UPDATES
Why Food Systems Strategies Struggle at District Level — and What Helps Turn Them Into Action
Moving from national ambition to local ownership requires more than planning — it depends on how collaboration is structured and sustained
District Food Systems Steering Committees Take Root in Malawi
A bottom-up approach is helping districts strengthen coordination, map food systems actors, and build more functional local governance for healthier diets
Why Planting Trees Isn’t Fixing Degraded Forest Landscapes
How assisted natural regeneration offers a faster, more scalable, and community-driven alternative in Cameroon
PRODUCTS
Social and Behaviour Change Lessons Learned from the Global Programme Food and Nutrition Security, Enhanced Resilience
What has worked? What has not?
Protected Area Governance and Management
A resource book for practitioners in development cooperation
Biochar from Namibian Encroacher Bush
Bush control and biomass utilisation
VIDEOS
Building Real Resilience from the Ground Up
Gertraud Faltermayer on strengthening rural Communities beyond crisis
Policy Begins Where Reality Works
How can policies truly strengthen resilience?
Conference Opening
🧩 Opening speech of the 2025 SNRD Conference by Speaker Heike Hoeffler
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Launched in 1995 in Lesotho, the Sector Network Rural Development Africa today deals with all aspects related rural development and sustainable management of natural resources in Africa. In addition, rural development issues are linked to broader aspects of economic development as well as good governance processes.
