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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

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.

30 January 2026

A&FS Newsletter - Feb. 2026 (last issue)

The newsletter of the SDC Agriculture & Food Systems Network provides you with the latest news on projects, publications and events related to food systems and submitted by network members. It also informs about A&FS Network activities and portrays network members.

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

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