Hivos Southern Africa |

Celebrating Food Value and Diversity

in Zambia

Agroecology

A new direction towards truly sustainable food systems

IFFR-Live Comes to Harare

Festival celebrates film

Victimised by a click

#16Days16Voices Day 2: Linda Masarira's online harrassment

Hivos Southern Africa Activates Citizens on Green and Inclusive Energy

Citizens keen to embrace renewables

Hivos and Welthungerhilfe Launch Cooperation in Food and Lifestyle Fund

Fund aimed at stimulating entrepreneurship and investment in the food and lifestyle sector

Food Entrepreneurs in Southern Africa Undergo Ideation Boot Camp

Boot camp aimed at inspiring entrepreneurs to scale up their ideas

Photo: Hivos, Caroline Wildeman speaking @ launch

Women@Work launched in Southern Africa

to improve rights of women in horticulture value chains.

Goodbye maize mono diet!

Zambia must diversify its food production and consumption patterns to overcome nagging challenges of hunger and malnutrition and ensure good health for all its citizens.

2016 Annual Report

The Hivos Annual Report shows how we gave shape to our ideals in Latin America, Africa and Asia in 2016.

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Facts & Figures

Southern Africa

Total liability € 9,4 million

Number of countries 3

Number of partner organisations 38

News

Southern Africa

Launching the booklet: FAO, Ministry of Agriculture and Hivos

Publication celebrating food value launched in Zambia

May 24, 2018

The food system in Zambia can greatly benefit from tapping local foods available in the wild and in small scale farming, according to a new publication titled: "Celebrating Food Value and Diversity." The publication commissioned by Hivos and International Institute of Environment and Development...

Tender for End Term Evaluation of the KP REACH Regional Programme in Southern Africa, funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM)

May 2, 2018

Organisational Context

Hivos Southern Africa Hub, aims towards an open and green society, inspired by humanist values such as freedom, dignity, responsibility and curiosity. Our objective is that every person can live in freedom and dignity on a planet that is sustainable. We pride...

Getting Social Media to Work for CSOs

March 14, 2018

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) need to undergo fundamental shifts in their organizational communications culture to benefit fully from social media technologies, according to a guidebook recently published by Hivos Southern Africa with support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the...

Blog posts

A citizen-led approach to food research and policy making

Blog post | | April 26, 2018 |

Categories:

Sustainable Food

By Natalie Lartey (in photo above) and Bill Vorley, IIED

Food policies that are based on evidence and advocacy delivered by citizens are more likely to benefit the people most affected by these policies....

Agroecology: a new direction towards truly sustainable food systems

Blog post | Nout van der Vaart | April 11, 2018 |