Agroecology Promotion Programme APP


Switzerland has been one of the front-runners positioning agroecology globally to support food systems transformation, notably following the aftermath of the UN Food Systems Summit in September 2021. This Agroecology Promotion Programme strengthens this momentum, by supporting the capacitation of, dissemination and implementation by leveraging actors to further embed agroecology within the civil society, policies and markets, globally, in Sub-Sahara Africa and South-East Asia.

Pays/région Thème Période Budget
Afrique
Monde entier
Mékong
Agriculture et sécurité alimentaire
Governance
Formation professionelle
Emploi & développement économique
Politique agricole
Politique de sécurité alimentaire
Services agricoles & marché
Coopératives agricoles & organisations d’agricultrices/eurs
Participation démocratique et société civile
Formation technique supérieure de gestion
Ressources en terres cultivables
Développement de petites et moyennes entreprises
01.02.2023 - 30.04.2028
CHF  9’700’000
Contexte The past few years have seen increasing severe strains leading to a global crisis in terms of food security and nutrition, in particular in Sub-Sahara Africa and South-East Asia. Under the momentum of the UN Food Systems in 2021, a growing set of actors are positioning agroecology as a compass to support food systems transformation. Further efforts are required to trigger real systemic change, by empowering civil society, informing and influencing policies, and seeing the development of agroecological markets notably by empowering the consumers to demand for more agroecological healthy products – and to connect these developments from the local to the global level.
Objectifs Agroecology is broadly promoted as a pathway for food systems transformation to truly sustainable, resilient, localised and healthy food systems, worldwide and in particular in Sub-Sahara Africa and South-East Asia.
Groupes cibles

Direct beneficiaries:

  1. farmers, consumers, women, youth, policy makers, agroecological entrepreneurs, grass-root organisations, directly engaged in the activities
  2. the institutions partnered with, a share of them benefiting from institutional support through core funding to enhance their own business models, added value and sustainability
Effets à moyen terme

Outcome 1 : Civil society stimulates, as organisations, rural populations, women, youth, smallholder farmers, are empowered to act upon, demand, and implement improved food systems through agroecology.

Outcome 2 : Policies progress, as policy-makers and governmental officials recognise the value of agroecology and adopt it as a means / compass to transform their national and regional food systems.

Outcome 3 : Markets develop, as market actors (consumers, producers, small and medium enterprises) gain further knowledge, networking and financial resources to align with agroecological principles and generate appealing and economically sound localised and healthy markets.

Résultats

Principaux résultats attendus:  

  • Agroecology is formally adopted within the remaining Rio Conventions
  • 2 regional networks are strengthened and regionally anchored, one in Africa and one in Asia, serving a strong member-base for agroecology
  • ASEAN has developed a regional Agroecology Guideline, while the African Union further aligns its continental strategy to the agroecology principles
  • CHF 5 Mio. is provided to support conversion to agroecological practices
  • At least 3 countries have seen the health of their people improve through nutrition-sensitive policies and developed agroecological markets linking producers and consumers


Principaux résultats antérieurs:  

Results of the Opening Phase :

  • Scoping assessment done to identify needs, gaps and actors in the agroecological space globally, in Sub-Sahara Africa and in South-East Asia
  • Consultations led for the development of each component (Addis/Africa, Siem Reap/Cambodia, virtual/Global), gathering potential partners and SCOs
  • 4 organisational audits and one partner risk dialogue led


Direction/office fédéral responsable DDC
Partenaire de projet Partenaire contractuel
ONG internationale ou étrangère
  • Other international or foreign NGO North
  • IFOAM Organics International (for the Global Component), Biovision Africa Trust (for the Sub-Sahara Africa Component), and GRET (for the South-East Asia Component)


Coordination avec d'autres projets et acteurs

Coordination and mutual exchanges with existing partners: CGIAR, TPP, icipe, CABI, GFRAS, and the Rome-Based Agencies (FAO, IFAD, WFP).

Coordination and mutual exchanges with existing projects: CROPS4HD (notably in Chad, Niger, Tanzania), RUNRES (notably in Ethiopia, Rwanda), NICE (notably in Kenya, Rwanda), SysCom (notably in Kenya), Nurture (in Cambodia).

Swiss Cooperation Offices which have expressed interest and thematic opportunities (Benin, Mali, Burkina, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Cambodia, Laos)

Budget Phase en cours Budget de la Suisse CHF    9’700’000 Budget suisse déjà attribué CHF    1’822’579 Projet total depuis la première phase Budget de la Suisse CHF   200’000
Phases du projet Phase 1 01.02.2023 - 30.04.2028   (Phase en cours)