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Biodiversity

Colombia, one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, is home to an enormous range of ecosystems. Through its work, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is helping to protect these…

Biodiversity

Germany’s funding for international biodiversity projects reached a new record high in 2023, totalling 1.36 billion euros. The funding is being used to support countries world-wide in protecting, restoring and…

Food security

To mark World Food Day on the 16th October and this year’s 20th anniversary of the UN Guidelines on the Right to Adequate Food, the AG Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (AG L&E) of the “Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung” (FU&E)…

At the First Hamburg Sustainability Conference the German Government announced its joining the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, initiated by the Brazilian G20 presidency this year. Germany will contribute two…

Gender

Germany is joining the international Alliance for Feminist Movements, a league of governments, international organisations, foundations and civil society groups. German Federal Development Minister Svenja Schulze…

Rural development

If Ethiopia is to attain the status of a Medium Income Country by 2025, it will need considerable improvements in basic services. But only knowledge of the rights and responsibilities of citizens as community councillors…

Water

Without water, there can be no life. However, in 2024, 2.2 billion people live without clean drinking water and 3.5 billion people without safe sanitation. The Swiss Development Cooperation is therefore making a special…

Cocoa production

To ensure that farmers do not lose access to the EU as an export destination for their cocoa, GIZ’s global Fund for the Promotion of Innovation in Agriculture (i4Ag) develops the digital innovation “Open Cocoa Chain”…

Since 2015, global progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, which aims to eradicate world hunger under the banner “zero hunger”, has fallen behind schedule. Addressing global hunger and…

Education

The global programme on Strengthening Farmers’ Organisations for Sustainable Agricultural Development of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports farmers’ organisations in Ethiopia,…