- 06/05/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
For over 50 years, COLEAD has been working to strengthen sustainable, inclusive and competitive agricultural systems. In 2025, we open a new chapter in our collective history: the development of our COLEAD 2030 strategy.
This process will not take place in isolation. On the contrary, it is based on a strong conviction: COLEAD’s future and the future impact of its action will be built with those who bring it to life – team, members, partners, partner-beneficiaries, institutions, practitioners, donors, experts, trainers, learners etc… and allies for change.
A participatory process to meet the challenges
Our ambition? To define an ambitious, realistic and shared strategy capable of responding to the major challenges of today and tomorrow through the transformation of agri-food systems: poverty reduction, decent work, food security and nutrition, climate change, gender equality, and more. To this end, we have set up a structured consultation process, the first important stage of which is now available: the COLEAD 2030 Strategic Questionnaire, designed on the basis of our Theory of Change.
A questionnaire to think together about our impact
This questionnaire explores COLEAD’s main areas of intervention and the main issues identified at all levels (micro, meso and macro). It invites reflection on fundamental questions:
- What levers can be activated to promote sustainable agriculture in low-income countries?
- How can we better coordinate our actions between macro, meso and micro levels?
- How can we accelerate and increase the positive impact of our actions?
- Where should we focus our efforts to maximise our social, economic and environmental impact?
- How can we work more effectively with national programmes, donors and technical partners?
Whether you are an entrepreneur, a member of a farmers’ organisation, a public institution, a bilateral or multilateral project, a consultant or a trainer, your point of view is important.
How to get involved in the development of the COLEAD 2030 Strategy
Would you like to contribute to our strategic thinking? You can reply to our questionnaire and share your observations.
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Would you like to go further? We will also be setting up targeted discussion groups (by type of stakeholder, geographical area, key issues) in the coming months.
Express your interest by sending an email to
👉 2030@colead.link
A strategy that values collective action
The future 2030 strategy is in line with COLEAD’s DNA: a systemic approach based on interconnection between different levels, cooperation between national and multi-country programmes, and synergies between actions.
As global challenges require integrated responses, we need your feedback to build a stronger, fairer and more useful COLEAD for the world of agriculture and food.
To be continued…
Between now and the summer, initial analysis of the contributions will be used to refine the strategic guidelines. Further opportunities for dialogue will be provided throughout the year. This process is dynamic and evolving, just like COLEAD itself: collaborative and impact-driven.
