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Green Innovation Centres – agricultural know-how secures jobs, harvests and incomes

12 years, 16 countries and 21 agricultural value chains: Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector (GIC) supported sustainable agriculture in Africa and Asia. The programme has now come to an end. A newly published compendium pools the key approaches, lessons learned, innovations and results for the professional public.

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Secure incomes, new prospects

Millions of people have fled to Ethiopia or been displaced within the country. This poses enormous challenges for the communities taking them in. GIZ supports refugees and local people in finding work and strengthening social cohesion.

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Digital sovereignty, not tech dependency

Large tech corporations are usually the ones in control of cloud services, AI applications and digital platforms. Kenya shows that there is another way: using the building blocks we have developed.

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