Read a personal account from Dr Zenebe Uraguchi, who is now the Head of the HAFL Hugo P. Cecchini Institute for International Cooperation and Development at the Bern University of Applied Sciences in Zollikofen. He was previously with Helvetas for 13 years.

Blicken Sie noch einmal mit Helvetas zurück – mit zwölf Momentaufnahmen aus einem aussergewöhnlichen Jahr.

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.

Jane Carter's blog for Helvetas describes a project which aims to improve the livelihoods of rural communities through enhanced income from non-timber forest products as well as promoting sustainable natural resource management.

An article from Helvetas describes a project that facilitates and promotes micro-initiatives for nutrition sensitive agriculture, processing and marketing practices on local and national levels. Helvetas advisory services support country offices of Nepal, Pakistan and Tajikistan which implement the project components in these countries.