
Landwirtschaft und Ernährungssicherheit

Hunger und Mangelernährung gefährden nicht nur die individuelle Gesundheit, sondern auch massgeblich die Entwicklung von Ländern. Die DEZA engagiert sich um eine angemessene, ausreichende und qualitativ gute Ernährung für alle. Dabei legt sie auf die gesamte Wertschöpfungskette von Nahrungsmitteln Wert: Von den Feldern, wo die Nahrungsmittel produziert werden, über die Lagerung und Verarbeitung, die Märkte, den Handel und die Transporte bis hin zum Konsum auf dem Teller.
Die DEZA setzt sich weltweit für das Menschenrecht auf angemessene Ernährung ein. Dabei konzipiert sie ihre Aktivitäten mit dem Ziel, ärmeren und benachteiligten Bevölkerungsgruppen wie Kleinbäuerinnen und Kleinbauern, Frauen und jungen Menschen einen gleichberechtigten Zugang zu Wissen, produktiven Ressourcen und Märkten zu verschaffen. In diesem Rahmen unterstützt die DEZA sie bei der produktiven und gleichzeitig schonenden Nutzung der natürlichen Ressourcen, im Umgang mit den Auswirkungen des Klimawandels, bei der Lagerung und Vermarktung ihrer Produkte sowie bei der stetigen Anpassung an sich verändernde Umweltbedingungen. Bei alle dem legt sie ein spezielles Augenmerk auf den Erhalt der stark gefährdeten Artenvielfalt. Ebenso macht sie sich für bedürfnisorientierte Forschungs- und Beratungssysteme stark.
Auch fördert die DEZA Innovationen entlang der Wertschöpfungsketten von Nahrungsmitteln, welche den Konsumentinnen und Konsumenten eine gesunde und vielfältige Ernährung bzw. den Zugang zu entsprechenden Nahrungsmitteln ermöglichen, auf dem Land wie in städtischen Gebieten.
Eine nachhaltige Landwirtschaft, die eine gesunde Ernährung sicher stellt und die Biodiversität erhält, ist Grundlage um das Menschenrecht auf angemessene Ernährung zu gewähren. Mit diesem Ziel vor Augen engagiert sich die Schweiz im Bereich Ernährungssicherheit in der internationalen Zusammenarbeit. Die Schweizer Landwirtschaft mit ihrer multifunktionalen, auf sozialen und regionalen Ausgleich bedachten, familienbasierten und umweltschonenden Nahrungsmittelproduktion ist dabei Vorbild.
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Appui à la mise en œuvre de la politique agricole de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (ECOWAP)
01.02.2022
- 31.12.2026
En Afrique de l’Ouest, plus de 64 % de la population a moins de 24 ans. La faiblesse des chaînes de valeur agricoles ne permet pas à ces jeunes d’accéder à des emplois décents. La Suisse soutient la création d’emplois rémunérateurs dans la filière lait local au profit des jeunes. Elle compte sur l’effet levier de son action pour contribuer à réduire l'exode rural et l'émigration non contrôlée et offrir aux jeunes des alternatives à l'adhésion aux groupes violents.
Nurture - Nurturing climate resilience in Cambodia
01.02.2022
- 31.12.2026
Switzerland and the Swiss NGOs HEKS and Caritas, in cooperation with the Ministries of Agriculture and of Water, support smallholder farmers and their communities with Swiss expertise on sustainable water resource management, increased social accountability for climate change adaptation and disaster risk management and diversified incomes using agro-ecological production. Some 70,500 men and women in four provinces highly vulnerable to climate change and disasters will benefit.
FASL - Food-security and Agricultural Sustainability for Livelihood improvement
01.01.2022
- 31.12.2025
Poverty and food insecurity are widespread all over Afghanistan and even more accentuated after the political change after the takeover of the Taliban in August 2021. Therefore the support of the poorest farmers in the most remote areas by improving and securing their livelihoods is crucial in order to strenghten sustainable natural resources management and the communities’ resilience. It is interwoven with the humanitarian appeal of Aga Khan Foundation supported by Switzerland.
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 12 Core contribution 2022 - 2024
01.01.2022
- 31.12.2024
IFAD aims at transforming rural economies and food systems by making them more inclusive, productive, resilient and sustainable. During 2022-2024, IFAD plans lifting 68 million poor rural women and men out of hunger and poverty, en route to doubling its impact by 2030. IFAD is one of the 15 priority multilateral organizations of the Swiss international cooperation and shares its priorities of leaving no one behind; addressing issues of climate change, nutrition, gender and youth; and engaging more with the private sector and promoting innovation.
Rural Markets
01.01.2022
- 30.09.2023
The political and health crisis in recent years has affected the economic activity of the Family Production Units (UPFs, in Spanish), which is why their resilience needs to be strengthened. The market development approach, applied in phases I and II of the project, has proven its potential to solve major bottlenecks. In the last phase, the proposal is to consolidate and scale up the achievements in the market systems, as well as of the public and private services supporting them, focusing on knowledge management and sustainability mechanisms.
Improving National Animal Identificationand Traceability Systems (NAITS)
01.01.2022
- 31.12.2025
In Georgia, the livestock sector is dominated by small-scale subsistence farms, using common grazing and increasing the spread of diseases, which reduce productivity and farmers’ incomes. Switzerland has been supporting the authorities to introduce a digital system of animal identification and registration to improve health control since 2016. The system is operational, but further support is needed to ensure that it is effectively used and contributes to increasing competitiveness and farmers’ incomes.
International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). Core contribution 2022 - 2024
01.01.2022
- 31.12.2024
CGIAR’ is a global research for development partnership for a food secure future in the fields of agriculture, nutrition, environment and their adaptation to climate change and the enhancement of ecosystem resilience. With its new strategy, governance and research portfolio, the CGIAR has a singular role in providing international and global public goods through high-quality agricultural research, partnership, and leadership in the areas of poverty and hunger reduction. Switzerland is a founding member of the CGIAR and many Swiss scientific institutions are involved in common research programs.
International Land Coalition (ILC) Core contribution
01.01.2022
- 31.12.2024
Equitable land rights are key to sustainable and resilient food systems. ILC is a global network of organisations working on people centred land governance in over 80 countries. ILC aims at securing land rights for people, who live on and from the land. SDC supports ILC since it contributes to many Swiss core interests such as peaceful and democratic societies, and addresses growing inequalities in food systems– particularly gender inequality.
LURAS - Lao Upland Rural Advisory Services
01.12.2021
- 30.11.2025
Laos is an agriculture-based country in transition. Farmers in the Northern region require additional knowledge, skills and access to resources to organize themselves within the ongoing agricultural socio-economic changes. Switzerland’s expertise in inclusive economic development, climate change and environment will support rural advisory services during this final phase to sustainably stimulate climate resilient and lasting improvements in agricultural production and income generation for these farmers.
Enhanced resilience of viticulture in Abkhazia
01.12.2021
- 30.11.2026
A vast area in Abkhazia was contaminated by the explosion of an ammunition warehouse in 2017. Clearance efforts supported by international experts are about to be completed, enabling the restoration of the land for agricultural purposes. Endemic grape varieties will be reintroduced fostering biodiversity and resistance to disease. Growers’ resilience to climatic and economic shocks will be enhanced by setting a sector association and training in advanced agricultural practices.
Modernizing VET in Agriculture in Armenia
01.12.2021
- 31.08.2025
While 37% of Armenia’s labour force is employed in agriculture, men and women do not earn sufficient income, incl. due to a lack of professional skills. This multi-stakeholder intervention, which includes a SDC contribution, further develops country-wide work-based learning education, strengthens specialized institutions and modernizes the regulatory framework, enabling professionals and graduates to acquire relevant qualification, find employment or establish their own businesses.
RAPID+ The Kenya Arid Lands Partnership for Integrated Development Plus
01.11.2021
- 31.10.2026
Pastoralist communities in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) have for a very long time adapted to the harsh environments to derive livelihoods (mainly livestock). Communities in the ASALs are facing multiple pressures of climate change, degraded natural resources and conflicts. This program supports the historically marginalised and under-developed pastoralist communities in Northern Kenya to access safe, reliable and affordable Water and manage their rangeland ecosystem sustainably.