Agroecology Promotion Programme APP

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

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.

Risultati principali attesi:  

• 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

Risultati fasi precedenti:  

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

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)