25th September 2018. Webinar. What can be done on policy level to reduce postharvest losses for better food security? In what way can local organizations support
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AFAAS Webinar: Bringing Postharvest management solutions to scale
5 June 2018. The AFAAS webinar series on Postharvest Management (PHM) started in 2017, and continues this year (2018) under the theme “Scaling up proven technologies
Nestlé S.A.: Planting Seeds for the Future of Food
6-7 July 2017. Lausanne/Vevey, Switzerland. Nestle. As the world’s largest food company, and one that connects farmers to consumers, how can Nestlé help shape the
Louis Dreyfus creates investment fund for agribusiness in Sub-Saharan Africa
28 October 2015. GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — Louis Dreyfus Holding and Bamboo Finance announced a partnership to launch and jointly manage NISABA, a $50 million impact
Nestlé is launching a range of noodles in South Africa
9 October 2015. Nestlé is launching a range of noodles in South Africa containing the indigenous vegetable morogo — the result of a public-private research
World Food System Conference 2015
21-26 June 2015. Zurich, Switzerland. This conference highlighted solution-focused, interdisciplinary, and system-oriented research and practice addressing how to feed the world while considering human health, the
First outcome of the selection of Swiss Innovation in Agricultural and Food Systems for Food Security Programme
21 May 2014. Last year, funding decisions for three out of six research modules of the “Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development” (r4d
SDC’s work in supporting smallholders and family farms in developing countries
The UN has declared 2014 the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF). The goal is to raise the profile of smallholders and family farms by
A YOUng FARMer’s vision
A series of 3 videos was released called “A YOUng FARMer’s vision”. The project aimed at producing three short films; each of them portrays a
TWO Swiss Calls for Proposals
Swiss programme for Research on Global Issues for Development (r4d programme)Detailed information on the “Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development” and its