Our 2025 report looks back on a year of solidarity in a world marked by crises, but also on very concrete actions carried out alongside farming communities around the world.
Together with our partners, we supported more than 1.5 million families in improving their living conditions and access to food.
2025 was a year of turbulence. Budget cuts in development cooperation, the rise of populism, climate and food crises, and agricultural tensions in Europe… In Belgium too, certain political choices are weakening partnerships built over more than six decades.
In the face of uncertainty, Humundi and its partners continue to sustain an evolving model of international cooperation—one that can adapt without compromising its convictions.
Together, we continue to move toward a shared goal: building food systems that are fairer, more sustainable, and more resilient. Our actions in Africa, Latin America, and Belgium are transforming the lives of rural youth in Mali, women farmers in Ethiopia, communities in Bolivia, and livestock farmers in Peru, while strengthening our collective capacity to take action.
More than an organization, Humunfi is a collective movement working both locally and globally to bring lasting change to food systems.
Benoit De Waegeneer, Secretary General
The Humundi Weeks brought together our teams from Africa, Latin America, and Belgium in Brussels to share experiences and strategies. In a context marked by climate and security crises, as well as declining funding, these exchanges have become all the more meaningful.
Amid fragile field conditions and strong collective energy, the 2025 edition highlights realities that often remain unseen, yet are essential.
From the Sahel to Peru, concrete actions show that it is still possible to make a difference in complex contexts.
Far more than an internal gathering, this is a key moment to rethink international cooperation.
On 20 November 2025, something new was born in Brussels. Humundi and five Belgian NGO partners officially launched the Food Systems Alliance: a consortium committed to fairer, more sustainable, and more resilient food systems, both locally and internationally.
DRC
In 2025, Humundi launched Moloni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an innovative AgriTech platform that connects farmers with essential information to improve their farming practices and incomes. Supported by a broad ecosystem of stakeholders, it is helping to spark a new dynamic for Congolese agriculture.
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Mali
In 2025, 142 young people in rural areas launched their own activities thanks to tailored support designed to turn ideas into concrete projects. Implemented with local partners and authorities, this programme is creating viable businesses firmly rooted in local dynamics.
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Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, Humundi supports WASASA MFI to facilitate access to credit for women engaged in agroecology. In 2025, more than 3,000 women were able to finance their activities and strengthen their agroecological practices. Beyond credit, training and peer-to-peer exchanges support their autonomy and families’ food security.
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Uganda
In Uganda, a pioneering country for agroecology in Africa, Humundi is developing an agroecological centre near Kampala with PELUM Uganda. In 2025, an immersion visit by our representative from the Democratic Republic of the Congo helped inform reflections on strengthening agroecology in his home country.
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Senegal
For over 20 years, Humundi and its partner ANPDI have been co-developing local solutions with rural communities in areas affected by poverty and malnutrition. In 2025, these initiatives supported the economic activities of women producers and livestock farmers, as well as local food systems, including school canteens.
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West Africa
In 2025, Humundi co-organized a workshop in Ouagadougou bringing together 72 stakeholders from seven West African countries to discuss the challenges faced by farmers’ organizations in accessing private markets. Beyond the discussions, concrete pathways emerged to strengthen links between farmers and buyers.
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Bolivia
In Bolivia, Humundi and AGRECOL support farming families facing drought by improving access to irrigation water. In 2025, community-based systems and water-efficient irrigation techniques enabled agroecological producers to secure their crops.
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Peru
On the Andean highlands, Humundi supports the cooperative COOPECAN and more than 1,000 alpaca farmers to strengthen their incomes in the face of climate change. In 2025, innovative livestock and agroecological practices improved productivity, soil resilience, herd nutrition, and the future of the alpaca value chain.
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In 2025, in a tense political and trade context, Humundi and its partners stepped up their advocacy to defend fairer and more sustainable food systems.
In Belgium, Europe, and internationally, we carried the voices of farmers to influence agricultural, trade, and climate policies, with concrete progress such as the ban on exporting pesticides that are prohibited in Belgium.
A common thread runs through all these efforts: recognizing farmers as central actors in the solutions.
In 2025, Humundi continued its work with agronomy students, as well as students from other fields, to connect their future professions with the challenges of sustainable food systems.
Through our JAGROS and DJESA projects, young people were engaged through innovative formats combining dialogue, workshops, and improvisation, encouraging them to reflect on the food system and explore concrete, sustainable pathways for action.
One conviction guides this work: today’s young professionals are the actors of tomorrow’s transition.
In 2025, our AlimenTERRE Festival offered a lighter edition in Belgium, taking the form of a one-day reflection and co-creation event in Brussels, in preparation for its new momentum in 2026.
At the same time, the movement continued to expand internationally, notably in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the AlimenTERRE Village, as well as in Burkina Faso and Senegal, where the festivals brought together thousands of participants around agroecology.
Everywhere, the same goal: to use cinema and storytelling to transform our imaginaries and support the food transition.
In 2025, Humundi continued its awareness-raising work through publications, analyses, and podcasts aimed at shedding light on food system challenges and amplifying the voices of practitioners in the field.
This year also marked the launch of Contre-Champs, a new educational tool co-developed with Media Animation and Paysans Artisans, inviting audiences to decode food advertising and its hidden impacts.
In 2025, three partnerships enabled Humundi to engage citizens, schools and consumers around a simple message: everyday actions can have a real impact, both here and elsewhere.
A school meal, a biscuit purchased, or a few cents rounded up at the checkout all contribute, together, to supporting projects that transform lives.
> 1,6M
rural families supported
62
partner organisations
> 5M€
in funding for our partner organisations
9
countries of action across Africa, Latin America and Europe
81
volunteers
91 756
people reached through awareness-raising in Belgium
Annual report 2025