BioVision
Switzerland
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Biovision was founded in 1998 by Swiss World Food Prize recipient Dr. Hans Rudolf Herren, with the aim of sustainably improving life for people in Africa while conserving the environment as the basis for all life. In the 1980s, the world renowned entomologist Hans Rudolf Herren saved millions of people in Africa from starving to death by devising organic control methods for a devastating cassava pest. He was awarded the World Food Prize in 1995 for his work – he is the first, and so far only, Swiss person to have received it. Biovision Foundation combats hunger and poverty, and is committed to the dissemination and application of ecological methods that sustainably improve living conditions in Africa whilst also conserving the environment. Biovision renders 'help for self-help' and promotes ecological thought and action in both North and South. A sound environment, healthy animal kingdom and flourishing vegetation provide the basis for human health. Biovision operates according to the principles of sustainability and promotes ecological solutions. Through the holistic approach, the lives of those affected in selected developing regions will be improved without exploiting the environment. In this way Biovision is actively contributing to achieving the UN's Millennium Development Goals.
