Biovision was founded in 1998 by World-Food Prize recipient, Dr. Hans Rudolf Herren, a Swiss agronomist and entomologist. The organization aims to contribute to a world with enough food for all, produced by healthy people in a healthy environment. Biovision’s projects focus on food security and sustainable agriculture and contribute to the implementation of Agenda 2030.

At global level, Biovision is fostering policy dialogue and science-based, integrated policy planning for the sustainability of food systems. Biovision has over 20 years’ experience in providing policy advice at local, national and global levels (UNFCCC, CFS, HLPF, Rio+20). Biovision’s work combines evidence-based approach and multistakeholder engagement for strategic planning of sustainable agriculture.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, Biovision collaborates with numerous partners to alleviate hunger and poverty, through the dissemination and application of ecological methods that sustainably improve living conditions whilst also preserving the environment. Biovision facilitates the practical implementation of agroecological research and innovation. Through a holistic approach embracing the health of humans, animals, plants and the environment together with the dissemination of knowledge, Biovision brings about sustainable improvements in the lives of small-scale farming families.

In Switzerland, Biovision organizes public outreach and awareness-raising activities, particularly aimed at young people, on the Sustainable Development Goals, with an emphasis on consumer behaviours and sustainable food systems.

In 2013, Biovision and its founder Hans Rudolf Herren won the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize.