In the latest Swiss Society for African studies newsletter, Anja Soldat summarizes discussions at the Swiss Researching Africa Days on how to decolonize Swiss-Africa research collaborations.

Helvetas welcomes the historic agreement on biodiversity and will closely monitor its implementation. As strong proponents of agroecology – entailing the minimization of agro-chemical use - they nevertheless believe that the demand to halve the use of hazardous chemicals by 2030 is insufficient.

The "Biodiversity boost through regenerative organic agroforestry in Central Ghana" project from FiBL aims to improve farm resilience and biodiversity by implementing agroforestry in current monoculture orange plantations. It also focuses on finding a viable waste management solution for the by-products from orange peel processing.

press release by BFH about the closing event of the Pinoy Tannin project aiming to add value to side streams from the local forestry and agriculture value chains in the Philippines