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Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Pamela Cruz
Pamela Cruz

Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector

Mexico owes many of its tourist attractions to its wealth of indigenous communities. It is important that they are included in the country’s tourism industry in a sustainable, respectful and empowering way.

Non-traditional agriculture
Sebastián Artigas

Caring about cannabis

Marihuana production is legal in Uruguay, offering farmers new sources of income

Civil society
Friedrich Kaufmann
Winfried Borowczak

Cooperation, not ­instrumentalisation

Support for civil society in developing countries is not a trivial matter

Comment
Samir Abi

Fortress Europe

Samir Abi: The EU’s policies on asylum and migration reconfirm Africans’ perception of “Fortress Europe”

Election campaign
Conrad Schetter

Lasting relevance of violence

Afghanistan’s two remaining presidential candidates share many policy ideas

Agriculture
Gerd Müller

Promoting structural change

Innovation and knowledge management are the driving forces behind successful small-scale agriculture in developing countries.

Editorial
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

More knowledge, more innovation

Sabine Balk: Farms must become more productive to feed all of humankind in the long run

Infrastructure
Matthias von Bechtolsheim
Eva Terberger

A brief history of irrigation

Evaluation of irrigation projects

Rural development
Raphael Mweninguwe

Ineffective subsidies

Malawi’s subsidies for farms are only affordable with donor support, but that is not what is needed to boost agriculture long term

South Asia
Boro Baski
Boro Baski

Huge challenges

As the limits of the Green Revolution are becoming ever more obvious, Indian agriculture faces huge challenges

Food
Philippe Bacac

Food safety “from farm to fork”

What Metro's suppliers and customers are taught in Vietnam to ensure food safety

Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Mexico must include its indigenous population in the tourism sector
Rebounding tourism set to support Sri Lanka’s economic recovery

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography
Modern dowry payment in Kenya
Mexico’s first female president
Women-led businesses suffer most
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Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”
Why Kenya is on fire
Building bridges to reconcile religious conflicts