Archives: Partners

A sustainable income for farmers and nutritious, affordable food for all, as part of sustainable food systems: that is what Rikolto is working for.   Rikolto is an international network organisation with over 50 years’ experience of partnering with farmer organisations and food chain stakeholders in 18 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. We achieve…

Hivos is an international NGO. Its mission is to innovate for social change, with smart projects in the right places, striving for a free, fair and sustainable society. Green societies, in which the environment and the planet’s natural resources are used sustainably to the benefit of all. Hivos working areas are: Transparency and Accountability Freedom…

ConQuito is the Economic Promotion Agency of the Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito. It promotes urban agriculture and related issues through its project AGRUPAR, including training, technical advice, and the promotion of entrepreneurship, among others. ConQuito promotes and develops strategic projects focused on increasing productivity and job opportunities. Since 2016 ConQuito became RUAF…

Mazingira Institute is a civil society organisation based in Nairobi, Kenya. Over the last decade it has been an active partner of Nairobi City County, a member of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP). It has also partnered with other counties in Kenya doing urban agriculture and food systems planning. Through its affiliation with…

The city of Ghent (Gent) in Belgium, with 250,000 inhabitants, launched its food policy in 2013, which includes five strategic goals to pave the way for a sustainable food system for Ghent. The City of Ghent set up a ‘food council’, a group of key stakeholders advising on and co-creating a more sustainable local food…

The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems (LCSFS) is committed to fostering food systems that are socially just, ecologically regenerative, economically localised and that engage citizens. FLEdGE (Food: Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged), a five-year research and knowledge mobilisation project based at the LCSFS, brings together partners from across Canada with international experts. Website: fledgeresearch.ca and…

The Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has its headquarters in Beijing, China. As the largest geographic research institute in the world with long history in China, IGSNRR has always been one of the vital and active think-tanks and academic institutions to various governments in China and…

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is an international, research-for-development organization that stands at the forefront of global agricultural research, strategically positioned at the nexus of research and practical development.  Our mission is to provide water solutions for sustainable, climate-resilient development. At IWMI, we are dedicated to delivering evidence-based solutions that ensure sustainable management of…

EStà EStà is an independent, nonprofit research, training and consulting center that acts as a bridge between scientific knowledge, policy and active citizenship. We promote the culture of sustainability so that it can steer public institutions, businesses, trade unions and third sector entities toward a more sustainable and inclusive society. We connect knowledge to practice…