Food security

At SOCODEVI, our food security efforts are intertwined with our expertise in gender equality, agricultural risk management, cooperative development, eco-friendly practices and nature-based solutions.

Our projects reinforce four dimensions of food security, based on community needs.

Economic access and food supplies

SOCODEVI supports cooperatives in setting up sustainable food supply systems that provide access to nutritious, varied and culturally appropriate foods. Across all types of projects, economic access to food is fostered by economic empowerment of women and youth, job creation and increased household income.

Usage (preparation and consumption)

SOCODEVI works with associations to provide training on nutrition and food preparation. From the family kitchen to agrifood processing and marketing, we promote food safety practices to improve the nutrition and health of members and their communities. We also encourage people to use fuels that are less harmful to the health of those preparing food.

Stability

SOCODEVI helps collective enterprises implement risk management measures to make sure that food supplies stay stable even in the face of economic, environmental and social upheaval. This includes developing techniques for food preservation, storage and crop diversification to ensure food is always available.

Food availability

The cooperatives that SOCODEVI supports work to maintain food availability year-round by diversifying food crops and cash crops and by building capacity for production, processing and marketing of foods.

Concrete efforts to feed the future…

By diversifying crops and supporting agroecological practices, including producing infant flours to improve local nutrition.

By further empowering women and youth and strengthening their economic independence through income-generating activities and technical training.

Learn about the DEVENIR project in Niger

By increasing access to drinking water and nutritional training for a healthy and balanced diet.

Learn about the PROMAVI project in Bolivia

By modernizing agricultural practices and building capacity to meet European market requirements.

Did you know?

Active cooperatives have been shown to be more resilient against crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, and their members have higher rates of food security

Access to productive resources (seeds, farming implements, etc.) strengthens food security and income stability for small family farms.

Eco-friendly agricultural practices are more efficient in their use of natural resources, generate lower emissions of production-related greenhouse gases, and bolster adaption to climate change.

More resilient food systems: A story of cooperation!

We’re working together with cooperatives, associations, governments, international organizations, research institutions and private companies to ensure our initiatives have as wide an impact as possible. By strengthening local networks, we’re building resilient food systems to end hunger worldwide.

Learn more about what SOCODEVI and its partners are doing to improve food security (in French only)

Write us to learn even more about our food security projects.

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