News and op-eds
The latest news and editorials related to issues pertinent to the vision and mission of the Platform.
News and op-eds
The latest news and editorials related to issues pertinent to the vision and mission of the Platform.
The International Cooperation (IC) Strategy for the years 2025 to 2028 defines Switzerland’s priorities for development and economic cooperation, humanitarian aid and the promotion of peace and human rights. The IC Strategy is implemented by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the FDFA's Peace and Human Rights Division (PHRD), and the EAER's State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).
Rural communities across the world are up against a myriad of challenges. From Latin America, across Africa and the Middle East, all the way to the Pacific Islands – poor rural communities and small rural producers are up against a mammoth combination of crisis
War, climate change, droughts, and other weather events are all making the struggle to end hunger and malnutrition even more difficult. Read this interview with Matthieu Le Grix, head of AFD’s Agriculture, Rural Development and Biodiversity Department, who warns us that food security is
USAID Administrator Samantha Power called for an acceleration and expansion of agricultural investment as a critical pillar of addressing current and future global food crises, and announced new USAID initiatives to spur research to improve agricultural production around the world, strengthen resilience, and address




