Partner organisations of the SDC in agriculture, natural resource management and environment
BioNET is an international not-for-profit initiative dedicated to promoting taxonomy, especially in the biodiversity rich but economically poorer countries of the world. Working via local partnerships (LOOPs), BioNET strives to provide a forum for collaboration that is equally open to all taxonomists and to the other users of taxonomy. Working with partners locally and internationally, our work contributes to raising awareness of the importance of taxonomy to society, building and sharing of capacity, and meeting taxonomic needs via innovative tools and approaches.
CABI - CAB International - Knowledge for Life
CABI’s mission is to alleviate poverty by increasing crop productivity, quality and safety, helping safeguard the environment and biodiversity and providing access to agricultural and environmental scientific knowledge.
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
CDE’s mission is to contribute to sustainable development in countries of the North, South, and East, through:
- research partnerships
- education and training
- development of concepts and tools
- raising awareness,
- policy advice.
CDE focuses on:
- management of natural resources,
- integrated regional development, and
- interventions that mitigate syndromes of global change.
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
The mission of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research is to achieve sustainable food security and reduce poverty in developing countries through scientific research and research-related activities in the fields of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, policy, and environment.
EIARD - European Initiative for Agricultural Research in Development
EIARD's purpose is to enhance the appropriateness and effectiveness of European investments in ARD at national, regional and international levels both in Europe and developing countries.
ETH ZurichOur main goals are:
- To maintain and to increase quality in development cooperation by high-level education and research and to exchange experiences concerning sustainable use of forest resources and services in the tropics and eastern transformation countries.
- To contribute to the education and to the level of information of students at the ETHZ in the field of international forestry (Lectures are prepared for divisions of the department of environmental sciences and NADEL - Post-graduate courses in development- and transformation countries).
- Raises questions about unsustainable pest management practices and helps increase awareness of IPM alternatives.
- Encourages and supports initiatives that develop IPM field programs and contributes to the further conceptual development of such programs.
- Facilitates collaboration and exchange of information among IPM programs.
- Stimulates dialogue to encourage policy reform.
- Advises governments, international organizations, NGOs and donors on pest management programs and policies.
Our mission is to ensure the conservation and availability of crop diversity for food security worldwide. The fight against hunger is one of the greatest challenges facing the world over the coming decades. Crop diversity is fundamental to defeating hunger and achieving food security
Helvetas’ mission is:
- to collaborate in a participatory manner with and for the benefit of the poor and underprivileged society groups in the poor regions of development and transition countries;
- to further promote the exchange of knowledge and experiences between Switzerland and the partner countries as well as among the partner countries;
- to strengthen local structures and sustainable development and to promote human rights;
- to develop suitable measures that prevent or mitigate violent conflicts and contribute to mutually agreed and sustainable resolutions.
Intercooperation is a leading Swiss non-profit making organisation engaged in development and international cooperation since 1982. Registered as a foundation, we are governed by 21 organisations representing the development community, civil society and the private sector. Intercooperation is both an implementing and an advisory organisation, providing professional resources and knowledge combined with social commitment .
Intercooperation specialises in rural development, our expertise, process competences and services being grouped around three principal working domains:
→ natural resource management ( agriculture and forestry )
→ rural economy
→ local governance and civil society
IZB - Institute for International Cooperation in Education
Supporting the development of school and adults education programmes to defeat desertification, commissioned by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
WOCAT - World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
WOCAT’s Mission is to provide tools that allow Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) specialists to share their valuable knowledge in soil and water management, that assist them in their search for appropriate SWC technologies and approaches, and that support them in making decisions in the field and at the planning level.
