SDC supports rural development to address climate change and food security

The Swiss Agency for Development and Coorperation (SDC) recently decided that the Joint Concept on Rural Development (JDCRD) elaborated by the members of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) should be used as the guiding strategic document for SDC investments in this area. This is important for SDC's activities, since much of SDC's rural development work is in mountain areas, in classic mountain countries such as Tajikistan, Bolivia and Nepal. This decision implies that SDC wil refrain from formulating its own strategy and marks an important step in implementing the harmonisation and alignment principles in the thematic work of the Paris Declaration.