Agriculture provides livelihoods for billions of people, ensuring food security, income and future prospects. In many partner countries, especially in rural regions, agriculture is an important economic sector. But climate change, scarce resources and global crises are putting its development at risk.
Agriculture
Agriculture creates food, income and development. We support our partners in shaping the sector to be innovative, resilient and sustainable.
64.5
%
of the workforce in Africa works in agriculture.
3.7-fold
increase in global agriculture exports between 2000 and 2020 an (FAO).
Around
500
million smallholder farms provide food security worldwide.
Our vision: how GIZ strengthens agriculture
We work with our partners to make agriculture fair, resilient and sustainable. To this end, we take the entire value chain into account: from the field, through processing, all the way to the market. Our efforts place particular emphasis on women, young people and smallholder farms.
Our services:
On behalf of the German Government and other partners, GIZ provides support in the following areas:
- Strategies for developing the agricultural sector
- Access to markets and improved trading standards
- Innovation and research in agriculture
- Training and advisory services in rural areas
- Sustainable, social and environmentally sound agricultural systems
Our approaches at a glance:
Insights
This project focuses on the following GIZ work priorities:
The project contributes to these Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations: