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.

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.

Bridging themes for greater impact: Enhancing collaboration in times of global crises
Outcomes of an interactive webinar organised on 10 November 2025 by the SDC networks A&FS, Climate Change / DRR / Environment and RésEAU to explore the strengthening of cross-thematic collaboration for better resilience and by exchanging across the GREEN NEXUS of climate, disaster risk reduction, environment, food and water.

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, while the second focuses on applying resilience in action to improve programming and decision-making.

