From our partners

Since 2016, Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) has trained more than 11,000 smallholders in Kenya in sustainable potato growing and marketing in the context of the Farmer Field and Business…

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Education

Together with the foundation of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), Germany is engaging in the “SHE – Support Her Education” initiative in order to promote one…

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Gender

The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) launched a new version of its Women's Human Rights app (W'sHR app) in March 2021 in New York. The app facilitates negotiations and helps improve the efficiency of…

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Innovation

“Integrating agroecological approaches into agricultural advisory services” is the title of the Innovation Challenge 2021, conducted by the global project “Agricultural Policy and Innovation Fund (FABI)” of the Deutsche…

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Agriculture

Using an innovative approach, the Pan African Bean Research Alliance PABRA is combatting malnutrition in Burundi and at the same time improving food security, boosting the private sector and empowering women. Swiss…

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Commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the new Fund for the Promotion of Innovation in Agriculture (i4Ag) supports projects which have the potential to contribute to…

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Energy

Half of all Africans have no access to electricity. This is the result of a survey on the energy turnaround in Africa presented by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Berlin in…

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Environment

Air conditioning saves lives. But air conditioning is also one of the main causes of global warming. To break this vicious circle, tackle climate change and alleviate poverty, Switzerland promotes energy-efficient…

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Agriculture

In 2020, a group of African and European NGOs published the research report “False Promises” to fill the gap of publicly not available impact studies of AGRA’s activities in combating hunger with a “Green Revolution”…

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Rice production

Small farmers in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania are being supported in boosting their rice harvests, improving product quality and raising their incomes. Through the Competitive African Rice Initiative…

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