Organisations

Multilateral organisations

• CGIAR – Consultative Group for Agricultural Research
  CGIAR is a global partnership that unites international organizations engaged in research about food security. Its aim is to reduce rural poverty, increase food security, improve human health and nutrition, and sustainable management of natural resources.
• FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization
  The FAO is the leading organization in international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security.
• GAIN - Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
  GAIN is a foundation developed by the UN and supported by over 30 donors. Its actions include improving the consumption of nutritious and safe foods for all.
• IFAD – International Fund for Agricultural Development
  The IFAD is an international financial institution and specialized agency of the UN for addressing poverty and hunger in rural areas.
• ILC - International Land Coalition
  The ILC is a global alliance of civil society and farmers' organizations, United Nations' agencies, NGOs and research institutes. Its mission is to «promote secure and equitable access to and control over land for poor women and men through advocacy, dialogue, knowledge sharing and capacity building».
• SUN Movement - Scaling Up Nutrition
  SUN, is a country-led Movement committed to the understanding that good nutrition is the best investment of the future. The political leaders of SUN countries agree to engage all sectors of central and local governments in efforts to improve nutrition.
• WFF - World Food Forum
  The WFF is an independent, youth-led global network of partners facilitated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
• WFP – World Food Programme
  The WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian organization providing food assistance worldwide. It is an international organization within the UN.

Multilateral platforms

• CFS – Committee on World Food Security
  The CFS is an intergovernmental body that serves as a forum in the United Nations System for review and follow-up of policies concerning world food security including production and physical and economic access to food.
• GDPRD – Global Donor Platform for Rural Development
  The GDPRD is a network of 40 bilateral and multilateral donors, international financing institutions, intergovernmental organizations, foundations, and development agencies. It brings together donors that believe the best way to tackle global poverty and hunger is to develop agriculture, reshape food systems, and invest in rural communities.

AFS partners

• BFH-HAFL - School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences
  The HAFL is a department of the Bern University of Applied Sciences. It offers studies in agriculture, forest and food sciences, and it provides applied research, services and continuing education programmes in these areas.
• Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
  The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) is a global research-for-development organization that delivers research-based solutions harnessing agricultural biodiversity to sustainably transform food systems and improve people's lives.
• Helvetas
  Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation is an independent Swiss development organization that focuses on capacity-building of disadvantaged people and communities in rural regions. The focus is on basic needs such as drinking water, food security, education and income generation.
• Swissaid
  Swissaid is a foundation active in the poorest, mostly rural regions of developing countries. It focuses on self-help projects in the areas of food security through agro-ecological farming, the promotion of women, access to water and support for civil society.

Research/Knowledge Centers

• CABI – Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International
  CABI is a non-profit intergovernmental development and information organization focusing primarily on agricultural and environmental issues in the developing world, and the creation, curation, and dissemination of scientific knowledge. Their work focuses on loss of crops caused by pests and diseases, invasive weeds and pests that damage farm production and biodiversity, and lack of global access to scientific research.
• FiBL – Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau
  The Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, is an organic farming information and research centres. As an independent and non-profit organization, it promotes research and projects that help farmers improve their productivity with consideration of environmental and health impacts.
• ICIPE – International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
  ICIPE is an international scientific research institute, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya that works towards improving lives and livelihoods of people in Africa. The center’s main objective is to research and develop alternative and environmentally friendly pest and vector management strategies that are effective, selective, non-polluting, non-resistance inducing, and which are affordable to resource-limited rural and urban communities.
• WOCAT - World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
  WOCAT is a global network on Sustainable Land Management (SLM) that promotes the documentation, sharing and use of knowledge to support adaptation, innovation and decision-making.

Think tanks, networks and conventions

• APREBES – Association for Plant Breeding for the Benefit of Society
  APREBES is an association founded by seven civil society organisations from developing and industrialized countries for promoting plant breeding for the benefit of society, fully implementing farmer’s rights to plant genetic resources and promoting biodiversity.
• CIFOR - Center for International Forestry Research
  CIFROR is a non-profit scientific research organization that conducts research on the use and management of forests with a focus on tropical forests in developing countries.
• GFRAS - Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services
  GFRAS is made up of various stakeholders worldwide who have an interest and role in rural advisory services. Its mission is to provide advocacy and leadership on pluralistic, demand driven rural advisory services.
• GLTN - Global Land Tool Network
  GLTN is a dynamic and multi-sectoral alliance of international partners contributing to poverty alleviation through increased access to land and tenure security for all.
• ISSD Africa - Integrated Seed Sector Development in Africa
  ISSD Africa is an international community of practice, supporting seed sector transformation and innovation on the African continent
• IPES-Food – International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems
  IPES- Food is a diverse and independent panel of experts guided by new ways of thinking about research, sustainability, and food systems.
• SFIAR - Swiss Forum for International Agricultural Research
  The SFIAR is an informal multi-stakeholder group of Swiss institutions and private individuals interested in agricultural research for developing countries
• YPARD – Young Professionals for Agricultural Development
  YPARD is an international movement for young professionals. This multi-stakeholder platform's main mission is to serve as a collective global network that enables young professionals to realize their full potential and contribute proactively towards innovative and sustainable agricultural development.

Academia

• Oxford Environmental Change Institute
  The ECI has an internationally-recognised track record in food systems research, with special emphasis on the interactions with environmental change. Key strengths include using a food systems lens for research and training on food security issues, and developing research partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders including business, policy, development agencies, NGOs and academia at large.
• Wageningen Food Sciences and Technology Cluster
  The Food Sciences and Technology Cluster of the Wageningen University is working on the challenge of converting the world’s harvests into safe, healthy and good food for our changing global population.

Other organisations

• Wetlands International
  Wetlands International is a global not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the conservation and restoration of wetlands