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.

A policy brief from Helvetas on the global food price crisis that includes insights on how the crisis is affecting Helvetas' partner countries, and urgent measures that need to be taken.

A blog post from Helvetas that describes how by addressing supply chain constraints and food environment weaknesses, the Leadership to Ensure Adequate Nutrition project, implemented by a consortium of NGOs, has triggered positive changes that benefit the most disadvantaged communities.