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Agriculture & Food Systems

Welcome to the Agriculture and Food Systems Network of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). We are a knowledge exchange platform of development practitioners working in the area of agriculture and food systems.

Magomeni Market, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

News

Call for Proposals: SOR4D

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) are launching a second phase of their flagship transdisciplinary development research programme. Building on Swiss expertise in innovation and excellence in research and international partnerships, the SOR4D programme aims at producing knowledge and innovative solutions through needs-driven, transdisciplinary research that generate impact and accelerate the achievement of the SDGs in partner countries.

The Green Nexus - Building Synergies for Greater Impact

Outcomes of the first two event of a learning journey by the SDC networks A&FS, Climate Change / DRR / Environment and RésEAU to strengthen their Green Nexus understanding and operations and thereby increase the impact of their work

Communication21 January 2026

AFS Network series on resilience

If you missed it, our Learning Lab on Resilience Thinking offers sessions with experts from ODI Global. The first explores what resilience truly means and why managing trade-offs is central to resilience practice, the second focuses on applying resilience in action to improve programming and decision-making and the further explore how we can measure resilience.

Events

4 March 2026

Science for Food 1

Short, informal session to share some science related thoughts for food with A&FS Network members and anyone else interested | Brève séance informelle pour partager quelques réflexions scientifiques sur l'alimentation avec les membres du réseau A&FS et toute autre personne intéressée.

  • 4 March 2026
  • 08 to 09

11 March 2026

Making the case for resilience in development

Session 4 of Learning Lab "Resilience Thinking" organized by the SDC Networks Agriculture & Food Systems, RésEAU and Climate, DRR & Environment to mainstream resilience thinking in development practice

  • 11 March 2026
  • 09 to 11