successes.

Coffee enthusiasts and traders are buzzing about one of the world’s finest brews: a specialty coffee made from 100% Arabica beans, cultivated and hand-picked by small farmers, often promoted as “made by women.” This exceptional coffee hails from Rwanda. But what lies beneath this appealing narrative? A research team from CDE delved into this question in Nyamasheke, the heart of Rwandan coffee cultivation. They explored how agricultural structural changes have affected the local community, especially women. Read the full CDE storymap.

Wer agrarökologisch wirtschaften will, braucht einen langen Atem. In Kenia und Uganda setzen sich bereits dutzende passionierte Unternehmer:innen trotz der Herausforderungen des Marktes für eine nachhaltige Wirtschaft ein. Biovision bietet zusammen mit der Partnerorganisation Shona Unterstützung und hilft beim Wissensaufbau, der Vernetzung und dem Zugang zu Kapital. Lesen Sie wie zwei Unternehmer:innen über das Neycha-Projekt Unterstützung fanden

SDC's "Nature Conservation Programme" in North Macedonia has convincingly demonstrated how nature conservation and local development can mutually reinforce each other.