The seed guardian
In Tanzania, farmers are rediscovering traditional varieties in training courses. Many varieties were neglected for a long time and are still underestimated today. Like Amina Mohamed. “People come to me to get traditional seeds. I used to have to buy them from the store, but now I know how to propagate my own seeds and sell them on,” says the 40-year-old farmer.
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The reforester
Dayana, 23, runs the association “Mi Arbol Sabanero” in Los Palmitos. “I grew up among these trees, but I had no clue of them. Now I can easily identify their species.” She goes on excursions with young people to collect seeds from strong, robust trees, and back at school they separate the good seeds from the bad. They plant the seedlings outdoors, water them and look after them.
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The forest owner
44-year-old Arati Arjun Madavi lives with her family in central India. Her meagre land, mainly cultivated with rice, did not yield enough. She learned about agro-ecological methods and now grows not only rice, but also pigeon peas, yams, sesame and okra and more. This soon paid off: “I was able to harvest more year after year, and our own needs are covered.”
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The climate crisis is here – and its consequences are becoming increasingly noticeable. While there are still isolated extreme events in our latitudes, such as those currently occurring in Ticino and Valais, heavy rainfall, floods and droughts are already the new normal in the Global South. Crop failures and hunger are the result.
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The problem
The climate crisis is a major concern for the Swiss – as the annual Worry Barometer shows. And rightly so: Not only are glaciers disappearing in Switzerland, extreme weather events are also on the rise. In our partner countries in the Global South, the consequences are already being felt more intensely. Droughts, floods, storms: extreme weather events are aggravating the already tense situation in many countries, fueling hunger and poverty. We believe that as a contributor to the problem, Switzerland must take more responsibility.
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At SWISSAID, we are convinced that the world’s major crises can only be solved together. That’s why we are constantly working to ensure that Switzerland finally takes responsibility, looks for sustainable, fair solutions and creates climate justice. In nine partner countries, we provide local support in emergency situations. However, the core of our climate work lies in an agroecological approach: An agroecological system is less dependent on external factors and more stable in the face of extreme events.
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