News and Events

10Mar
2023

Coffee++ – Transforming livelihoods and climate resilience of smallholder coffee producers through the adoption of regenerative agriculture production systems

[GIZ] Coffee ++ is the follow-up project of the successful collaboration project between GIZ and Nestlé “Improving smallholder coffee farming systems in Southeast Asia” (Project Coffee+), commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ). Building onto this, the Coffee++ integrated development partnership (iDPP) will add new...

09Mar
2023

Feminist & Fair: the gender-transformative innovation competition

[GIZ / Jörg Böthling] Promoting inclusion and social justice in agricultural supply chains while pursuing an intersectional approach - these were the key criteria for the winning projects in the gender-transformative innovation competition Feminist & Fair: The Future of Agricultural Supply Chains. Feminist & Fair invited business-led consortia – consisting of...

09Mar
2023

One-day Media Workshop on ‘Forests for Future and the Future of Forests: Create an Impact with your Reporting’, held at Shimla

Media plays an important role in promoting people’s appreciation for Nature and Biodiversity Glimpses from the Workshop [©Aashima Negi/GIZ] To ensure that life in the Himalayan region doesn’t get affected by forest depletion, the tapping of forests for various Forest Ecosystem Services such as water needs to be done in a...

09Mar
2023

Reducing illegal Wildlife trade through a social media campaign

An example of a call to action “Be a model wildlife protector” of IWT campaign [GIZ ProFEB] The illegal wildlife trade dramatically affects the survival of endangered species globally, and thus tackling poaching and the trade that fuels it continues to be a transnational challenge. Lao PDR is a key...

09Mar
2023

Strengthening local communities’ tenure rights through legal empowerment

Training of Trainers for provincial and district level authorities Investments in agriculture and forestry can benefit both, investors and communities, if governed responsibly and in acknowledgement of tenure rights. This includes ensuring that local communities and labourers know how to make use of their rights attributed to them by law...

08Mar
2023

Supporting development projects on climate-smart agricultural value chains

Farming Woman [GIZ/GRAPE] Agricultural development projects often emphasize the need for climate change adaptation (and mitigation) in production. Yet upstream and downstream functions of agricultural value chains bear a similar importance for resilience of the agricultural system. Guidance for the use of adequate tools and at best a comprehensive approach...

28Feb
2023

Integration of Forest Ecosystem Services in Forest Management: Focus on Water Availability

The effective management of forested areas is crucial for improving access to water resources, including springs. The National Working Plan Code 2014 also emphasizes on special provisions to sustain water resources for the dependent communities. Following this, the “Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystem Services” (FES) project in collaboration with...

28Feb
2023

A memorable time – the Global Project Mainstreaming EbA is saying goodbye

Group picture taken at the 7th international EbA Community of Practice Workshop [GP Mainstreaming EbA] Group picture taken at the 7th international EbA Community of Practice Workshop [GP Mainstreaming EbA] The GIZ-implemented and IKI-funded Global Project on Mainstreaming Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is coming to a close by the end of February...