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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

Meeting with women in a village in Port Loko, Sierra Leone

Communication24 March 2026

People's land rights in the carbon rush

Years of advocacy have brought into being a very progressive land law in Sierra Leone. But a new case of land grabbing shows that the struggle is far from over.

AFS moves to MS Teams

Communication27 January 2026

Join our new exchange platform on MS Teams

AFS network members will now be able to share and exchange on MS Teams. The previous Closed User Group (CUG) and the quarterly newsletters will be discontinued.

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.

Events

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
Gestion holistique - title image of ACF briefing document

26 March 2026

Gestion holistique : l’expérience d’ACF

Webinaire co-organisé par le réseau Agriculture et systèmes alimentaires de  la DDC et Action contre la Faim visant à  présenter l'approche de gestion holistique et à échanger des expériences.

  • 26 March 2026
  • 09 to 10

6 May 2026

Thoughts for Food 26

Short, informal session to share some thoughts for food with A&FS Network members and anyone else interested

  • 6 May 2026
  • 09 to 10